RAIN 20100121_2
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to
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Classified material
Washington Post
Only information revealing a human intelligence source or key elements of
weapons of mass destruction could hold the record back. ...<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/17/AR2010011702092.html
>
How to cut IT costs without compromising service
Silicon.com
Given increased volumes and the regulatory need for public services to
retain records for seven years, data storage costs threaten to explode. ...<
http://www.silicon.com/technology/it-services/2010/01/18/how-to-cut-it-costs-without-compromising-service-39745337/
>
1892 Temple map resurfaces
Temple Daily Telegram
by Harper Scott Clark Local historian Michael Kelsey, left, and Craig
Ordner, archivist for the Temple Railroad and Heritage Museum, examine a
recently ...<http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2010/1/18/63615>
Gartner Identifies Four Information Management Roles IT Departments Need to
...
WebWire (press release)
Gartner expects around 15 per cent of companies to add a digital-archivist
role by 2012 compared with fewer than 1 per cent in 2009. ... <
http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=111075>
Lost King Speech To Be Heard After 50 Years
NPR
"I asked our archivist for a copy of the transcript or the audio, and found
out that we didn't have it; so I was devastated," says Bethel's Sondra
Koontz. ...<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122612938>
LBJ Museum takes a rare look at the men who chronicled the intimate details
of ...
Austin American-Statesman
You're not so much a journalist as a real-time archivist — many of your
images won't see the light of day until after the president you are
photographing ...<
http://www.statesman.com/life/books/lbj-museum-takes-a-rare-look-at-the-183715.html
>
Florida courts to file documents online
The News-Press
Since 2008, when the clerk's office eliminated paper files in foreclosure
and county court criminal cases, the office has saved more than $900000.
...<
http://www.news-press.com/article/20100118/NEWS01/1180341/1075/Florida--courts-to-file-documents-online
>
Twitter and Government Transparency
Government Technology
If it's hosted on an external entity that we don't have the control over, we
will not include it in an open records request. We will not have to archive
it ...<http://www.govtech.com/gt/articles/738213>
Microsoft to Erase Search Records After Six Months
BusinessWeek
Mountain View, California-based Google has cut its data- storage period to
nine months. “Data from our search queries represents a crucial arm in our
battle ...<
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-01-19/microsoft-to-remove-ip-addresses-from-searches-after-six-months.html
>
Truckers Sue DOT for Recordkeeping Rule
The Journal of Commerce Online
... wants more clarity, especially as growing use of electronic devices and
electronic data storage could change how many carriers keep their records.
...<http://www.joc.com/node/416095>
Indexing Cloud Storage
InformationWeek (blog)
Whether you use this as a fourth tier of storage that your internal archive
spills over too or as your sole archive, someday you are going to need to
find ...<
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2010/01/indexing_cloud.html
>
Bogardus says commissioners at fault as backlog of land records reaches 8000
...
The Flint Journal - MLive.com
By Ron Fonger | Flint Journal GENESEE COUNTY -- An angry county Register of
Deeds Rose Bogardus said today that more than 8000 deeds and other documents
are ...<
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2010/01/backlog_of_documents_reaches_8.html
>
MFAH Awarded Grant from NHPRC to Establish Electronic Records Archive
Art Daily
Archivist David Ferriero is the Chairman of the Commission (celebrating its
75th anniversary in 2009), which includes representatives from all three
...<http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=35743>
Lewis' letters to mistress can be viewed online
St. Cloud Times
The 262 letters and one poem owned by St. Cloud State University have been
digitized and are searchable through the St. Cloud State archives and the
...<
http://www.sctimes.com/article/20100120/NEWS01/101200007/1009/Lewis--letters-to-mistress-can-be-viewed-online
>
Fired Archives and History director wants grievance hearing
Charleston Gazette
The longtime state Archives and History director who was fired in 2007 was
wrongly denied a grievance hearing by an administrative law judge, ... <
http://wvgazette.com/mostRecent/201001190597>
County clerk boxing up the past
Sentinel-Standard
Rich contacted the State Archives about the storage issue and was told that
it is becoming standard for counties to destroy paper files that are over 25
...<
http://www.sentinel-standard.com/news/x745467607/County-clerk-boxing-up-the-past
>
Hawaii Government Office Misplaces Prized Moon Rocks
OhMyGov! (blog)
... the rock's black market value at about $10 million, had been told that
his best bet for finding the rocks would be to check with the state
archives. ...<
http://ohmygov.com/blogs/general_news/archive/2010/01/19/hawaii-gov-s-office-on-missing-moon-rocks-quot-missing-moon-rocks-what-missing-moon-rocks-quot.aspx
>
eDiscovery Compliance and Its New Requirements: The IT Manager's Guide to
100 ...
CIO
The US federal court system clarified eDiscovery rules and requirements with
the amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP). ... <
http://www.cio.com/white-paper/518664/>
Cloud Security Alliance Presents a Comprehensive Strategy
NetworkWorld.com
... enterprise risk management, legal and electronic discovery, compliance
and audit, information lifecycle management, and porability and
interoperability. ...<http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/56036>
Bad governments love big storage
ZDNet (blog)
Recent events point to the downside of massive data storage: the US
Government's continued policy of arbitrary search and seizure of storage
devices at the ...<http://blogs.zdnet.com/storage/?p=766>
Rap for Lancashire council after data breach
Lancashire Telegraph
By David Watkinson » LANCASHIRE County Council has been rapped by the
information commissioner after confidential documents were left in furniture
sold in a ...<
http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/pendle/4861241.Rap_for_Lancashire_council_after_data_breach/
>
Bing Data Retention Shift a Sign of Privacy Struggle
CIO
... search data retention policies and purge IP address data after six
months. ... guard against data loss and comply with document-retention
regulations. ...<
http://www.cio.com/article/518420/Bing_Data_Retention_Shift_a_Sign_of_Privacy_Struggle?taxonomyId=3089
>
Outsourcing Information Security
CIO
... archiving solution enables an enterprise to manage the huge volume of
messages, guard against data loss and comply with document-retention
regulations. ...<
http://www.cio.com/article/518513/Outsourcing_Information_Security>
Vinnies' precious memories preserved
Catholic Leader
However, there was logic to the man's decision as Suzy Nunes, archivist and
organiser of the recently opened state archives, library and exhibition at
the ...<
http://www.catholicleader.com.au/news.php/features/vinnies-precious-memories-preserved_54603
>
Maintenance and retention of electronic records
Business Mirror
A. General requirements in keeping electronic records. A taxpayer must
maintain all records that are necessary for the determination of his correct
tax ...<
http://businessmirror.com.ph/home/opinion/21158-maintenance-and-retention-of-electronic-records.html
>
When It Comes to E-Discovery Sanctions, Be Afraid. Be Very, Very Afraid
Am Law Litigation Daily
... in the way of e-mails and computer data, so they're usually the ones
complaining to judges about defense failures to preserve electronic records.
...<
http://www.law.com/jsp/tal/digestTAL.jsp?id=1202439189880&When_It_Comes_to_EDiscovery_Sanctions_Be_Afraid_Be_Very_Very_Afraid
>
Half of storage customers considering cloud computing, survey finds
San Francisco Chronicle
... storage capacity, the large footprints of data centers, lengthy data
retention requirements and the cost of storage infrastructure, the survey
found. ...<
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/01/20/urnidgns852573C400693880002576B10055BB88.DTL
>
Successful E-Discovery Starts with a Strong Foundation
Information Management
But they should be able to communicate e-discovery strategies and
requirements to IT, and IT should help by building a framework of good data
retention ...<
http://www.information-management.com/newsletters/metadata_search_ediscovery-10016891-1.html
>
Virtual explorers: access to rare artefacts at National Library
Irish Times
FARM DEEDS signed by the man credited with bringing the potato to Ireland
are among the rare artefacts featured in a hi-tech virtual exhibition which
opened ...<
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0121/1224262783208.html>
Counting the cost of cloud storage
Search Storage
Some cloud storage providers, including Autonomy Zantaz and Iron Mountain,
support private data lines that connect the customer's infrastructure to the
...<
http://searchstorage.techtarget.com.au/articles/38250-Counting-the-cost-of-cloud-storage
>
San Jose poised to close electronic message loophole
San Jose Mercury News
But if the city receives a records request, they must provide any relevant
city-related messages stored in their personal devices. The only exceptions
would ...<http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14233455>
We need a common sense approach to Freedom of Information requests
The Guardian
When the Freedom of Information Act was passed five years ago, the council
embraced the new legislation and learned a lot about the sorts of things the
...<
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/joepublic/2010/jan/20/council-freedom-of-information-requests
>
Old pioneer records back in SL County hands -- after decades ...
Salt Lake Tribune
The books now are headed to the county archives, where Ott will have the
pages covered in archival plastic and made available for public research. <
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_14233054>
Into the Archives
The Stanford Daily
Morgan — who received both a Masters of Science in Information Science and a
Masters in History — previously worked as an archivist at Emory University
in ...<http://www.stanforddaily.com/cgi-bin/?p=1037362>
RFID enables courts, law firms to track files
RFID News
In courthouses and law firms keeping track of records can be a hassle. Who
checked them out? Did they sign them back in? The amount of time it can take
to ...<
http://www.rfidnews.org/2010/01/21/rfid-enables-courts-law-firms-to-track-files
>
Break-ins raise issue of records' security
UNM Daily Lobo
Kathleen Sena, the University registrar, said academic transcripts and other
documents containing sensitive student information could potentially have
been ...<
http://www.dailylobo.com/index.php/article/2010/01/breakins_raise_issueof_records_security
>
Government e-documents to save 9000 trees
Taiwan Today
... government agencies nationwide will be handled online, from their
drafting to signing and implementation, with the exception of confidential
documents. ...<http://www.taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=92418&CtNode=414>
1892 Temple map given to Railroad and Heritage Museum
News 8 Austin
Museum archivist Craig Ordner said the piece of history will help the city
in at least one project. "The city of Temple is involved in a historical
marker ...<
http://www.news8austin.com/content/your_news/default.asp?ArID=264486>
Holocaust Records Go Online, Assisting in Restitution Battle
Jewish Exponent
"We cannot afford to forget this period in our history," said Michael Kurtz,
assistant archivist of the United States and author of America and the
Return ...<http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/20421/>
Afghanistan: Film archive weathers coups and car bombs, but threats remain
Christian Science Monitor
While the Taliban had plans to turn it into a weapons museum, Afghanistan's
national film archive is attempting to save documents by digitizing a
collection ...<
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2010/0121/Afghanistan-Film-archive-weathers-coups-and-car-bombs-but-threats-remain
>
Battle over Franz Kafka archive kept for decades in cat-infested flat
Telegraph.co.uk <http://telegraph.co.uk/>
The elderly sisters inherited the archive from their mother, Mr Brod's
secretary, Esther Hoffe. Her will is being contested by the National Library
of ...<
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/7037101/Battle-over-Franz-Kafka-archive-kept-for-decades-in-cat-infested-flat.html
>
Elgin County archives acquires historical photos
West Lorne Chronicle
The Elgin County Archives has acquired a collection of over 6000 photographs
originally published in the West Lorne Sun and Rodney Mercury newspapers.
...<http://www.thechronicle-online.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2271438>
Small Practices Slow Electronic Health Records Adoption
Nashville Public Radio
The CEO of Microsoft told Nashville's health care industry leaders Wednesday
small physician practices are making the expansion of electronic records a
...<http://wpln.org/?p=14094>
White House Details E-Mail Archiving Effort
InformationWeek
Audits verify that only authorized individuals access the repositories and
the EMC system alerts the White House if anyone tries to delete an e-mail
without ...<
http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/info-management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=222301693&subSection=News
>
Feinberg: Three million buck Chuck
Lincoln Journal
Chuck takes home with him a set of tapes of the town's computer records
every night just in case the Town Office Building burns down overnight. ...
<
http://www.wickedlocal.com/lincoln/news/lifestyle/columnists/x1689216200/Feinberg-Three-million-buck-Chuck
>
Elected Officials' iPhones and BlackBerrys To Be Subject To Public Records
Laws
PublicCEO.com (blog)
Technologies such as iPhones and BlackBerrys will no longer be free of
avoiding public-records laws. A new disclosure policy is set to be approved
in San ...<
http://www.publicceo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1097:elected-officials-iphones-and-blackberrys-to-be-subject-to-public-records-laws-&catid=156:information-technologies-publicceo-exclusive&Itemid=39
>
Little-known law is blocking path to Jerry Brown's papers
Contra Costa Times
asked Peter Scheer, executive director of the First Amendment Coalition,
which filed a Public Records Act request to gain access to Brown's papers in
...<http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_14241254>
Italian Justice System Battles Technophobes
CIO
... archiving solution enables an enterprise to manage the huge volume of
messages, guard against data loss and comply with document-retention
regulations. ...<
http://www.cio.com/article/520963/Italian_Justice_System_Battles_Technophobes?source=rss_news
>
Finding the keys to free old files
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
That translates into relatively straightforward instructions, available at
the Data Liberation Front site, to help you move your documents out of
Google ...<http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2010/01/post_54.html>
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