RAIN 20080630
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to
records and archives management.
Official's e-mails freely available -- in theory
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA
If a vendor sends an invoice via e-mail, the invoice should be stored for
three years. Junk e-mail can be deleted immediately. Tim Nolan, an official
at the ...
<http://www.star-telegram.com/news/columnists/dave_lieber/story/730031.html>
Post Disaster Planning - Iowa Lawyers Under Water Seek Assistance
InjuryBoard.com - Tampa,FL,USA
Many firms have contacted us for advice regarding the handling and
destruction of the flood damaged files. To assist the practicing Bar we
issue the ...
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http://desmoines.injuryboard.com/workplace-injuries/post-disaster-planning-iowa-lawyers-under-water-seek-assistance.aspx?googleid=242692
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BurlingtonFreePress.com - Burlington,VT,USA
The archive staff will set up a record-management system, Markowitz said,
which will mean better service for Vermonters seeking access to public
documents. ...
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Ascent to the top of Iron Mountain
Boston Globe - United States
Bob Brennan, 48, took over this month as president and chief executive of
Iron Mountain Inc., the Boston data protection and storage services company
that ...
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http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2008/06/29/ascent_to_the_top_of_iron_mountain
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Newspapers, books create preservation challenges
Centre Daily Times - Centre,PA,USA
The least expensive preservation method is to store it horizontally in an
archival book box, in a room that stays at a comfortable temperature and
does not ...
<http://www.centredaily.com/living/story/685036.html>
Hamilton County records being restored
Noblesville Daily Times - Noblesville,IN,USA
The same process used to restore and maintain copies of the Declaration of
Independence is being used to restore some Hamilton County documents. ...
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http://www.county29.net/cms2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15769&Itemid=230
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A Look Back at Canarsie, Clouded by Copyright Woes
New York Times - United States
By JAKE MOONEY THE photograph, in the archives of the Brooklyn Historical
Society, showed a group of people having drinks at Whittaker's Hotel, ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/nyregion/thecity/29hist.html?ref=thecity
>,
Public Records Act may cost $140m
Stuff.co.nz <http://stuff.co.nz/> - New Zealand
... full records of all physical and electronic documents, including
e-mails, and delete them only with the approval of the Government's chief
archivist. ...
<http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4602176a28.html>
Publishers Weekly - New York,NY,USA
As the poet's biographer and prolific literary archivist, Morgan has
selected just 165 out of more than 3700 letters. They offer a comprehensive
look at ...
<http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6573430.html?industryid=47159>
Hearing set in Eaton trade secrets case
Biloxi Sun Herald - MS, USA
AP Federal prosecutors will ask an appeals court to restore charges that a
judge dismissed in a trade secrets case in Mississippi. Five people were
indicted ...
<http://www.sunherald.com/306/story/656673.html>
Keeping a lid on your top secret
NEWS.com.au <http://news.com.au/> - Australia
The first company was protected by common law, which prevented the worker
divulging trade secrets and so could successfully restrain the worker
from...
<http://www.news.com.au/business/story/0,23636,23944244-5012426,00.html>
Still Social Security Numbers on Pulaski County Website
KARK - Little Rock,USA
Clerk Pat O'Brien suspended the website's real estate link on Friday,
making those documents and the social security numbers on them unavailable
for viewing ...
<http://arkansasmatters.com/content/fulltext/news/?cid=78271>
Authorities won't enforce new law against privacy advocate for now
Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond,VA,USA
The law will bar the dissemination of Social Security numbers even if they
are available to the public on government Web sites. It takes effect
tomorrow, ...
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http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-06-30-0200.html
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Data Theft: How Big a Problem?
informIT - Old Tappan,NJ,USA
Although not yet officially confirmed as a theft (it was just
"missing"), the tape in question included more than 150000 Social
Security numbers. ...
<http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1220308>
Scott honored for preservation work
Burlington Times News - Burlington,NC,USA
Jones once headed the state's archives and history department during
Scott's terms as lieutenant governor and governor in the 1960s and '70s.
...
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http://www.thetimesnews.com/news/scott_15101___article.html/state_governor.html
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The Government of Canada Supports Trinity Historical Society
Market Wire (press release) - USA
The Trinity Historical Society will receive funding of $27390 to research
and photograph about 1500 artefacts of the Trinity Museum's collection and
upload ...
<http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Canadian-Heritage-874466.html>
Hospital manager suspended over stolen laptop with 21000 patient ...
Telegraph.co.uk <http://telegraph.co.uk/> - United Kingdom
He added that no personal data had been lost because the files on the
stolen computer were copies. Earlier this month computers containing the
details of ...
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2223548/Hospital-manager-suspended-over-stolen-laptop-with-21,000-patient-records.html
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Justice system makes switch to new software
Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette - Champaign,IL,USA
... we will not be bringing files to the courtroom because we will start
scanning all documents," said Frank, the elected keeper of all court
records. ...
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http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2008/06/30/justice_system_makes_switch_to_new_software
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Warning vs. theft risk for city's marriage bureau records
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
... desk drawers and file cabinets. "We observed unsecured forms in six
places," Thompson said, noting the documents are "easily susceptible to
theft. ...
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http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/06/29/2008-06-29_warning_vs_theft_risk_for_citys_marriage.html
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What every IT manager should know about e-discovery
TechRepublic - Louisville,KY,USA
They did, however, face basic discovery challenges: what to keep, where to
keep it, and how to prevent unwanted destruction or alteration. ...
<http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/tech-manager/?p=541>
EU data protection supervisor questions data access plans
Computing - London,UK
But the supervisor is concerned that personal data contained within public
documents may not be adequately protected after a reference to possible
harm to ...
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http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2220357/european-protection-supervisor
>
Iraqi Files in US: Plunder or Rescue?
New York Times - United States
And he notes that the Iraqi parliament passed a law in January calling for
the establishment of a special national archive for this type of material.
...
<http://nytimes.com/2008/07/01/books/01hoov.html?8dpc>
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Peter Kurilecz CRM CA
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