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REGISTER of Deeds resigns
Barron News-Shield - Barron,WI,USA
... The Register of Deeds office typically handles customers who want 
copies
of real estate documents. Official documents related to ...
<http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15731487&BRD=1132&PAG=461&dept
_id=157660&rfi=6>

SENATOR: Start saving state records now
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription) - Little Rock,AR,USA
... by Jan. 1. The rules would apply to public records commonly found in
most state agencies, including electronic records. Act 918 ...
<http://www.ardemgaz.com/ShowStoryTemplate.asp?Path=ArDemocrat/2005/12/11
&ID=Ar02701&Section=Arkansas>

COURT rules on records format
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription) - Knoxville,TN,USA
JACKSON - An appeals court ruling released last week says government 
officials
are not required to release public records in the format that the 
citizen
...
<http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/state/article/0,1406,KNS_348_4306038,00.html
>

WHAT ever happened to the paperless office?
Christian Science Monitor - Boston,MA,USA
... Even with such technological advances, the improved capabilities of
digital storage continues to act against "paperlessness," argues Paul
Saffo, a technology ...
<http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1212/p13s01-wmgn.html>

FILLING in the gaps in family history
Hindu - Chennai,India
... Kazez collects information from state archives in Poland and the 
American
Jewish Archives in Cincinnati. Over the years, 300 volunteer ...
<http://www.hindu.com/2005/12/12/stories/2005121202502000.htm>

FRAUD-FIGHTING software business booms
Winston-Salem Journal - Winston-Salem,NC,USA
... Its software for reviewing mainframe-computer records known as log
files had limited appeal. Revenue was stuck at a few million dollars a
year. ...
<http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ%2FMGArticle%2FW
SJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1128768649553&path=!business&s=1037645507
703>

MANY of library's archival materials safe
Biloxi Sun Herald - MS, USA
But take heart. Shortly after the storm, many of the archival materials
were removed from the building and brought to safety. The ...
<http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/living/13381256.htm>

MERCK'S DELETED DATA
 Robert Langreth and Matthew Herper
 How the New England Journal of Medicine uncovered
 missing data on Vioxx heart risk.
http://www.forbes.com/2005/12/08/merck-vioxx-lawsuits_cx_mh_1208vioxx.htm

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Archivists rethink document recovery
FEMA roadblock caused delays
By SUZANNAH EVANS
SUN HERALD
<http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/special_packages/hurricane_k
atrina/13365631.htm>


Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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