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Anacortes American, Wed, 11 May 2005 10:28 AM PDT
Western celebrates donation of Funk photos Treasure trove' at Center
for Pacific Northwest Studies will help students,
http://www.goanacortes.com/articles/2005/05/11/news/news06.txt
Historians and educators gathered with colleagues and friends of Wallie
Funk at Western Washington University May 4 to celebrate Funk and his
donation
of a vast collection of negatives and photographs to the university's
Center for
Pacific Northwest Studies.

US asks 1 million Peoples records
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA
... "They have received quite a few documents, over a million," Sierra
said. That includes notes, e-mail, memos, trading records, computer
files
and contracts. ...
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0505120305may12,1,1181633.story?coll=chi-business-hed>

FOR the Record
Government Technology - Folsom,CA,USA
... We received 3,600 files on approximately 300 DVDs; the ... system
and
archive only critical documents, he said. ... ever, the volume of
electronic
records has soared ...
<http://www.govtech.net/news/news.php?id=93917>

LOCAL Dillard's leaves customer information vulnerable
WKYC-TV - Cleveland,OH,USA
... concerned about tossing us out then they were the documents. ... If
any of those files has your name on it ... know if your information was
in those records and what ...
<http://www.wkyc.com/monday/monday_fullstory.asp?id=34747>

AMERICA'S right to know being threatened
Provo Daily Herald - Provo,UT,USA
... mentioning two of the unclassified documents online had ...
exemption
"would enshroud in secrecy files that have ... pointed out that the
president's
records are not ...
<http://www.harktheherald.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=54862&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0>


HISTORICAL Society honors archivist
The Grand Rapids Press - Grand Rapids,MI,USA
... That is how Grand Rapids archivist Bill Cunningham sees it. "In the
early days, pigs were left to roam the streets to clean up garbage ...
<http://www.mlive.com/news/grpress/index.ssf?/base/news-22/1115909160306580.xml>

CAN We Stop Zabasearch -- and Similar Personal Information Search ...
Findlaw.com - Mountain View,CA,USA
... instructions for doing so. When you receive the email, you are told
that any request to edit or delete your records must be in writing. ...
<http://writ.news.findlaw.com/ramasastry/20050512.html>

LISTENING to LBJ
Austin American-Statesman (subscription) - Austin,TX,USA
One of the great projects to preserve American history continues at the
Lyndon B. Johnson Library, where archivists are slowly but steadily
processing
843 ...
<http://www.statesman.com/opinion/content/editorial/05/12lbjlibrary_edit.html>

LS passes right to information bill
Navhind Times - Panjim,India
... will truly fulfil the hopes of our founding fathers, he said while
intervening in the debate on the bill, which seeks to replace the
Freedom
of Information Act ...
<http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=news&Story_ID=051219>

LAWYERS See Data 'Fear Factor' Rising
Texas Lawyer (subscription) - TX,USA
... The latest data leak happened at Time Warner Inc., which on May 2
reported
the loss of computer backup tapes containing personal data on about
600,000
people. ...
<http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1115802311951>

CLINTON tapes face destruction
Brockton News - Brockton,MA,USA
... The logs, for instance, might note that the national security
adviser
at the time, Sandy Berger, received a document at 9:05 am and then sent
it to the ...
<http://www.brocktonmass.com/news/publish/5000337.shtml>


Times-Standard, Thu, 12 May 2005 6:16 AM PDT
Sinking our teeth into public records
http://www.times-standard.com/Stories/0,1413,127~2906~2865594,00.html
How is a journalist like a dentist? When he's trying to access basic
public information -- which is getting to be like pulling teeth.

WKYC 3, Thu, 12 May 2005 7:04 AM PDT
Local Dillard's leaves customer information vulnerable
http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_fullstory.asp?id=34747
CLEVELAND -- At a routine purchase at a local department store, you
pass your
credit card to the clerk without giving it a second thought. But, if
you ever
shopped at the just closed Dillard’s store at Westgate or even worked
here or
applied for a job, there’s something you need to know.

GALVIN subpoenas Gillette executives
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA
... ''We've been stonewalled all this time, and Gillette for the first
time suggested that they destroyed documents and e-mails," Galvin said.
...<http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2005/05/12/galvin_subpoenas_gillette_executives>

INVESTIGATOR shreds notes in Bredesen aide's demotion
The Tennessean - Nashville,TN,USA
... that such notes could be later sought under the state's public
records
laws. ... Asked about the shredding, Bredesen yesterday said he didn't
know notes were ever ...
<http://www.tennessean.com/government/archives/05/03/69397134.shtml?Element_ID=69397134>




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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