RAIN 20081210
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to
records and archives management.
Man enters plea in U. of U. records theft case
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
By Stephen Hunt One of two men charged in connection with obtaining stolen
medical records containing personal information for 1.5 million
University...
<http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_11169523>
Orange County will preserve records left soggy by Ike
Beaumont Enterprise - Beaumont,tx,USA
By MARGARET TOAL Several hundred boxes of county records saturated by
floods in Hurricane Ike were frozen by a preservation company soon after
the storm. ...
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http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/local/orange_county_will_preserve_records_left_soggy_by_ike_12-08-2008.html
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Preventing electronic security breaches still comes down to the ...
WTN News - Madison,WI,USA
In one case, technology vendor Electronic Data Systems mistakenly mailed
260000 brochures to Medicaid recipients that included their Social Security
numbers ...
<http://wistechnology.com/articles/5278/>
Microsoft Reduces Search Data Retention To Six Months
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
That's three months less than the search data retention period observed by
Google, which adopted a nine month period in September. ...
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/search/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212300250&subSection=Business+Intelligence
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Education Department Reworks Privacy Regulations
Wall Street Journal - USA
The new regulations will also tweak other parts of Ferpa, including areas
dealing with electronic records, students' Social Security numbers, ...
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122878222728889843.html?mod=googlenews_wsj>
Taking electronic records retention management to the next level
SearchCIO-Midmarket.com - Needham,MA,USA
The foundation of the city's records retention program is a series of
applications from Long Beach, Calif.-based document management company
Laserfiche. ...
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http://searchcio-midmarket.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid183_gci1341772,00.html
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Editorial - Ruling shows city attorney deception
Fort Morgan Times - Fort Morgan,CO,USA
Vannoy continued: "The City's interpretation of its document retention
policy is self-serving, not reasonably based on the written language of its
own ...
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http://www.fortmorgantimes.com/news/2008/dec/09/editorial---ruling-shows-city-attorney-deception/
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Open records chief shows an independent spirit
Pocono Record - Stroudsburg,PA,USA
By PETER JACKSON AP HARRISBURG — Weeks before the state Office of Open
Records opens for business, it's clear that office director Terry Mutchler
is not ...
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http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081209/NEWS04/812090302
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Obama Can't Have a BlackBerry. Should Your CEO?
PC World - USA
Ironically, the Bush White House suspended that policy for some staffers
after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. "On September 11, we had
tremendous ...
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/155179/obama_cant_have_a_blackberry_should_your_ceo.html
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Belafonte to auction unknown papers of MLK
The Associated Press
... expert on manuscripts who in 2006 discovered a printed version of the
jail letter, said the Belafonte papers were previously unknown to King
archivists. ...
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http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5isQ5DSPlHAACPnIjuOg8i3f9dEXQD94UPDV80
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National Archivist Allen Weinstein Resigns
MarketWatch - USA
... hosting delegations of foreign archivists and other foreign dignitaries
and cooperating in international programs and agreements with foreign
archives. ...
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/National-Archivist-Allen-Weinstein-Resigns/story.aspx?guid=%7B8FC3715F-42D4-4402-9B5A-37B0FAEC4B6E%7D
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How proprietary is your confidential information?
WTN News - Madison,WI,USA
... to: (1) more concretely identify your trade secrets; (2) decrease your
risk of loss; (3) deter theft and carelessness with your valuable
information; ...
<http://wistechnology.com/articles/5284/>
ET oil records going digital
News-Journal.com - Longview,TX,USA
"This grant enables four decades of commission hearing files for the East
Texas field to be archived as documents of nationally historical
significance," ...
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http://www.news-journal.com/news/content/news/stories/2008/12/10/12102008_oil_field_history.html
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Buckley, photographer of protests, dies
Tallahassee Democrat - Tallahassee,FL,USA
"Because he was committed to the social change he believed in, he became
its de facto archivist," said Tallahassee attorney Kent Spriggs, a longtime
friend. ...
<http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20081210/NEWS01/812100369/1010/NEWS01>
Former Boeing engineer to get probation, fine in documents case
Daily Breeze - Torrance,CA,USA
The indictment zeroed in on 11 documents -- all of which were either marked
"secret" or "top secret," Goodman said. Included among the classified
papers was ...
<http://www.dailybreeze.com/ci_11173600>
Massive new digital storage library for atmospheric research
International Science Grid This Week - Geneva,Geneva,Switzerland
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) recently installed a
massive new digital storage library planned to hold nearly 30 petabytes of
data— ...
<http://www.isgtw.org/?pid=1001546>
Changes Ahead for E-Discovery Rules?
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
Two years ago this December, FRCP rules were amended to clarify the role
that electronically stored information (ESI) plays in civil litigation. ...
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http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/12/changes_ahead_f.html
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Deleted e-mails still are public records
Columbus Dispatch - Columbus,OH,USA
The Blade did not accuse the Seneca County commissioners of deleting e-mail
messages in order to evade its public-records request. Fritz Byers,
attorney for ...
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http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/12/10/BLADE.ART_ART_12-10-08_B3_UCC6I3C.html?sid=101
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City employee destroyed record: Investigation
Janesville Gazette - Janesville,WI,USA
On the tape, Williams is heard saying he destroyed computer records
relating to the case, and that he promised "Steve" he would do so. ...
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http://gazettextra.com/news/2008/dec/09/city-employee-destroyed-record-investigation/
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Is the Cloud Being Over-Sold?
IT Business Edge - Louisville,KY,USA
His five key challenges include data governance and information lifecycle
management, management of cloud resources themselves, performance and
availability ...
<http://www.itbusinessedge.com/blogs/atc/?p=526>
Illegal to Erase
FWWeekly - Fort Worth,TX,USA
"Now that this and the accompanying e-mails have served their purpose and
are no longer needed, I suggest we all go ahead and delete them," de la
Garza ...
<http://www.fwweekly.com/content.asp?article=7351>
Gov. Blunt: E-mail investigation 'ridiculous'
News-Leader.com - Springfield,MO,USA
Blunt subsequently said he and his staff routinely delete e-mails. In a
September 2007 interview, Blunt said "we don't dictate to each employee how
long ...
<http://www.news-leader.com/article/20081210/BLOGS09/81210040>
MCD planning to digitise all records by Sept 2009
Livemint - Delhi,Delhi,India
"The digitisation will help guarding against loss, theft or destruction
of records and ensure a transparent and swift governance mechanism," MCD
Standing ...
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http://www.livemint.com/2008/12/10183419/MCD-planning-to-digitise-all-r.html
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Should Todd Palin's e-mails be public?
Anchorage Daily News - Anchorage,AK,USA
She is seeking an untold number of state e-mails that were copied to Todd
Palin but withheld from a public records request she made in June. ...
<http://community.adn.com/adn/node/135463>
Spotlight on Palin exposes public records problems
Capital City Weekly - Juneau,AK,USA
By Annette Kreitzer | Capital City Weekly Alaska has a long and proud
tradition of open government and citizen access to the state's public
records. ...
<http://www.capitalcityweekly.com/stories/121008/new_365870753.shtml>
Why we do it: to protect the public's - not just media's - rights
Carroll County Comet - Delphi,IN,USA
... but one that has strengthened over time and resulted in the creation,
at HSPA's urging, of the state's Open Door Law and Access to Public Records
Act. ...
<http://www.carrollcountycomet.com/news/2008/1210/opinion/018.html>
Recorded history is only way to tell a nation's story
Sowetan - Soweto,South Africa
The pitfalls of a nation without a recorded history were highlighted
yesterday at a two-day conference attended by archivists. ...
<http://www.sowetan.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=902018>
TV's buried treasure
Independent - London,England,UK
"Our audiences are a mix of enthusiastic amateurs, professionals from the
business, archivists and collectors – it's almost like a convention. ...
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http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/tvs-buried-treasure-1061357.html
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