RAIN 20080116
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to
records and archives management.
Judge chides town for poor records; Homeowners prevail in seasonal ...\Eagle
Tribune - North Andover,MA,USABy Penny Williams , Staff writer HAMPSTEAD - A
Superior Court judge cited the town's poor record-keeping in his decision to
grant two Sunset Lake properties ...<
http://www.eagletribune.com/punewsnh/local_story_014093841?keyword=secondarystory
>
County records literally stand in the way of proposed Dynamo stadium
KHOU - Houston,TX,USA
By Lee McGuire / 11 News The Harris County Tax Assessor, home to 100000
license plates and 20 million county records, is literally standing in the
path of a ...<
http://www.khou.com/news/local/stories/khou080114_tnt_dynamostadium.21bf80bc.html>
50 years of history goes online
Sunshine Coast Daily - Queensland,Australia
A joint effort between Maroochy and Caloundra councils and collaborating
with Queensland State Library, the innovative project has seen the
digitization of ...
<http://www.thedaily.com.au/news/2008/jan/15/50-years-history-goes-online/>
Ransom Center houses Norman Mailer's archives
UT The Daily Texan - Austin,TX,USA
By Sarah Wilson It took two years to receive, document and archive Norman
Mailer's manuscripts, screenplays, notes, photographs and books, ...
<http://www.dailytexanonline.com/home/news/2008/01/15/University/Ransom.Center.Houses.Norman.Mailers.Archives-3152513.shtml
>
IRS sent tax database on unencrypted tapes
Search Storage - USA
In an email to SearchStorage, the IRS responded: IRS implemented secure
electronic transmission of federal tax information utilizing Tumbleweed
Secure Data ...
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http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid5_gci1293698,00.html
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Coroner refuses to return Nimrod secrets
The Herald - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
Andrew Walker, Oxfordshire assistant deputy coroner, also refused a request
not to read the confidential documents after the MoD claimed it had released
...
<http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.1965258.0.Coroner_refuses_to_return_Nimrod_secrets.php
>
Football player files missing
Charleston Gazette - WV, USA
According to the source, the files in Rodriguez's office that are now
missing included everything from records regarding summer camps -- financial
and ...<http://sundaygazettemail.com/section/Sports/WVU/2008011432>
Pru van 'loses' clients' records
Reading Evening Post - Reading,England,UK
The files, relating to 200 of the firm's wealthiest clients, were discovered
on a roundabout by the Junction 11 sliproad after falling unnoticed out of a
...
<http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/2020/2020203/pru_van_loses_clients_records
>
Records case costs public $50000
Augusta Chronicle (subscription) - Augusta,GA,USA
The total so far is $50535 in legal fees over the issue of public inspection
of public documents. On behalf of the association, attorney Robert Mullins
has ...<http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/011508/met_180391.shtml>
The good, bad of technology
Toledo Blade - Toledo,OH,USA
He believes she also took some proprietary data and trade secrets, too. In
reconstructing the situation, he discovered the employee had e-mailed much
of the ...
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http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080115/COLUMNIST02/801150345/-1/BUSINESS01>
Tenn. Tech loses student data
The Tennessean - Nashville,TN,USA
By COLBY SLEDGE A portable storage drive containing the names and Social
Security numbers of 990 Tennessee Tech students has been lost, according
to...
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http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080115/NEWS04/801150365/1018/NEWS
>
Nashville laptop theft may cost $1 million
InfoWorld - San Francisco,CA,USA
By Robert McMillan, IDG News Service The theft of a laptop containing Social
Security numbers of Nashville, Tenn.-area voters is expected to cost local
...
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/01/14/Nashville-laptop-theft-may-cost-1-million-dollars_1.html
>
E-Mail Carries the Power of Paper
Sheri Qualters
A recent Massachusetts Appeals Court ruling enforcing an e-mail settlement
agreement of a contractual dispute is a reminder to lawyers that e-mail
settlements carry the same weight as deals on paper.
<http://www.law.com/jsp/ltn/pubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1200305128296 >
D-Lib Magazine, Tue, 15 Jan 2008 8:47 AM PST
Creating Preservation-Ready Web Resources
There are innumerable departmental, community, and personal web sites
worthy of long-term preservation but proportionally fewer archivists
available to properly prepare and process such sites.
<< http://www.dlib.org/dlib/january08/smith/01smith.html>>
Rodriguez' attorney to respond to shredding allegations
MLive.com - MI,USA
According to the source, the files in Rodriguez's office that are now
missing included everything from records regarding summer camps -- financial
and ...<http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/football/index.ssf/2008/01/rodriguez_attorney_to_respond.html
>
Files go missing, WVU blames Rodriguez
MLive.com - MI,USA
"If a player spoke to a school or did public service, we don't have a record
of it,'' said the source. "If he broke a rule or missed class, we don't have
a ...<
http://blog.mlive.com/thediag/2008/01/files_go_missing_wvu_blames_ro.html>
Rodriguez's agent responds to document-shredding allegations
MLive.com - MI,USA
Brown also said that financial records for summer camps were kept by the
university, not Rodriguez. - About the strength and conditioning records,
...
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http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/football/index.ssf/2008/01/rodriguezs_agent_responds_to_d.html>
Report: West Virginia football files missing
SportingNews.com - USA
Multiple sources told the newspaper that Rodriguez and video coordinator
Dusty Rutledge were seen shredding papers in Rodriguez's private office on
Dec. ...<http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=337727>
WVU Football: Rich Rodriguez Responsible for Missing Player Files?
Bleacher Report - Menlo Park,CA,USA
Hickman reports that Rodriguez and his longtime personal assistant Dusty
Rutledge were seen shredding files on Dec. 18. He also reports that although
the ...<http://bleacherreport.com/articles/6569-College_Football-WVU_Football-WVU_Football_Rich_Rodriguez_Responsible_for_Missing_Player_Files_-140108
>
Iron Mountain digitizes documents to bolster security
Search Storage - USA
... Inc. is unveiling a Digital Record Center for Images (DRCI) service that
allows paper records storage customers retrieve archived documents
digitally. ...<http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid5_gci1293807,00.html
>
State plans Cultural Center café
Charleston Gazette - WV, USA
Rumors of plans to put a café/gift shop in the space that now houses the
state archives library have sparked protests among state historians and ...
<http://sundaygazettemail.com/section/News/2008011421>
Documents are Missing from the Puskar Center
WTRF - Wheeling,WV,USA
The latest chapter in this soap opera, reports that Rodriguez was seen
shredding documents in the Puskar Center the day after he was introduced
as...<http://www.wtrf.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=33636>
WVU is probing missing student-athlete files case
Beckley Register-Herald (subscription) - Beckley,WV,USA
Several people in Puskar Center reportedly saw Rodriguez and departed video
coordinator Dusty Rutledge in the head coach's office shredding paperwork
Dec. ...<
http://www.register-herald.com/sports/local_story_015233125.html?keyword=topstory
>
News in brief: Ham radio license exam scheduled
Huntington Herald Dispatch - Huntington,WV,USA
Disagreement over the proposal allegedly played a role in Reid-Smith's
firing of Fred Armstrong as the state's longtime Archives and History
director late ...<http://www.herald-dispatch.com/homepage/x142197323>
School investigating disappearance of football records
SI.com - USA
3, along with strength and conditioning records from the weight room.
Assistant athletic director Mike Fragale told The Associated Press some
files are ...<http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/football/ncaa/01/15/rodriguez.wvu.ap/
>
Report: Rodriguez shredded documents
Royal Oak Daily Tribune - Royal Oak,MI,USA
The Gazette reported that the files missing included everything from records
on summer camps to data on boosters, recruiting and most everything related
to <http://www.dailytribune.com/stories/011608/spo_s1001.shtml>
The Time Is Now (Better yet, Yesterday) For a Federal Data Breach ...
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
Including a number of blockbusters, such as those at Choicepoint, TJX, and
the VA. Prior to SB 1386, too many (read: nearly all) companies opted to
ignore ...<
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/01/the_time_is_now.html
>
Keep UVa donors out in the sunshine
Roanoke Times - Roanoke,VA,USA
But he is carrying a bill in the Senate this year that would exempt the
University of Virginia from a portion of the Freedom of Information Act. UVa
wants ...<http://www.roanoke.com/editorials/wb/147188>
Grant support for IT pioneers
nebusiness.co.uk - UK
Business studies show that 43% of companies that suffer a major loss of
computer records never reopen for business, while 51% close within two
years. ...<http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-sector-reports/business-innovation-north-east/winter-2007/2008/01/15/grant-support-for-it-pioneers-51140-20353317/
>
Censorship and conflict: inside the Harold Pinter archive
Socialistworker.co.uk <http://socialistworker.co.uk/> - London,UK
This is just one small revelation about Pinter's work that emerges from the
archive of the writer's papers, which was bought for £1.1 million by the
British ...<http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=13899>
Missouri Document Retention Review Granted Extension
Government Technology - Folsom,CA,USA
... the Missouri Governor's Office and the Office of Administration are not
in compliance with Missouri's records retention and Sunshine laws has
requested, ...<http://www.govtech.com/gt/248740?topic=117688>
Information management
IT-Director.com - USA
There are many reasons why organisations decide to define and implement a
records management policy, but these are often external factors, such as
changes ...<http://www.it-director.com/business/content.php?cid=10187>
The Bush Library Contest: Where's the Vision? Where's the Artistry?
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) - USA
After news about The Chronicle's contest to design the George W. Bush
Presidential Library on the back of an envelope appeared in The Dallas
Morning News, ...
<http://chronicle.com/blogs/architecture/1441/the-bush-library-contest-wheres-the-vision-wheres-the-artistry
>
Design contest for George W's library
Building.co.uk <http://building.co.uk/> (subscription) - UK
By Dan Stewart Architects and designers have been asked to submit sketch
designs for how George W Bush's presidential library might look. ...
<http://www.building.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=284&storycode=3103779&c=0
>
Ex-wildlife officer indicted on tampering charge
Dayton Daily News (subscription) - Dayton,OH,USA
1, Snyder allegedly falsified, destroyed or altered a local, state or
federal government record and allegedly knowingly made a false statement
with the ...
<http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/01/15/ddn011508wildindictweb.html
>
German doctors say no to centrally stored patient records
EHI Primary Care - London,UK
There are, for instance, a number of regional care networks in Germany that
already use shared electronic patient records with central data storage. ...
<http://www.ehiprimarycare.com/news/3384/german_doctors_say_no_to_centrally_stored_patient_records
>
Football player files missing
Fingers point to Rodriguez
By Dave Hickman <http://www.wvgazette.com/displayEmailContact.php?rid=17>
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia officials are wondering if assistant coaches
aren't all that Rich Rodriguez took with him to Michigan. They believe he
may also have destroyed all or most of the paperwork files relating to every
player on the current Mountaineer roster and virtually all of the activities
conducted by the program over the past seven
years.<http://wvgazette.com/section/Sports/WVU/2008011432
>
WVU to investigate disappearance of files
By Mike Casazza<http://www.dailymail.com/Sports/WVUSports/contact/zvxrp+qnvylznvy+pbz+return=/Sports/WVUSports/200801150217>
MORGANTOWN - A wealth of information regarding West Virginia's football
program has disappeared and athletic department officials are uncertain,
though suspicious, as to how volumes of material chronicling recent history
has gone missing.<http://www.dailymail.com/Sports/WVUSports/200801150217 >
Ex-trustee sued over records
Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati,OH,USA
The Pierce Township suit claims he is liable for "intentional interference
with and/or destruction of evidence." Pierce Township asked that
Hartman be<http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080116/NEWS01/801160359/1056/COL02
>
Feds Must Examine All Internet Packet to Prevent E-9/11, Top Spook ...
Wired News - USA
Presumably using unsupported stats like that, in May 2007 McConnell
convinced President Bush that a massive cyber-attack on a bank such as Bank
of America ...<http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/01/feds-must-exami.html
>
US Seeks to Force Suspect to Reveal Password to Computer Files
Washington Post - United States
"If it stands, it means that if you encrypt your documents, the government
cannot force you to decrypt them," he said. "So you're going to see drug
dealers ...<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/15/AR2008011503663.html
>
How companies can determine policies for instant messaging
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
While it's important for all companies to safeguard their communications,
some industries face tighter controls on how to protect and archive
e-records. ...<
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/15/BUPMUF5NE.DTL?type=tech
>
White House Reused E-Mail Tapes
The Associated Press -
Backup tapes are the last line of defense for saving electronic records.
Separately, the statement reveals the extent to which the White House is
apparently ...<
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hsG0My2Q3Eu9Sj2PSupnj4xeQXxAD8U72ELG0>
Libraries launch historic archival resource
Holmdel Independent - Holmdel,NJ,USA
To tour this archive, visit http://mtpl.org/rbr/. Subsequent phases of the
archive will soon follow. "An indexed digital local newspaper is of
tremendous ...<
http://independent.gmnews.com/news/2008/0116/Front_Page/020.html>
Tenn. Tech loses student data
The Tennessean - Nashville,TN,USA
By COLBY SLEDGE * Staff Writer * January 15, 2008 A portable storage drive
containing the names and Social Security numbers of 990 Tennessee Tech
students ...
<
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080115/NEWS04/801150365/1018/NEWS01
>
Historical Society Thanks Its Lucky Stars This Old Glory Could be ...
TheDay - New London,CT,USA
By Tim Cook IIT'S NOT THAT THE NEW London County Historical Society didn't
appreciate the antique 13-star American flag -- made of faded white and red
silk ...<
http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=60880795-9b71-4415-9f16-98ebb7331814>
Peering at our past
ABC Online - Australia
Barbie Cornell is the Curator of the Mildura and District Historical Society
and she wades through hundreds of photographs and historical objects every
day ...<http://www.abc.net.au/milduraswanhill/stories/s2139422.htm?backyard
>
A Monumental Hunt for Treasure
Wall Street Journal - USA
The National Archive now believes some 88 were made, so there's more out
there. "The incident illustrates my belief that many more wartime objects
will now ...<
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120044079253692685.html?mod=googlenews_wsj>
Sheriff confronts lack of storage; board sets up committee to ...
Olney Daily Mail - Olney,IL,USA
Hires said an arrest record is destroyed by burning or shredding when an
individual is deceased. State's Attorney David Hyde said there are statutory
...<http://www.olneydailymail.com/articles/2008/01/16/news/news01.txt>
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