RAIN 20080214
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to
records and archives management.
Judge to let group suing administration to explore Office of ...
FCW.com - Falls Church,VA,USA
The administration has argued that OA is not a subject to Freedom of
information Act (FOIA) requests because it solely advises and assists the
president and ...
<http://www.fcw.com/online/news/151614-1.html>
A nation that swallows its history
Sify - Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India
In this exclusive column, he says India continues to bury history by
refusing to declassify historic documents. At least for one thing, I love
the United ...
<http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14603714>
Saving Paper Means Saving Energy
Credit Suisse emagazine - Zurich,Switzerland
An e-document is an electronic, digitally signed file. Digital signatures
correspond to conventional paper-based signatures, and are akin to an
electronic ...
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Archives Features Several Interesting Collections
EKU News Center - Richmond,KY,USA
The University Archives maintains a collection of more than 500 files of
family history materials that have been assembled on many Central Kentucky
families ...
<http://www.prm.eku.edu/ekunews/?module=0&article=805>
You Can't Really Delete E-Mail, Senate Panel Learns
New York Times Blogs - New York,NY,USA
Some Republicans have accused the Spitzer administration of deleting
electronic records, including e-mail messages and text messages, to avoid
embarrassment ...
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http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/you-cant-really-delete-e-mail-senate-panel-learns/
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Can You Prove You're Ready for Your Next Audit?
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Journal - Fairfield,NJ,USA
PCI also covers how to effectively delete unnecessary data. Companies that
store, process or transmit credit card holder data must follow PCI. ...
<http://www.s-ox.com/dsp_getFeaturesDetails.cfm?CID=2079>
The Thomaston Times, Mon, 11 Feb 2008 6:29 AM PST
Local Archives to receive national recognition
http://www.thomastontimes.com/articles/2008/02/11/news/local3.txt
Local Archivist Penny Cliff has been chosen by the state circuit rider
archivist, Dr. Randall Gooden, to represent the small archives in Georgia
and go
to the 2008 National Council on Public History in Louisville, Kentucky.
Patriotism before profit
Guardian Unlimited - UK
In Hull and Manchester, local councils are developing popular history
centres designed to bring together the library, city archive and university
papers in ...
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/feb/13/1>
Committee examines how state records are maintained
News 10 Now - Syracuse,NY,USA
The state's own archivist says that while the Executive Office largely
decides what should be preserved, she believes her office should have a
greater role. ...
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"When in doubt, shred it."
Winknews.com <http://winknews.com/> - Fort Myers,Florida,USA
"One of my first jobs in the military was shredding secret and top secret
documents," said Roth. While other business struggle during these economic
times, ...
<http://www.winknews.com/news/local/15561877.html>
As adoptees seek roots, states unsealing records
USA Today - USA
"Open records are." She says some companies charge thousands of dollars to
search records and some adoption agencies charge $400 to $500 for
non-identifying ...
<http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-02-12-adoption_N.htm>
3000 patient record dumped in landfill
Bolton News - Bolton,England,UK
Despite being put in a confidential waste' container, the medical records,
which were collected between December and mid January, were sent for
compacting ...
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Patient files found on busy main road
East London Advertiser - London,England,UK
HOSPITAL bosses have begun an investigation after patients' vital personal
records were found strewn across a busy main road. ...
<http://tinyurl.com/36bdtt>
RCMP improperly hiding information in secret data banks: privacy ...
The Canadian Press -
But the commissioner found more than half of the national security files
and 60 per cent of the criminal intelligence files should not have been
held ...
<http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hc9tTAmaTfIOGwb8Zptof0NBjcdQ>
Councilman Chuck Kiester: 'Let us all learn from the experience'
Marco Island Sun-Times - Marco Island,FL,USA
My former employer backed up our electronic records once a day at the close
of business. What if a virus hit at 4:59 pm before the day's e-mails could
be ...
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Silicon Valley News Notes
Silicon Valley's Metro - San Jose,CA,USA
At the very least, you'll be happy to hear that San Jose has hired Norris
as the first-ever public records manager. It's about time! ...
<http://www.metroactive.com/metro/02.13.08/fly-0807.html>
MTSU: 1500 Social Security numbers on breached computer
Daily News Journal (subscription) - Murfreesboro,TN,USA
MTSU officials said today an unknown person accessed a computer containing
the names and social security numbers of about 1500 past and current
students. ...
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Academic Community Takes a Long Look at Archival Project
Chabad.org <http://chabad.org/> - Brooklyn,NY,USA
By Avi Webb For an academic body studying the nexus between religion and
the media, a Chabad-Lubavitch archive and production outfit have become
something ...
<http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=637566>
Library collection houses historical treasures
Echo Online (subscription) - Chattanooga,TN,USA
... Lupton Library has added several new items to its archives, according
to Steve Cox, associate professor of special collections and university
archivist. ...
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http://www.utcecho.com/home/news/2008/02/14/News/Library.Collection.Houses.Historical.Treasures-3207823.shtml
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Media appeal unearths First World War artefacts
Isle of Man Today - Isle of Man,UK
Research at the National Archive at Kew revealed a surprising depth of
information, including a handwritten account of the capture and his 1919
discharge ...
<http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/Media-sppeal-unearths-First-World.3768410.jp
>
Horne Orders Broader E-mail Disclosure
Leesburg Today - Leesburg,VA,USA
In his opinion, Judge Thomas D. Horne said that officials must state why a
document was deemed personal when responding to a FOIA request and
"describe the ...
<http://www.leesburg2day.com/articles/2008/02/13/news/fp633foia021308.txt>
General Assembly passes new open-records law
Ft. Washington Montgomery Newspapers - Fort Washington,PA,USA
Today, the Senate took a positive step toward improving the people's access
to public records ... and toward good government policy. ...
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Ukraine and Russia expressed intention to hold regular meetings of ...
NRCU - Ukrainian Radio - Kiyv,Ukraine
... the parties will also sign a protocol on joint projects between
Russia's Federal Archives Agency and the State Archives Committee of
Ukraine. ...
<http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/index.php?id=148&listid=60503>
RCMP's secret files questioned
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
"They contain documents Canadians can't access or even know about,"
Stoddart said. But at a news conference, she said these secret files -
information ...
<http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/303475>
Document-management software leads to paperless efficiency
Purchasing.com <http://purchasing.com/> - Newton,MA,USA
"We had a large back-file of building permit-related records going back to
the 1920s--literally millions of pages of paper that we wanted to make
sure we ...
<http://www.purchasing.com/article/CA6530079.html?industryid=48399>
Renville County converting ditch files to electronic format
West Central Tribune - Willmar,MN,USA
Soon, it will take no more than a click of the mouse to bring up the
records on how viewers assigned benefits in each of the systems. ...
<http://www.wctrib.com/articles/index.cfm?id=32094§ion=news>
Judge: Romar owns client files
Danville Register and Bee - Danville,VA,USA
Adam Tomer testified that he was never asked to return the documents or
sign any confidentiality agreement, even though those documents showed
Romar ...
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Facebook Cleans Up Act, Disabled Accounts
Marketing Pilgrim - Raleigh,NC,USA
(Long story short: he was forced to delete every entry he made in a form,
every friend he'd added, every note he'd written, etc., etc.,
individually. ...
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http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/02/facebook-cleans-up-act-disabled-accounts.html
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County looks at technology upgrades
Sentinel-Standard - Ionia,MI,USA
"The main thing it is going to help us with is searching documents on the
Web," Ionia County Register of Deeds Diane Adams said. The new system,
which will ...
<http://www.sentinel-standard.com/articles/2008/02/14/news/03news.txt>
Historic documents restored
Wicked Local Wenham - Beverly,MA,USA
... cemetery deeds, treasurer books from 1845, street layouts from 1896,
and deposition-births from 1900. "The documents are very fragile and were
starting ...
<http://www.wickedlocal.com/wenham/news/x182025513>
Identity theft a growing problem for business
Canada.com <http://canada.com/> - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
... of data breach within the past two years, and more than 49 per cent of
all data breaches come from lost or stolen laptop computers or USB memory
cards. ...
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http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=5f9b8f7f-4edc-46a5-84bd-a0dd553d4534
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ND county recorders can restrict record copying | KXNet.com North ...
KXMC - Minot,ND,USA
AP BISMARCK, ND (AP) Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says North Dakota
county recorders can restrict the copying of county records. ...
<http://www.kxmc.com/News/209140.asp>
Focus on e-mails at state Senate hearing
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
Thomas Duane of Manhattan said he was alarmed by comments from the state
archivist that no uniform policy exists for preserving state government's
...
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http://www.newsday.com/news/local/state/ny-stchop135574468feb13,0,4816366.story
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Our Opinion: Paper trail gives voters confidence
The Mississippi Press - gulflive.com - Pascagoula,MS,USA
The bottom line is the computer records may be as secure or more so than
paper ballots. However, a paper trail adds another level of assurance to
voters ...
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German Spiegel Opens Up Archive
Google Blogoscoped - USA
German Spiegel opened up the archives to their weekly magazine dating back
to 1947, making the full content searchable. While the search engine for the
...
<http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-02-14-n54.html>
SMU and the United Methodist Church
smudailycampus.com - Dallas,TX,USA
... and (3) the independently governed, ideological policy institute which
the George W. Bush Presidential Library Search Committee insists must be
part of ...
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http://www.smudailycampus.com/home/news/2008/02/14/Opinion/Smu-And.The.United.Methodist.Church-3209852.shtml
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CSO Online
Data Breach Notification Laws, State By State Five years after California's
landmark SB 1386, our interactive map shows you which 38 states have passed
laws requiring companies to notify consumers whose personal information has
been compromised. Part of an in-depth series about disclosing security
breaches.
<http://www.csoonline.com/read/020108/ammap/ammap.html>
Ex-Clerk Pleads Guilty To Record Tampering
Tyler Morning Telegraph - Tyler,TX,USA
Tampering with a government record is a charge punishable by 2 to 10 years
in prison and a fine. Claxton said the sheriff's office will be working
with the ...
<http://www.tylerpaper.com/article/20080214/NEWS01/802140310>
Court urged to review cost of copying public documents
Daily Mail - Charleston - Charleston,WV,USA
by AP The West Virginia Supreme Court is being asked to overturn a ruling
that allowed a private company to pay less than $20 for electronic versions
of tax ...
<http://www.dailymail.com/News/200802140287>
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Peter Kurilecz CRM CA
Richmond, Va
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