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David Foster Wallace archives to go on display
Independent
The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The
University of Texas at Austin, has acquired the archives of writer David
Foster ...< http://bit.ly/bpCwVV>
DLA Piper Sued Over Alleged Discovery Snafu by Associate
The National Law Journal
The associate removed documents pertaining to McGranahan from Sutton's files
and gave them to Fish & Richardson, the complaint contended. ...
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Deeds, other documents get new home
St. John's Telegram
The registry of deeds and records of corporations are now held in
climate-controlled rooms, which are fully accessible to the public. ...<
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Cloud data protection: Archiving to reduce backup data increasingly
important
Search Storage
"Terms evolve over time," said Jonathan Meltzer, senior project manager for
server protection products at Iron Mountain Inc.. "If you look back maybe 10
or ...< http://bit.ly/cr46oY>
Georgia rushes to pass crime photo exemption to records law
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
... just one day after it was introduced and just two days after a Hustler
reporter filed an open-records request for the crime scene pictures of
murdered ...< http://bit.ly/aiEd4t>
Rules laid out for Atlantic Beach public records
Myrtle Beach Sun News
State law states that anyone who willfully violates the state Freedom of
Information Act can be found guilty of a misdemeanor. Town Attorney John
Zilinsky ...< http://bit.ly/bwaUax>
Privacy law toughens up security
ITWeb
Once the PPI Bill gets enacted, Jethva points out that companies will need
to clamp down on security controls within the information life cycle. ...
http://bit.ly/cwt31V
140-year-old musical composition unearthed at ASU
News Courier
According to ASU Archivist Sara Love, former retired Professor of English
Elva McLin had happened upon the composition while sorting through
memorabilia to ...< http://bit.ly/90es4F>
Record keeping, management crucial
Botswana Press Agency
He further described records management as "the field of management
responsible for the efficient and systematic control of the creation,
receipt, ...< http://bit.ly/csB1SF>
Rocky Mountain News intellectual property sold -- but former owner EW
Scripps ...
Westword (blog)
(After all, the archival material -- another potential source of revenue --
has already been donated to the Denver Public Library. ...
http://bit.ly/axpQt2
Destroyed records stump court, convict walks free
Daily News & Analysis
E-records need to be maintained in order to give a fair hearing to the
appeal,” remarked the court. The court has now directed the high court
registry to ...< http://bit.ly/cda58e>
Defending Against Spoliation Claims
Law.com
Accordingly, plaintiff makes a motion seeking spoliation sanctions. The duty
to adopt appropriate measures to preserve relevant evidence arises when a
party ...< http://bit.ly/bcvZYM>
Maine's public records should remain public
Biddeford Journal Tribune
Journalists rely on the ability to inspect public documents for a wide range
of investigations and stories. Restricting public records without proof of
any ...< http://bit.ly/aVhF22>
Will classified Eichmann files be released?
Ynetnews
... For 50 years the German government has been refusing to reveal to the
public documents containing information on Nazi war criminal Adolf
Eichmann's 15 ...< http://bit.ly/c2V0su>
Avon's old police station is being used to store city paper records
Sun Star Courier
According to Logan, the building will be used for record storage until a
long-term solution is determined. Mayor Jim Smith said that solution may
come in ...< http://bit.ly/brV3zD>
National Security Archive announces Rosemary Award
Washington Post
(Courtesy Of The National Security Archive) By Al Kamen And now, the winner
of the National Security Archive's Sixth Annual Rosemary Award, ...
http://bit.ly/cfnQb4
Archives unveils Handford Studio Collection
Your Ottawa Region
Archives unveils Handford Studio Collection. Ed Handford, seated, was on the
other side of the camera for many years, contributing to Handford Studio's
...< http://bit.ly/bHFyr6>
Government sends e-mails; it just can't save them
The Associated Press
The Rosemary is bestowed by the National Security Archive, a private group
that publishes declassifed government information and files lawsuits and
many http://bit.ly/bgfdwU
How Leibovitz Found New Partner for $24 Million Debt, Archive
Bloomberg
The Colony contract, like her old loan, will be collateralized by
Leibovitz's archive of about 100000 images and 1 million negatives as well
as her three ...< http://bit.ly/bOvxdF>
Lose yourself in the British Library's sound archive
The Guardian (blog)
A longer-term prospect is sounds.bl.uk, the British Library sound archive.
This is the web's richest but most poorly advertised and least user-friendly
...< http://bit.ly/aiCd7P>
SLIDESHOW: Rare photos of Holwell Works found in box
Melton Today
Audrey Gatwood, of Hoby, discovered 21 plate glass negatives and took them
to an antique valuation where the dealer grew excited. She said: "I was told
they ...< http://bit.ly/cSVW87>
Toronto medical records storage firm draws attention from privacy ...
ITBusiness.ca
A Toronto-based medical records storage firm that's been named in a
privacy-related advisory in Saskatchewan is also receiving attention in
Ontario for past ...< http://bit.ly/azFWMO>
Hazel McCallion's office flip-flops on email records
National Post (blog)
Ms. Parrish, who admitted being “baffled” by the city's initial comments on
record retention, said she was pleased the discrepancy had been addressed.
...< http://bit.ly/anuhRp>
Don't Let Your CRM System Feed the Lawsuit Beast
San Francisco Chronicle
Start out with what kinds of content are allowed for each class of
attachment, the document retention policy, and a specified purging schedule.
...< http://bit.ly/brgp90>
Selectmen grapple with community preservation fund intent
Cohasset Mariner
The state funds are derived from a $20 surcharge on all documents filed in
the Recorder of Deeds office statewide (eg mortgages, deeds, homesteads,
etc.). ...< http://bit.ly/aLXsWC>
Iron Mountain climbing its way to top of document storage heap
TheChronicleHerald.ca
Paradoxically, even as electronic records grow in popularity, the need for
more paper, printing, and physical records management continues to grow.
...< http://bit.ly/c2qeVi>
One of USA's Largest Records-Management Firms Created by New Partnership
PR-USA.net (press release)
One of the nation's largest records-management and storage solutions
companies was created today, as National Office Systems (NOS)
www.nosinc.comannounces ...<
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Centre to help states to improve condition of state archives
Zee News
"Previously, there was a debate whether we can interfere in the working of
the state archives. But now the ministry has decided that we must. ...
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Federal IT Purchasers Win Worst Open Government Award for Not Saving E-Mails
AllGov
The National Security Archive noted that the failure to install a secure
backup of all federal emails was especially alarming after it was discovered
that ...< http://bit.ly/8Y9HiJ>
McCallion's paper-only office did keep records
Toronto Star
It turns out that the record-keeping in Mississauga mayor Hazel McCallion
office isn't as skimpy as originally believed. The mayor's emails and other
...< http://bit.ly/agiYMX>
NM Supreme Court adopts unified sealing rules for legal records
El Defensor Chieftain
Sealing orders must be limited to those documents, pages or portions of a
record containing the sensitive information. The rest of the file must be
publicly ...< http://bit.ly/d6IXG4>
Keep Tax Records for 7 Years
The Consumerist (blog)
You can store electronic files indefinitely but remember to regularly back
up these records. Seven years may seem like a long time to keep a stack of
papers ...< http://bit.ly/9Z3ind>
Hospitals take steps to stop snoops
Orlando Sentinel
... 2008 that created harsh penalties for hospitals if their employees snoop
on medical records after the files of his wife, Maria Shriver, were peeped
at. ...< http://bit.ly/bRVNAO>
Controller wants better gas card records
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
The county currently has 288 active gas cards, county records show.
Department heads are supposed to monitor card usage, but Griffith said he
wants some way ...< http://bit.ly/bFbh7J>
Data Storage: It's Time to Grow Up
TechNewsWorld
Directly because of this confusion, many data storage customers have chosen
to ... data generators include medical imaging, financial records
management, ...< http://bit.ly/dqhC8F>
Putting Private Info on Government Database
Right Side News
Some 80 percent of states do not have a system to delete student records,
and therefore are likely to maintain them indefinitely. ...
http://bit.ly/bGly53
Toyota tells Congress it never disclosed internal records
The Detroit News
The records include a memo, authored by Biller to his superiors at Toyota,
noting that Toyota failed to produce e-mails or other electronic records in
...< http://bit.ly/b34EH6>
County creating digital map archive
Hey Johnstown
By JUDY DJ ELLICH In the assessment office on the fourth floor of the
Somerset County Office Building are rooms where just about everything can be
found in ...< http://bit.ly/9X1R6Q>
German court may release papers detailing Adolf Eichmann's escape
Ha'aretz
Israeli researchers are most interested in documents in the file allegedly
detailing cooperation between the Mossad and German intelligence prior to
...< http://bit.ly/ayiWoP>
Taxman gets secret bank files of the rich
Times Online
Having downloaded thousands of account documents onto his laptop over an
18-month period, Falciani now presents himself as a modern-day Robin Hood.
...< http://bit.ly/dlfuVM>
Obama advocates transparency in government
Detroit Free Press
... statutory exemptions, trade secrets, internal agency memos, personal
privacy, law enforcement records, bank reports and oil or gas well data.
...< http://bit.ly/cWHyh6>
Information is not truly public until it is on the Internet
Nashua Telegraph
We believe there should be a requirement that all newly created executive
branch information – with commonsense exceptions for privacy, trade secrets,
...< http://bit.ly/cyIdqL>
Census leaves record for posterity
Times Record News
“Some day (genealogists) are going to hate this next one,” laughed Kearby,
director of the Wichita County Archives, referring to the 2010 count. ...<
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Records of famed Troy architect Yamasaki get a last-minute reprieve
Detroit Free Press
Many phone calls later, Michigan's official state archivist, Mark Harvey,
and several volunteers showed up early one morning this month just ahead of
the ...< http://bit.ly/du5ASs>
How I Got the Job: Bill Millican, 61
Kansas City Star
I have the opportunity to help this company continue its growth and positive
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NY's future is in its past
Albany Times Union
Systematic archives and records management programs save money through legal
disposition of obsolete records and reduced storage costs, improved
information ...< http://bit.ly/9PNYGQ>
Case shows risks of keeping employee records hidden
FayObserver.com
... back legislation that would have opened their disciplinary files. "Every
time you talk about trying to improve access to government employee records,
...< http://bit.ly/ckE7CP>
Sunlight doesn't reach NC personnel files
CharlotteObserver.com
... from learning anything more than the most basic details about the
employees whose salaries they pay: Personnel files aren't public records
under NC law. ...< http://bit.ly/cIYG8C>
Agencies lag in following Obama's openness order
The Associated Press
21, 1992, by the National Security Archive itself to the National Archives
and Records Administration for files on nuclear arms control and test
information ...< http://bit.ly/ae4uGk>
German Intelligence Agency Fights to Keep Nazi Files Secret after 50 Years
AllGov
The records also may reveal how German officials stationed in Argentina
fraternized with former Nazis hiding in plain sight in Buenos Aires and
other ...< http://bit.ly/ctsmEJ>
The paperless chase
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
30 that the Obama administration released criteria for determining which
electronic records systems will qualify physicians for $44000 to $64000 in
...< http://bit.ly/9Rw9Uk>
Saving the classics
Malaysia Star
“However, about five to 10 years ago, we came to realise that if we don't
archive these films, then nobody will. So that's why we proposed to the
Government ...< http://bit.ly/92reJ5>
Chief Information Officers' Council Earns Award For Worst Open Government
...
The Public Record
The National Security Archive brought the original White House e-mail
lawsuit against President Reagan in early 1989, and continued the litigation
against ...< http://bit.ly/de5QeU>
Hidden files expose rot at Lands ministry
Business Daily Africa
Photo/HEZRON NJOROGE By JIM ONYANGO (email the author) About 12000 files
containing land documents earlier classified as lost have been found tucked
in the ...< http://bit.ly/blrvsA>
Further Lehmans revelations blocked by Barclays
Times Online
Now legal sources say there is more to come with the publication of the
millions of pages of Lehman e-mails, internal company files and documentary
evidence ...< http://bit.ly/cdzUZ8>
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