RAIN 20090131

Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to
records and archives management.

Putting A Price On Cyberspying
Forbes - NY,USA
The stealing of trade secrets or other strategic intellectual property is
rarely reported, as executives worry that publicizing a breach could
attract more ...
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http://www.forbes.com/2009/01/28/cyber-espionage-ip-technology-security_0129_cyber_espionage.html
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Digital library benefits the future
Calgary Herald - AB, Canada
And he was president of the Society of American Archivists--not the kind of
background you would expect of a man who is so excited about a
construction...
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http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/calgarybusiness/story.html?id=690aac09-ff0c-428c-a535-eb4df63828c2
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Taking archives to the masses
Express Buzz - Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India
Even after taking the biggest-ever step to digitise the crores of
manuscripts and palm leaves in its collection for future generations, the
State Archives ...
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http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Taking+archives+to+the+masses&artid=UJD4xQiDszE=&SectionID=lMx/b5mt1kU=&MainSectionID=lMx/b5mt1kU=&SEO=State+Archives+Department,+archiving&SectionName=tm2kh5uDhixGlQvAG42A/07OVZOOEmts
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Bulgaria Wants History Archives back from Russia
Sofia News Agency - Sofia,Bulgaria
Should the Russian Federation agree, Bulgaria's State Archives Agency is
going to contact the respective Russian institutions, and aid with the
transfer of ...
<http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=100807>



Bernard Madoff paper trail leads to NYC warehouse
The Associated Press
The official says the Queens building was used to store old records from
Madoff's investment firm, located across the East River in Manhattan. ...
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http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hnkPe640MG8WMCAvAwv5GqtqxsOAD960GMDO0
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You don't have mail
Salon - USA
By Mike Madden Not Bush's White House anymore In his first day at his new
job, Barack Obama puts his stamp on the presidency. By Mike Madden A day at
the ...
<http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/01/27/obama_facebook/>



Tributes to Nancy Edwards who died following road accident
Chelmsford Weekly News - UK
When she first came to the county she worked for Dr Frederick Emmison who
was appointed the first county archivist and regarded as the creator of the
ERO. ...
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http://www.chelmsfordweeklynews.co.uk/news/localnews/4086309.Tributes_to_Nancy_Edwards_who_died_following_road_accident/
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Footnote.com Debuts Black History Archive
techrockies.com - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
Lindon, Utah-based Footnote Inc., operator of the online historical
document service Footnote.com, reported Thursday that it has unveiled an
archive of ...
<http://www.techrockies.com/story/0019656.html>



With the opening of the Danish Air Force's UFO archives ...
The Copenhagen Post - Copenhagen,Sealand,Denmark
UFO archives are now readily available to the public, detailing sightings
from over the last 30 years. The Danish Air Force published the archive
online ...
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http://www.cphpost.dk/news/article/national/44602-secret-ufo-archives-opened.html
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Bulgaria seeks return of seized WWII archives
eTaiwan News - Taiwan
The government said Thursday the archive is more than 30000 pages of
documents, including details of Bulgaria's preparations to side with Nazi
Germany in ...
<http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=851555&lang=eng_news>



Keeper of the Archives
TheDay - New London,CT,USA
"I get to work with archives and meet the great people of East Haven,"
Fawn says. "We have a wonderful friends group here at the library, a
wonderful town ...
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http://zip06.theday.com/blogs/east_haven_courier/archive/2009/01/29/keeper-of-the-archives.aspx
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A spin through the new Porsche Museum
CNET News - San Francisco,CA,USA
... which contains 5600 square meters of exhibition space, as well as a
restaurant, a rooftop terrace, a Porsche-Archives library, conference
facilities, ...
<http://news.cnet.com/2300-11386_3-10000278.html>



The urgent need to fix federal archiving policies.
Slate - USA
Second, "because electronic records are less tangible than paper records,"
the report notes, officials "often do not consider them to be records
needing to ...
<http://www.slate.com/id/2209981/>



University buys historic archive
BBC News - UK
The design archive of one of Scotland's oldest carpet companies has been
bought by Glasgow University. Stoddard International provided carpet for
the ...
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/7858457.stm>



Panel proposes halving 30-year rule on release of secret papers
guardian.co.uk - UK
... under the Freedom of Information Act. Nor are changes advised for the
50-year and 100-year rules that cover murder cases, royal cases and census
results ...
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jan/30/freedomofinformation-pauldacre
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Strike one against White House transparency
ITworld.com - Framingham,MA,USA
21 telling federal agencies that they should generally presume government
documents are available to the public when they receive Freedom of
Information Act ...
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http://www.itworld.com/government/61721/strike-one-against-white-house-transparency
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Document management: the cost advantage
Express Computers - Bombay,India
The records management and document scanning capabilities of ECM suites
ensures integrity and timely availability of records for daily
activities....
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http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20090202/technologiesthatcutcosts05.shtml
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Historically important emails and other digital documents could be ...
Telegraph.co.uk <http://telegraph.co.uk/> - United Kingdom
The panel said that "as a matter of urgency" the Government should review
its digital storage strategy, and ensure that they were rehoused in a
"suitable ...
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4387708/Historically-important-emails-and-other-digital-documents-could-be-lost-after-five-years.html
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Rite-Aid record-keeping violations draw penalty
Modern Medicine - Woodcliff Lake,NJ,USA
As part of the settlement, Rite Aid agreed to improve its record-keeping in
connection with cold medications, which are sometimes used to manufacture
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http://www.modernmedicine.com/modernmedicine/Modern+Medicine+Now/Rite-Aid-record-keeping-violations-draw-penalty/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/578175?contextCategoryId=40159
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Historic papers preserve Spode's glorious past
Stoke & Staffordshire - Stoke-on-Trent,England,UK
"It took six months to pack it all up and move it to the city archives.
"It's been very difficult. The museum trust was funded by the company for a
long ...
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http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/news/Historic-papers-preserve-Spode-s-glorious-past/article-656773-detail/article.html
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Report warns of government shortcomings in records maintenance
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press - Arlington,VA,USA
... maintain all the records they're creating now, so that in the future
when citizens file [Freedom of Information Act] requests to declassify
documents, ...
<http://www.rcfp.org/newsitems/index.php?i=9931>



The US Consulate in Israel Auctions Government Files Stored in old ...
Softpedia - Bucharest,Romania
All these serious security breaches, which involve military records or
government secret documents really make one wonder whether foreign
intelligence ...
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-U-S-Consulate-in-Israel-Auctions-Government-Files-103219.shtml
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Microsoft sues CEO of Ancora for spying
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
While at Microsoft, Mullor downloaded confidential documents to his
company-issued laptop, according to the complaint, which was filed Jan. ...
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/398089_msftsuit30.html>



The old man and his papers
Worcester Telegram - Worcester,MA,USA
The documents will be added to the Hemingway collection at the presidential
library that holds about 90 percent of the famous writer's letters and...
<http://www.telegram.com/article/20090130/NEWS/901300476/1116>



From Basement Boxes to the Concert Stage
New York Times - United States
When the Nazis banned Mendelssohn performances in 1936, his supporters sent
crates of his works and correspondence, then held at the Berlin State
Library, ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/arts/music/30mend.html>



Feds allege plot to destroy Fannie Mae data
The Associated Press
A search of public records found no address or telephone number for him
there. Makwana is an Indian citizen who has lived in the United States
since at ...
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http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jZmaN0-ch3kL5uz2eH7csTqH04IQD961P3GO0
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Microsoft Charges Employee With Spying
PC World - USA
Microsoft also alleges that Mullor ran programs on his laptop in an effort
to wipe any evidence that would show he had downloaded the files. ...
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/158652/microsoft_charges_employee_with_spying.html
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History goes up in smoke
Daily Telegraph - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
THOUSANDS of historic photographs could be among property lost in a fire at
a photographic studio and archive in Sydney's inner west. ...
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http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24988200-5001021,00.html
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Fire destroys film archive in Sydney
The West Australian - Perth,Western Australia,Australia
Thousands of historic photographs could be among property lost in a fire at
a photographic studio and archive in Sydney's inner west. ...
<http://www.thewest.com.au/aapstory.aspx?StoryName=547783>



Chevron Corporate Archive a treasure trove
Tri-Valley Herald - Pleasanton,CA,USA
An archive isn't a museum. It isn't a library. But in some ways it is
similar to both. An archive contains mostly paper stuff, documents,
photographs, ...
<http://www.insidebayarea.com/bay-area-living/ci_11350796>



Microsoft suit alleges ex-worker stole trade secrets
CNET News - San Francisco,CA,USA
Microsoft has sued a former employee for allegedly lying when he applied
for a job there and stealing trade secrets that were later used in a
lawsuit ...
<http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10153616-75.html>



Farewell to arms: Hemingway legacy helps heal 50 years of hate ...
Scotsman - United Kingdom
But now, in a rare break in the long-standing international feud, copies of
a mostly unseen archive of Hemingway's years in Cuba, including thousands
of ...
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http://news.scotsman.com/entertainment/Farewell-to-arms-Hemingway-legacy.4933241.jp
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White House E-Mail System Goes Down
Washington Post - United States
By Michael D. Shear It's more than five hours and counting now since the
entire White House e-mail system went down. Press Secretary Robert Gibbs
announced ...
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http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=7822e4060c7996723c1b760e1db5b5b3
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Judge Hesitates to Toss Rambus Patent-Infringement Cases
The National Law Journal - USA
Whyte had previously found the spoliation claim wasn't grounds to throw out
Rambus' case against Hynix. He has yet to rule on the issue with Samsung or
try ...
<http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202427916908>



Investigators will report on Blunt administration's use of e-mail
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - MO, United States
Matt Blunt's office violated open records laws has been rekindled after
Attorney General Chris Koster told independent investigators the state
would cover ...
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http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/politics/story/011ED61894A93ED58625754F0002ED17?OpenDocument
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