RAIN 20080710
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to
records and archives management.
Report Finds Gaps in Federal E-Mail Records
Washington Post - United States
Current law gives agencies broad discretion to determine how electronic
records and communications are maintained. Quality varies widely, according
to the ...
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Documents hoarded for 40 years in Tel Aviv flat by executor's ...
guardian.co.uk - UK
Following that incident she allowed employees from Israel's state archive
to catalogue the items she had, but was accused of holding back key
documents. ...
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Charity sues charity for theft of donor list
Southeast Texas Record - Beaumont,TX,USA
Alleging theft and conversion of trade secrets, the American Syringomyelia
Alliance Project filed suit against Chari and Syringomyelia Foundation on
July 1, ...
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http://www.setexasrecord.com/news/213608-charity-sues-charity-for-theft-of-donor-list
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Namibian registered fishing vessel faces ban
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
"The boat's computer records revealed it had contact with known illegal
fishing vessels and had resupplied them at sea," he said. The Paloma V's
owners, ...
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http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=84&art_id=vn20080709060242529C348794
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Reaching out to document storage clients
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
Singapore, where buying or renting property to store documents would be
particularly expensive — and would thus have more demand for records
storage and ...
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http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2008/7/9/corpit/20080709111503&sec=corpit
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Treasury Office Deploys Electronic Document Management System
Government Technology - Folsom,CA,USA
WISDM systematically manages the full life cycle of each document: from
creation through business use, to approval as a record, through retention
and ...
<http://www.govtech.com/gt/375764?topic=117688>
E-Discovery Prompts Agencies to Strengthen Document Management
Government Technology - Folsom,CA,USA
... to be responsive to our public record retention schedules, and to
e-discovery rules that were recently adopted by the federal courts," he
said. ...
<http://www.govtech.com/gt/375761?topic=117688>
White House threatens to veto e-mail storage bill
GovExec.com - Washington,DC,USA
... to a provision the White House says gives the National Archives and
Records Administration new responsibility for overseeing White House
record-keeping. ...
<http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=40419&dcn=todaysnews>
Scientist fired after circulating confidential government documents
Calgary Herald - AB, Canada
OTTAWA - Confidential documents insecurely posted on the Canadian Food
Inspection Agency's computer network laid out sensitive plans to turn over
food ...
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http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=43ff202c-4be8-41d4-9fc6-839ca981f03f
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Justice Department investigating passports breach
The Associated Press -
Last week, a report by the State Department's inspector general found that
85 percent of the passport files for a sampling of 150 notable
politicians,...
<http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hlGlkkDyk3tniI3uAgGmY0T-r3tQD91QILCG0>
Computer records with no backup count as evidence in court ...
Today's Zaman - Istanbul,Turkey
Turkish criminal law experts have said computer records, documents and
files confiscated during an investigation make for sound and legal pieces
of evidence ...
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http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=147145&bolum=101
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House OKs tighter controls over White House e-mail
The Associated Press -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-controlled House, saying the Bush White
House has deleted hundreds of thousands of e-mails, including some relevant
to ...
<http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5impWoLK7nZr1FDMrGtlLMJZRyFzwD91QJGGO1>
Archives solve family puzzle
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
Only recently did the Misto's great-grandson Justin Marriot unravel the
mystery through research at the National Archives, which has just uploaded
74000 ...
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http://www.theage.com.au/national/archives-solve-family-puzzle-20080709-3clw.html
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Coming to Grips with Your Digital Landfill
IT Jungle - New York,NY,USA
It's no wonder that only 34 percent of end users say their organizations
understand how to handle electronic records. More than half of the
respondents said ...
<http://www.itjungle.com/two/two070908-story09.html>
White House records: Don't empty that (e-mail) recycle bin?
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
... "the Electronic Message Preservation Act,'' would direct the Archivist
of the United States to set rules for preservation of electronic records.
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<http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/presidentbush/2008/07/from-rose-mary.html>
House votes to preserve White House e-mails
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
The Electronic Message Preservation Act would direct the archivist of the
United States to draw up new rules for preserving electronic records. ...
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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-email10-2008jul10,0,6389301.story
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An archive of the Cold War
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
These are the archives of the DEFA Film Library at the University of
Massachusetts, the largest collection outside Germany of films made at
Deutsche ...
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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/europe/la-et-germanfilm9-2008jul09,0,7670171.story
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3GS aims to consolidate fragmented document shredding industry
TechJournal South - Research Triangle Park,NC,USA
By Allan Maurer KNOXVILLE, TN—With the IPO window closed and nearly 2000
document destruction companies out there, the time is ripe for
consolidation, ...
<http://www.techjournalsouth.com/news/article.html?item_id=5682>
Gov't data retention - how much is too much?
Silicon.com - UK
At present it is unclear whether the draft bill will call for data to be
stored for up to two years by ISPs, as required from 2009 by the EU Data
Retention ...
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http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/datalockdown/0,3800014480,39257533,00.htm
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New open records policy still unwritten
Gulf Coast Newspapers - Daphne,AL,USA
Last week, in responding to a public records request, a city employee
searched the city's Web site looking for a copy of the request form that
was removed ...
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http://www.baldwincountynow.com/articles/2008/07/10/local_news/doc4873c9785fc84787857073.txt
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End of an Era at the Courthouse
WHSV - Harrisonburg,VA,USA
Since 1961, the deputy clerk has transferred land deeds, wills and all
other documents to microfilm. There's a whole room inside the Courthouse
dedicated to ...
<http://www.whsv.com/news/headlines/24186019.html>
Brothers vs. brother: Firm says trade secrets its own
Anderson Herald Bulletin - Anderson,IN,USA
By Barrett Newkirk ANDERSON — A dispute over corporate intellectual
property involving three brothers has become a courtroom food fight. ...
<http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/local/local_story_191191845.html>
Legacy returned in internship program
Abilene Recorder Chronicle - Abilene,KS,USA
She is working on a variety of projects in the library's archives under
the supervision of staff archivist Jim Leyerzapf. Ms. Berry, plans to
pursue a ...
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http://www.abilene-rc.com/index.cfm?event=news.view&id=0897623A-19B9-E2F5-46D6164FF654B0E4
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Week Eight: Organizing Photographs
Washington Post - United States
Once things were sensibly sorted, Caitlin said each pile should go in an
archival storage box, which are available at Archivalmethods.com and many
other ...
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/artsandliving/homeandgarden/organizing-the-attic/071008.html
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Easing e-discovery preparation by mapping enterprise data
SearchSecurity.com - Needham,MA,USA
Making matters worse for IT administrators, new rules for civil litigation
enacted at the end of 2006 (called the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, or
FRCP) ...
<http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid14_gci1320617,00.html>
Prize Find
Dublin Courier Herald - Dublin,GA,USA
Thomas knows the importance of preserving documents, both as a clerk of
county records and as an avid historian and archivist. ...
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File sharing's threat to agency data is growing, analysts say
Nextgov - Washington,DC,USA
Gormley said most users often are not aware that files they share can
include all documents and files on their computer, not just music or
movies, ...
<http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20080710_3088.php>
Secrets Case Called a Puzzle
New York Sun - United States
Lesnik, who holds a doctorate in physics from the University of Chicago,
pleaded guilty to having 11 classified documents at his home in the Valley
Village ...
<http://www.nysun.com/national/secrets-case-called-a-puzzle/81603/>
Decision to destroy RTA ballots protested
Arizona Daily Star - Tucson,AZ,USA
The Democratic, Libertarian and Green parties plan to oppose the ballot
destruction, said attorney Bill Risner, who represented the Democrats in
the records ...
<http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/247666>
Improved Email Management
Processor.com - Lincoln,NE,USA
Examine your document retention policies to see how long your emails are
being kept and whether they are readily accessible. If you don't keep
your email ...
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