Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories 
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IASPARRO about Mob file purging: ?I was part of it'
Rock River Times - Rockford,IL,USA
... that determined what to save was composed of a mayor, county auditor
and state's attorney, who were appointed by the governor, state 
archivist
and state ...
<http://www.rockrivertimes.com/index.pl?cmd=viewstory&cat=2&id=11945>

STATE Sells Surplus Computers Complete With Files
WCCO - Minneapolis,MN,USA
... at the computer and found documents tagged with ... Teachers 
Retirement
Association keeps pension records for more ... computers, but some those
secure files may have ...
<http://wcco.com/seenon/local_story_355131745.html>

CROWN ordered to make public files in Royal Group probe
Globe and Mail - Canada
... decision says. He also says documents, including banking records, 
can
remain sealed that could prejudice a separate investigation.
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20051221/
ONTSORBARA21/TPNational/Canada>

OREGON city called negligent in Nike case
Seattle Times - United States
... incompetent and negligent for allowing computer files to be ... 
Beaverton's
response to Nike's public records requests and ... to pore over reams
of documents the city ...
< 
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002695456_nike21m.html>

Employee Personal Storage Devices Create Workplace Challenges
NewsReleaseWire.com (press release) - USA
... Similarly, employers' policies on document retention should address
the need to eliminate these extra copies after their immediate approved
use is complete. ...
<http://www.expertclick.com/NewsReleaseWire/default.cfm?Action=ReleaseDet
ail&ID=11135>

STAMFORD, New Canaan differ on providing aerial photos
Greenwich Time - Greenwich,CT,USA
Stamford Mayor Dannel Malloy says his city will cooperate with a public
records request from a Greenwich resident who wants a copy of a 
municipal
database ...
<http://www.greenwichtime.com/news/local/scn-gt-gis3dec21,0,3142261.story
?coll=green-news-local-headlines>

PAPERLESS Logistics
Forbes - USA
... the electronic age. First, not all countries that trade are 
industrialized
and working with advanced electronic records. Not all ...
<http://www.forbes.com/business/2005/12/20/paperless-ibm-logistics-cx_rm_
1221paperless.html>

PROPOSAL made to help control identity theft
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) - MN,USA
... The proposal would require businesses to burn, pulverize or shred 
many
paper records and to destroy or erase similar electronic records. ...
<http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/5795193.html>

STATE rules in public records dispute
Independent - Holmdel - Holmdel,NJ,USA
A lengthy Open Public Records Act request by a Middletown resident has
led to a ruling stating the Middletown School District was at fault for
not providing a ...
<http://independent.gmnews.com/news/2005/1221/Front_Page/001.html>

FREEDOM of information victory over Whitehall's e-mail ploy
Times Online - UK
THE public have won the right to see e-mails that were deleted by civil
servants, after a tribunal overturned key restrictions on the Freedom
of Information Act ...
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,17129-1952735,00.html>

RIGHT to information a boon to governance
Kenya Times - Kenya
... Under the freedom of information act, Harun Ndumbi, the Director of
Kituo Cha Sheria said anybody may seek information from a public 
authority
with functions ...
<http://www.timesnews.co.ke/22dec05/nwsstory/opinion1.html>

RESILIENT e-mail infrastructure manages the e-mail information ...
Cisco World Magazine - USA
... It also ensures compliance with laws and regulations governing the
retention, supervision and availability of business e-records. ...
<http://www.enterprisenetworksandservers.com/monthly/art.php?1891>

COMMISSION Thanked For Roof, Hears Concerns About Records
Greeneville Sun - Greeneville,TN,USA
... and he noted that "this body," the County Commission, will 
ultimately
be the entity that has to decide what is done about records storage, and
to provide ...
<http://www.greene.xtn.net/index.php?table=news&template=news.view.subscr
iber&newsid=126767>

BUSINESSES get wakeup call on identity theft
Business Edge - Alberta,Canada
... and privacy commissioner has a message for Ontario businesses: Start
shredding, start encrypting ... not to encrypt your data, not to shred
records - really simple ...
<http://www.businessedge.ca/article.cfm/newsID/11448.cfm>

COLOGNE University Grapples With its Nazi Past
Deutsche Welle - Germany
... The students examined more than 1,000 documents from the university
archives. ... "I received assistance from our university archivist, who
was very engaged and ...
<http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,1817081,00.html>




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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