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LEGISLATURE: GRAMA laws 'daunting' in tech age
Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
... But Salt Lake County Records Manager Terry Ellis pointed out that
declaring
such records private would complicate requests for County Council
minutes,
where ...
<http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_2740815>


WOMAN looks for family history
Atchison Daily Globe - Atchison,KS,USA
... information about Mr. Seip's political endeavors became clouded when
Atchison County Clerk Pauline Lee pulled out the books to look into the
county records. ...
<http://www.atchisondailyglobe.com/main.asp?FromHome=1&TypeID=1&ArticleID=4166&SectionID=13&SubSectionID=20>


NHS is coping with FoI Act
BJHC.co.uk - Weybridge,Surrey,UK
A survey of the impact of the Freedom of Information Act suggests that
most NHS managers are holding their own against its demands.The Act came
into force on 1 ...
<http://www.bjhc.co.uk/news/1/2005/n505006.htm>


PERSONAL data for the taking
CNET News.com - USA
... In some instances, students visited local government offices and
filed
Freedom of Information Act requests for the data--or simply "asked
nicely"--sometimes
...
<http://news.com.com/Personal+data+for+the+taking/2100-7348_3-5711761.html>


LEGAL opinions affirm secrecy by legislators
Honolulu Advertiser - Honolulu,HI,USA
... are in charge of all official records and that ... are not expected
or required to save any documents. ... for classifying them as anything
other than personal files.". ...
<http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/May/18/ln/ln01p.html>


SPY files" pact may be broken
Infoshop News - USA
... have violated the city's "spy files" agreement when ... presidential
election, according to FBI documents released Tuesday ... The records
were released by the American ...
<http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=2005051811071458>


BURTON letters donated to Swansea
EducationGuardian.co.uk - UK
The Richard Burton Centre for Film and Popular Culture will be tended by
a dedicated archivist and used by film students at the university and
Burton ...
<http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/artsandhumanities/story/0,12241,1486809,00.html>


BURTON papers given to university
BBC News - UK
... Hollywood. University vice-chancellor Richard B Davies said the
papers
would be cared for a professionally-qualified archivist. ...
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_west/4559223.stm>



WHEN Death Means the Loss of an Archive
New York Times - New York,NY,USA
... Archivists, dance lovers and Mr. Nash's friends are appalled by the
possibility that the collection could be scattered to the winds. ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/18/arts/dance/18will.html?8hpib>


JUDGE considers again whether NC owns copy of Bill of Rights
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
... After that, Boyle, another judge or a jury could decide who owns the
document archivists have estimated may be worth $30 million. ...
<http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/connecticut/ny-bc-ct--recoveredbillofri0518may18,0,6239870.story?coll=ny-region-apconnecticut>


A Matter of Degrees
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) - USA
... How best to search any of the myriad electronic databases licensed
by the modern library. What archivists do, how they do it, and why. You
get the idea. ...
<http://chronicle.com/jobs/2005/05/2005051801c.htm>

IP Protection and E--Lab Notebooks
Bio-IT World - Framingham,MA,USA
... By introducing the behavioral modification amongst their scientists,
data archivists and managers, several companies have been able to ensure
that all ...
<http://www.bio-itworld.com/news/051705_report8404.html>



PERSONAL Data for the Taking
Tuscaloosa News (subscription) - Tuscaloosa,AL,USA
... Social Security numbers, they say, remain easy to come by,
particularly
in the thousands of public documents now being scanned and made
available
online. ...
<http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050518/ZNYT01/505180360>


TEXAS AG Calls for Increased Shredding
Recycling Today - Cleveland,OH,USA
... Free shredding services were provided by a document disposal company
to ... cards, Social Security numbers, financial and medical records,
personal identification ...
<http://www.recyclingtoday.com/news/news.asp?ID=7747>


IT'S role in compliance on the rise
VNUNet.com - Haarlem,Netherlands
... survey found that security and customer privacy compliance are the
largest growth areas for 45 per cent of respondents, followed by
document
retention (34 per ...
<http://www.vnunet.com/computing/news/2135369/role-compliance-rise>


SAMUEL Belkin's Application to RIETS
The Commentator (subscription) - New York,NY,USA
... The letter was discovered among the Norman Abrams papers in the
Yeshiva
University Archives (I thank Ms. Shulamith Z. Berger, Yeshiva's
archivist,
for her part ...
<http://www.yucommentator.com/news/2005/05/16/Yudaica/Samuel.Belkins.Application.To.Riets-951245.shtml>


THE shameful secret of Scotland's fake Botticelli
Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
... Now, using previously confidential documents, The Scotsman has
managed
to piece together the true story of the fake and the careful attempts
made to conceal ...
<http://news.scotsman.com/entertainment.cfm?id=541332005>


DISCLOSURE Overkill a Problem
InternetNews.com - USA
... For example, although Bank of America recently revealed that 15 data
backup tapes containing more than a million records were lost during
transport
to a backup ...
<http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3506111>


NATIONAL Archives showcases history of ROC Constitution
eTaiwan News - Taipei,Taiwan
... The Research, Development, and Evaluation Commission of the
Executive
Yuan, along with the National Archives Administration, hopes that this
exhibition will be ...
<http://www.etaiwannews.com/Taiwan/Politics/2005/05/18/1116379361.htm>


FBI Discovers Trial Transcript in Emmett Till Case
New York Times - New York,NY,USA
... Eventually, Mr. Garrity said, the findings and the transcript will
be given to the National Archives, where they will be accessible to
historians.
...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/18/national/18till.html>


ANONYMIZER integrates privacy suite with Firefox browser
eChannelLine - North York,Ontario,Canada
... Digital shredding capabilities (removes tracking cookies, or small
text files, that are placed on your computer when you visit a Web site
and contain a ...
<http://www.integratedmar.com/ecl-usa/story.cfm?item=19524>


MORMON Records Aid Medical Understanding
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
SALT LAKE CITY -- Scientists plan to link the Mormon church's vast
genealogical
records with millions of medical files to create a database that may
help
...
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/18/AR2005051801702.html>


COURT subpoenas township records
Lambertville Beacon - Lambertville,NJ,USA
... The subpoena also specifically asks for any data related to the
request
for public information made under the Open Public Records Act for the
date Oct. ...
<http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14539281&BRD=1091&PAG=461&dept_id=425410&rfi=6>

Miami News-Record, Tue, 17 May 2005 2:51 PM PDT
Judge places protective order on MIDA records
http://www.miaminewsrecord.com/articles/2005/05/17/news/news%20003.txt
JAY -- A federal judge hearing the case in which airport manager Paul
Staten has alleged a conspiracy against him by Monkey island
Development Authority
has issued a protective order on the records of the authority.


KTLA 5, Wed, 18 May 2005 1:21 PM PDT
Chinatown Time Capsule
http://ktla.trb.com/news/local/ktla-me-chinatown18may18-lat,0,7756463.story?coll=ktla-news-1
Building once owned by lawyer who helped thousands of Chinese gain U.S.
citizenship is sold. His files go to Huntington Library.


MUSEUMS join forces to pool databases of their collections
PublicTechnology.net - UK
... that in some cases have never been exhibited before, thanks to new
grants totalling nearly £250,000 awarded by the Museums, Libraries and
Archives Council (MLA ...
<http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2922>




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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