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Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to
records and archives management.
Enterprise content management is a way to handle corporate governance
CIO Latest News - London,UK
ECM is the umbrella term for a series of technologies from records
management to document imaging via collaboration, email archiving, portal
and web content ...
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http://www.cio.co.uk/concern/people/industryanalysis/index.cfm?articleid=689
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Fritz Lang's Lost Metropolis - Rediscovered!
Film.com - Seattle,WA,USA
German archivists reassembled the best version they could from bits found
in archives all over the world. That effort resulted in a film 147 minutes
long, ...
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The ear bone's connected to the heritage of Aborigines
Edinburgh Evening News - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
It was uncovered earlier this year by archivists working through the
University's vast collection, and had enough detail to identify where it
came from and ...
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Picking the bones out of our imperial past
Scotsman - United Kingdom
The fragment was discovered earlier this year by archivists, who were able
to identify the bone and ascertain to whom it should be returned. ...
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http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Picking-the-bones-out-of.4264188.jp
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Report: States should prioritize e-records
FCW.com - Falls Church,VA,USA
The report states that many states have approached electronic records
management on a "piecemeal basis," which makes establishing a
comprehensive statewide ...
<http://www.fcw.com/online/news/153067-1.html>
One Subpoena Is All It Takes to Reveal Your Online Life
New York Times - United States
After all, the overwhelming majority of log files at Internet companies are
boring and meaningless. But every now and then there is a tidbit that has
...
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http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/07/the-privacy-risk-from-the-courts/?ref=technology
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Scott awarded $1102 over missing records
Green Bay Press Gazette - Green Bay,WI,USA
The files were needed so that town officials could have a certified public
accountant complete an audit of the district's finances from 2005 through
2007. ...
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Five things IT can do to prepare for e-discovery
TechRepublic - Louisville,KY,USA
In a 1999 case, Phillip Morris was fined $2.5 millionbecause employees
ignoreda legal hold order and Phillip Morris' own document retention
policy (Blank ...
<http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/tech-manager/?p=547>
World Newspaper Archive to be launched
editorsweblog.org - USA
American historical papers like Early American Newspapers and Hispanic
American Newspapers may be cross-searched on the World Newspaper Archive....
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http://www.editorsweblog.org/newspaper/2008/07/world_newspaper_archive_to_be_launched.php
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Historians question Washington's Valley Forge tent
WAVY-TV - Portsmouth,VA,USA
But a National Park Service archivist tells The Philadelphia Inquirer that
it's more likely the tent was one Washington picked up as he left Valley
Forge ...
<http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=8626712>
Data Protection and Security
Enterprise Management Quarterly - Chicago,Illinois,USA
The breaches can be as simple as employees having access to more
information than they need and run the gamut all the way to fraud and
corporate espionage. ...
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http://www.emqus.com/index.php?/emq/article/data_protection_and_security_505
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Increasingly, Internet's Data Trail Leads to Court
New York Times Blogs - New York,NY,USA
Next come cases of identity theft, then computer hacking. But with more
than 20 million customers, AOL has been called on to help in nearly every
sort of ...
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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/04/technology/04privacy.html?scp=3&sq=hansell%20subpeana&st=cse
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Big chunk of history goes east
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - MO, United States
While picking through the clutter, Gietschier found yellowing photos and
even glass negatives. The glass negatives were Conlon's. The archives have
photos ...
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Wall St Journal
She Strives to Save the Works
Of Man From Acts of God
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121547447938834071-email.html>
Conservation for all to see
Beverley Guardian - Driffield,Yorkshire,UK
The archivists are charged with keeping these items safe for future
generations but not all of the treasures arrived in good condition - some
had been ...
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http://www.beverleyguardian.co.uk/739/Conservation-for-all-to-see.4256626.jp
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Uncovering an old leaf
Ha'aretz - Tel Aviv,Israel
While only partially and only temporarily, the Israel State Archives, which
is attached to the Prime Minister's Office, did in fact succeed in
gaining...
<http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/999621.html>
Idaho State Historical Society was created in 1907
IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA
In 1969 the Society had long since run out of storage space, and the State
Library, the Historical Library, the Genealogical Library and the State
Archives ...
<http://www.idahostatesman.com/life/story/435910.html>
BBC forced to reveal EastEnders costs under FoI
guardian.co.uk - UK
The BBC initially refused to meet the request in a response sent the next
day, insisting that it was exempt from the Freedom of Information Act
because "the ...
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jul/08/bbc.freedomofinformation>
Loss of CF&I archives staff worries professionals
Pueblo Chieftain - Pueblo,CO,USA
Former BHS archivist Jay Trask said a professional archivist is essential
for a collection like the CF&I archives to be used by researchers or
students. ...
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There's no crime in privacy protest
The Virginian-Pilot - Norfolk,VA,USA
Betty Ostergren believes Social Security numbers should not be accessible
on the Internet, but she has a peculiar way of making her point. ...
<http://hamptonroads.com/2008/07/theres-no-crime-privacy-protest>
Two charged in U. of U. hospital patient records theft
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
Charges have been filed in the theft of medical records that contained
personal details, including Social Security numbers, of 1.5 million
University of ...
<http://www.sltrib.com/ci_9813740>
E-records reform bill faces resistance
FCW.com - Falls Church,VA,USA
By Ben Bain The National Archives and Records Administration hasn't been
sufficiently overseeing agencies' records management programs, according
to ...
<http://www.fcw.com/online/news/153080-1.html>
Federal biologist loses job over leaked memo
Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
OTTAWA - A federal scientist was fired after distributing classified
documents he found improperly posted on the Canadian Food Inspection
Agency's server ...
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Survey: Companies' Efforts to Shred Sensitive Documents Might Not ...
FOXBusiness - USA
Perhaps most surprising among the survey's findings is that companies
believe they're more familiar with federal requirements for information
destruction ...
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GAO: Archives not overseeing e-mail record preservation
Nextgov - Washington,DC,USA
By Jill R. Aitoro, [log in to unmask] 07/08/08 The National Archives and
Records Administration has done little to ensure that agencies properly
preserve ...
<http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20080708_4470.php>
E-mail archives are inadequate, GAO finds
Federal Times - USA
All four still use paper-based archiving systems that often fail to archive
all required messages. And more than half of the senior officials at
those...
<http://federaltimes.com/index.php?S=3617472>
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