RAIN 070628
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories
related to records and archives management.
RAM and FRCP 34 Lock Horns
Law.com (subscription) - San Francisco,CA,USA
The court noted that the decision to require retention and production
of the server log data was based on the facts of the particular case,
...<http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLT.jsp?id=1182848788
454>
Piecing history together
Economist - UK
It is about to be solved WHEN the shredding machines failed, and the
mob was at the gates, the spooks at East Germany's State Security
Service, better known
...<http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9394758>
Quality Associates Wins Imaging and Archiving Contract with NASA ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
In addition, having this information in digital format often fits
within a corporation's continuity plans for record retention. ...
<http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news
_view&newsId=20070626005838&newsLang=en>
Open government experts say secrecy endangers public
Sandusky Register - OH, USA
You published my name and just because you have a delete key won't make
this just go away.. There is nothing you can say that will make this
right..
...<http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2007/06/26/front/321675.txt>
Cultural swap at the archive
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
They are meeting the National Film and Sound Archive, the National
Museum of Australia and the National Library of Australia to discuss
the repatriation of ...
<http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/cultural-swap-at-the-archive/2007/06
/26/1182623909354.html>
John Murray Archive comes to life
BBC News - UK
The John Murray Archive has 150000 letters and manuscripts by the likes
of Darwin, Byron and Sir Walter Scott. Owner John Murray, a descendant
of the ...
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/6238538.s
tm>
Archive reveals Britain's first domestic goddess
Guardian Unlimited - UK
The John Murray Archive, compiled by the seven generations of Murrays
who ran the family-owned publishers, was recently bought by the library
for £31m,
...<http://www.guardian.co.uk/Books/news/articles/0,,2111346,00.html>
USC receives grant to boost digital archive of missionary work
Daily Trojan Online - Los Angeles,CA,USA
The Basel Mission archive will include more than 29000 photographs of
missionary work over the past 150 years. More than a century of
missionary work is ...
<http://www.dailytrojan.com/news/2007/06/27/News/Usc-Receives.Grant.To.Bo
ost.Digital.Archive.Of.Missionary.Work-2918831.shtml>
Users: Encryption No Silver Bullet
Byteandswitch.com - New York,NY,USA
"Why would anyone attempt to attack an encrypted file when all they
have to do is send out a phishing email or attach a keylogger and get
the information
...<http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=127745&WT.svl=news2_
1>
Bush Library appears to be a lock at SMU
Exclusive: Letter soliciting design firms spells out details of complex
12:09 AM CDT on Sunday, June 10, 2007
By MICHAEL GRANBERRY and DAVID DILLON / The Dallas Morning News
<<http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/06100
7dnmetbushlibrary.37f899a.html>>
EU search engine probe expands beyond Google
Out-Law.com - London,England,UK
The Working Party has now said that it will widen the scope of its
investigations to include all search engine companies and their data
retention practices. ...<http://www.out-law.com/page-8179>
Key Compliance Elements: Data Retention, Recoverability, and ...
Security Park - Winkfield,UK
When it comes to data retention, there are no more casual Fridays--it's
buttoned-down, serious business with potentially grave consequences for
non-compliant
...<http://www.securitypark.co.uk/security_article259687.html>
Worst error in e-discovery strategies
InfoWorld - San Francisco,CA,USA
But the FRCP is so vague companies need to create their own strategy.
The biggest mistake companies make when devising their e-discovery
strategy?
...<http://weblog.infoworld.com/daily/archives/2007/06/worst_error_in.htm
l>
Beazer Fires Chief Accounting Officer
Houston Chronicle - United States
Atlanta-based Beazer Homes said it terminated Rand's employment for
cause, due to his attempts to destroy documents in violation of its
document retention
...<http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/4926186.html>
Policy tightens access to data
Corpus Christi Caller Times - Corpus Christi,TX,USA
Officials sent a memorandum June 20 requiring faculty and staff to
secure or remove information such as Social Security numbers and dates
of birth from
...<http://www.caller.com/news/2007/jun/27/policy-tightens-access-to-data
/>
Experts: Small Risk of Identity Theft in Ohio 's Stolen Computer ...
Insurance Journal - San Diego,CA,USA
But the sheer amount of information, including the names and Social
Security numbers of nearly 400000 people, means that the state
employees, taxpayers and
...<http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2007/06/27/81136.htm>
Unesco to preserve Bergman archives
Variety - USA
By GUNNAR REHLIN STOCKHOLM -- United Nations cultural organization
Unesco
added multihyphenate Ingmar Bergman's archives to its Memory of the
World
register ...
<http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117967760.html?categoryId=13>
GSA secures site for new National Archives facility
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
The US General Services Administration plans to build a new facility
for the National Archives and Records Administration's (NARA) National
Personnel
...<http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2007/06/25/daily30.html>
The Executive Order Cheney Defied
Slate - USA
In early June J. William Leonard, the National Archives' director of
information security oversight, wrote David Addington, Vice President
Richard Cheney's ...<http://www.slate.com/id/2169209/entry/0/>
Beazer Accountant Fired in Document Destruction Try (Update2)
Bloomberg - USA
By Brian Louis June 27 (Bloomberg) -- Beazer Homes USA Inc., a
homebuilder that's under investigation by the FBI for potential fraud,
fired its chief ...
<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aRZJO.ybJMlc&refer=h
ome>
Kevin Hoover: Vault's dark recesses yield treasure, minor mystery ...
Arcata Eye - Arcata,CA,USA
That heavy, ungainly book has to be about the most inefficient medium
for storing information there is, especially compared to contemporary
data storage and ...
<http://www.arcataeye.com/index.php?module=Pagesetter&tid=2&topic=4&func=
viewpub&pid=632&format=full>
Beazer Fires Chief Accountant
Amid Probe of Mortgage Unit
By MICHAEL CORKERY
June 28, 2007; Page A10
Beazer Homes USA Inc., facing a federal investigation into its
mortgage-lending practices, said it fired its chief accounting officer
for attempting to destroy company documents.
In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Atlanta
home builder said the actions of accounting chief Michael T. Rand, a
senior vice president, were brought to light during an internal
investigation. Mr. Rand, a 10-year veteran of the company, couldn't be
reached for comment last night.
<< http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118298625106850759-email.html>>
State agency tiers records storage with Compellent
Search Storage - USA
By Beth Pariseau, News Writer As recent acquisition news from Iron
Mountain Inc. highlighted this week, records management and data
storage management are ...
<http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid5_gci126
2555,00.html>
Footnote Launches Historical Data Network
Wired News - USA
By Scott Gilbertson June 28, 2007 | 11:22:50 AM A while back we
mentioned that Footnote.com had reached an agreement with the National
Archives to digitize
...<http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/06/footnote-launch.html>
History centre move now complete
Wiltshire Times – UK
John D'Arcy, the principal archivist, said: "The four giant archive
rooms are temperature and humidity controlled and have walls that are
so thick they will ...
<http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/latestheadlines/display.var.1504674
.0.history_centre_move_now_complete.php>
Historical treasures kept in county
ic Coventry - Coventry,UK
... Box: The Waller Archive Project and pay for it to be cleaned,
catalogued and put online. Caroline Sampson, head archivist at the
County Record Office, ...
<http://iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/tm_headline=his
torical-treasures-kept-in-county&method=full&objectid=19368576&siteid=500
03-name_page.html>
State doles out $21.8M to preserve records
Newark Star Ledger - NJ, USA
by Tom Hester The state government today handed out $21.8 million to
finance 120 public records preservation efforts by 37 cities and towns
and the 21 ...
<http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2007/06/state_doles_out_218m_to_preser.
html>
Mayor declares village offices 'Employees Only'
The Morning Journal - Lorain,OH,USA
The measures came about as a result of public records' requests made by
mayoral candidate John Hunter. Doors to various departments in the
municipal ...
<http://www.morningjournal.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18526957&BRD=1699&PAG
=461&dept_id=46371&rfi=6>
Protect company's secrets from theft
AZ Central.com - AZ,USA
By taking precautionary security measures, business owners can protect
trade secrets and other confidential information. There are two types
of contracts
...<http://www.azcentral.com/abgnews/articles/0628abg-trademark0628.html>
Albertina could lose posters worth $10m
Art Newspaper - UK
The Art Newspaper can reveal that the Albertina could face one of the
largest spoliation claims in Western Europe in over 50 years, in terms
of the number ...<http://www.theartnewspaper.com/article01.asp?id=672>
The Metropolitan Coporate Counsel - Mountainside,NJ,USA
However, the risks associated with spoliation of electronic discovery
are starting to bring corporate counsel into the driver's seat as the
road to the ...
<http://www.metrocorpcounsel.com/current.php?artType=view&artMonth=July&a
rtYear=2007&EntryNo=6901>
Building Woes for Beazer
BusinessWeek - USA
Behind the most obvious question of what was in the documents being
shredded looms a more important question: "Was he shredding under
orders? ...
<http://www.businessweek.com/investor/content/jun2007/pi20070628_383608.h
tm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_investing>
E-Discovery And Records Management: A Risk-Based Approach
The Metropolitan Coporate Counsel - Mountainside,NJ,USA
Managing these risks requires records management programs that produce
legal records on demand, confirm regulatory compliance, and lubricate
operations. ...
<http://www.metrocorpcounsel.com/current.php?artType=view&artMonth=July&a
rtYear=2007&EntryNo=6902>
FRCP And MetaData - Avoid The Lurking E-Discovery Disaster
The Metropolitan Coporate Counsel - Mountainside,NJ,USA
Metadata management has been elevated to a level of importance
traditionally occupied by often-discussed topics like email archiving,
document retention, ...
<http://www.metrocorpcounsel.com/current.php?artType=view&artMonth=July&a
rtYear=2007&EntryNo=6899>
Employee destroys company files before quitting
The Northwest Florida Daily News - Fort Walton Beach,FL,USA
The estimated cost to replace the destroyed documents will be 80 hours
of labor at $18 an hour and $60 in materials. The owner of the company,
who reported ...<http://www.nwfdailynews.com/article/6916>
EXCLUSIVE: ES&S Letter Agreeing to Send Voting System Source Code ...
Brad Blog - USA
We asked yesterday why ES&S decided to send their source code, instead
of allowing Bowen to pull it from the escrow facility at Iron Mountain,
... <http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4741>
AN HISTORICAL archive documenting 900 years of the area's history ...
Leamington Observer - Leamington Spa,Warwickshire,UK
The Outside the Box: The Waller Archive Project will see archivists and
conservators catalogue, clean and repackage the collection and make it
available and ...
<http://leamington.observertoday.co.uk/news.tvt?_ticket=O1MDALOLO9M2TRRIV
QQF9NTHLZIZBHSJ7TRFPOTCJNZEDON9CHVRG13EIOQNANSEANYBGGSGW4THHONCNPUDALNNHO
RGUT4TUNNADYNWNKLAFUVJYQRFLZHXWMTEDYKACNTFURYIHONHDMTEGQKACOWFURUQE6GRWX5
&_scope=Flow/Websites/Leamington/News&id=331742>
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Jim Shrager, Margaret Raymond-Flood and Fernando Pinguelo
The Metropolitan Coporate Counsel - Mountainside,NJ,USA
In most cases, "delete" does not mean gone forever. Since every
electronic document leaves a "fingerprint" behind, chances are a
computer forensics expert ...
<http://www.metrocorpcounsel.com/current.php?artType=view&artMonth=July&a
rtYear=2007&EntryNo=6898>
Historical society in a delightful quandary
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription) - Milwaukee,WI,USA
When the brewery contacted the historical society last year, officials
were interested. But after taking pictures and measurements of the
vats, they thought
...<http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=626107>
Google Apps now capable of mail migration
Ars Technica - Boston,MA,USA
... including those with vast (generally inaccessible) email archives,
those subject to regulation regarding the archival of communication,
...<http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2007/06/28/google-apps-
now-capable-of-mail-migration>
Hackers Make Off With Personal Info On Applicants At UC Davis
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
Files on the portable storage device contained Social Security numbers
for 199 students from the professor's classes in 1992, and the names,
grades,
...<http://www.informationweek.com/industries/showArticle.jhtml?articleID
=200001374>
Peter Kurilecz
Richmond, VA
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