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Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories
related to records and archives management.
County officials told to clear out storage space
Sherman Denison Herald Democrat - Sherman/Denison,TX,USA
He wanted to know if he allowed overtime and some space for the job,
could elected officials start cleaning out the backlog of files.
...<http://www.heralddemocrat.com/articles/2007/02/11/local_news/news04.t
xt>
Village seeking grant to improve record keeping
Evening Observer - Dunkirk,NY,USA
It is the wave of the future, and a wave that the village is hoping it
can catch with its recent Records Management Improvement Fund grant
application.
...<http://www.observertoday.com/articles.asp?articleID=9332>
Today's editorial: An open door for identity thieves
OCRegister - Orange County,CA,USA
Recorders' offices are not free to redact or change in any way
documents that are publicly filed. We are strong supporters of open
records,
<http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/opinion/homepage/article_1575129.ph
p>
Learn to Trace Your Roots
CBS2 Chicago - Chicago,IL,USA
At the National Archive, Burroughs found his grandfather's military
records, Asa Morris Burroughs, carefully stored in a box of index
cards. <http://cbs2chicago.com/local/local_story_041205839.html>
Suspects' pasts, now private, may again be public
San Gabriel Valley Tribune - West Covina,CA,USA
The privacy rights overruled the Public Records Act and bar district
attorneys from providing criminal histories, according to the opinion.
<http://www.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_5205386>
E-records cause capital headaches
Tallahassee Democrat - Tallahassee,FL,USA
OPPAGA, the Legislature's watchdog on state operations, recommends that
Secretary of State Kurt Browning survey state agencies about
records-management ...
<http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070212/COLUMNIST
03/702120320/1010>
Embracing data
FCW.com - Falls Church,VA,USA
Information asset management (IAM) combines data management, document
and records management, workflow, and multimedia and publications
management into one ...<http://www.fcw.com/article97603-02-12-07-Print>
Open records law needs more bite
Nashville City Paper - Nashville,TN,USA
Bredesen acknowledged it was often local government entities that most
readily refused to obey open records laws. In small cities across
Tennessee – and ...
<http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/index.cfm?section_id=38&screen=news&ne
ws_id=54562>
Drives Destroyed as Governor Exits
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA
... drives qualify as public records. Alice Stewart, a spokeswoman for
Huckabee, said he wanted to delete data that wouldn’t be needed by the
new governor, ...
<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&
taxonomyId=13&articleId=282516&intsrc=hm_topic>
What would America be like without New Orleans?
2TheAdvocate - Baton Rouge,LA,USA
The program weaves past and present through archival footage,
photographs and interviews with New Orleans natives and scholars
intermingled with footage of
.<http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/5746511.html>
What would America be like without New Orleans?
2TheAdvocate - Baton Rouge,LA,USA
The program weaves past and present through archival footage,
photographs and interviews with New Orleans natives and scholars
intermingled with footage of
...<http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/5746511.html>
The New Legal Advice: Don't Press 'Delete'
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) - USA
... policies for document retention and destruction, computer processes
for harvesting relevant data from vast stores of electronically stored
information,
...<http://chronicle.com/temp/email2.php?id=DdQ9zyjbfGzzrS6sNwjQGZ2nK9B2h
jPc>
National Archives wins 800k grant for important new digitisation ...
PublicTechnology.net - UK
The National Archives has won a major grant from the Joint Information
Systems Committee (JISC), the UK funding council devoted to supporting
pioneering ...
<http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=ar
ticle&sid=7724>
World War II records better late than never
Greater Milwaukee Today - Milwaukee,WI,USA
More then 16 million military personnel files were destroyed in the
fire, including an estimated 80 percent of records for Army personnel
discharged between ...
<http://www.gmtoday.com/news/local_stories/2007/Feb_07/02122007_05.asp>
Prediction: one day you will reduce total storage
Register - London,England,UK
Various information lifecycle management (ILM) initiatives have been
introduced over recent years. The broad aim of these has been to try
and tackle the
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/12/company_data_storage/>
Picture of success: Lincoln discovery made local woman's reputation
KeepMEcurrent.com - Scarborough,ME,USA
It was as the chief of the Still Pictures Branch at the National
Archives that Cobb made her mark on the American presidency. ...
<http://www.keepmecurrent.com/Community/story.cfm?storyID=32164>
State mum on details of computer breach
WTHR - Indianapolis,IN,USA
"The Commission on Public records is concerned about any kind of
personal information that's released, and this situation is
unfortunate," said Jim Corridan
.<http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=6076419&nav=9Tai>
Report: FBI Loses 3 To 4 Laptops Every Month
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
However, it's not known if a laptop stolen from the FBI Academy at the
US Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia was encrypted. That machine
contained the ...
<http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=19700544
6>
Peter Kurilecz
Richmond Va
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