RAIN 20090220
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to
records and archives management.
Nagin's old e-mail, calendar erased
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com - New Orleans,LA,USA
"Mr. Washington, it's wholly unacceptable for the city not to respond to a
public-records request in a month and a half," Ledet said. ...
<http://www.nola.com/news/?/base/news-1/1234938359272770.xml&coll=1>
County archives to find new home on site of town’s former steelworks
WalesOnline - Cardiff,UK
A new purpose designed environmentally controlled extension is to be built
to house the archives. County Archivist Gary Tuson said that by working
together ...
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http://www.walesonline.co.uk/business-in-wales/commercial-property-wales/2009/02/18/county-archives-to-find-new-home-on-site-of-town-s-former-steelworks-91466-22951124/
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Natl. archivist becomes professor
Diamondback Online - College Park,MD,USA
In his most recent job as the country's archivist, he oversaw the National
Archives and Records Administration and worked to "energize national ...
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http://www.diamondbackonline.com/news/2009/02/18/News/Natl-Archivist.Becomes.Professor-3635303.shtml
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Strategies for email archiving and meeting compliance regulations
SearchSecurity.com - Needham,MA,USA
To address electronically stored information, amendments to the aging
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) require organizations to manage
their data so ...
<http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid14_gci1348125,00.html>
Hack threat to Obama's BlackBerry
ComputerWeekly.com - UK
That address is a closely guarded secret after Obama insisted on keeping
his BlackBerry against White House rules covering personal gadgets. ...
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http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/02/18/234889/hack-threat-to-obamas-blackberry.htm
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Microsoft partners with Iron Mountain
Infostor magazine - Tulsa,OK,USA
... tenure as a SaaS provider and in the physical storage and records
management business, Iron Mountain is a brand that Microsoft customers can
trust. ...
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http://www.infostor.com/article_display/Microsoft_partners_with_Iron_Mountain_/7465924314/s-articles/s-infostor/s-volume-13/s-issue_2/s-news_analysis-trends/s-1.html
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State archive cries for attention
Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India
KK Singh, one of the archivists, said before the bifurcation of the state,
it was referred to as Bihar State Archive Directorate. ...
<http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090219/jsp/jharkhand/story_10557661.jsp>
Email deletions violate Nagin's own policy
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com - New Orleans,LA,USA
The Nagin administration's only comment on the hearing has come from City
Attorney Penya Moses-Fields, who blamed the destruction of e-mail on
"server ...
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http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/02/email_deletions_violate_nagins.html
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John McGlinn, conductor, archivist, dies
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
By David Patrick Stearns Broadway conductor John McGlinn, 55, who grew up
in Gladwyne and became a major music-theater archivist and EMI recording
artist, ...
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http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/20090219_John_McGlinn__conductor__archivist__dies.html
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Server outage at White House
Periscope IT - London,Greater London,UK
Some experts have suggested that email systems should not be used
internally at the White House for fear of compromising security.
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http://www.periscopeit.co.uk/website-monitoring-news/article/server-outage-at-white-house/386
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WikiLeaks Leaks its Own Sources Donors Due to Email Mishap
Gizmodo.com - USA
By Elaine Chow , 1:30 AM on Thu Feb 19 2009, 773 views WikiLeaks, that
controversial whistleblowing site that exposes confidential documents
hinting at ...
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http://i.gizmodo.com/5156265/wikileaks-leaks-its-own-sources-donors-due-to-email-mishap
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Software set to resurrect old computer games and files
Computeractive - London,UK
Every year new digital files are created and the British National Archive
estimates it currently holds enough information in formats that are no
longer ...
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http://www.computeractive.co.uk/computeractive/news/2236843/scientists-resurrect-old
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Two Grants Awarded To Canisius Archives
Canisius College - Buffalo,NY,USA
BUFFALO, NY - The Canisius College Archives recently received two grants
for the preservation of historic college documents. The American Institute
of ...<
http://www.canisius.edu/newsevents/display_story.asp?iNewsID=6178&strBack=%2FDefault.asp
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Leveraging Enterprise Records Management
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Journal - Fairfield,NJ,USA
This is particularly true when you consider the escalating challenge of
managing electronic records and unstructured content. ...
<http://www.s-ox.com/dsp_getFeaturesDetails.cfm?CID=2492>
The Security Challenges of Electronic Medical Records
CSO - Framingham,MA,USA
President Obama has made the widespread deployment of Electronic Medical
Records (EMRs) a priority in his latest stimulus plan. ...
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http://www.csoonline.com/article/481491/The_Security_Challenges_of_Electronic_Medical_Records
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Online archiving: historically essential or potentially damaging?
editorsweblog.org - USA
A debate has arisen in the Birmingham Post over whether to delete or
preserve online archives. Editor Steve Dyson received an email from a
teacher ...
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http://www.editorsweblog.org/multimedia/2009/02/online_archiving_historically_essential.php
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Yiddish literature archive goes online
Jewish Telegraphic Agency - New York,NY,USA
JERUSALEM (JTA) -- An archive of over 10000 works of modern Yiddish
literature has gone on-line. The collection of full texts, comprising the
National ...
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http://jta.org/news/article/2009/02/19/1003124/yiddish-literature-archive-goes-online
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Washington Times
Issa seeks clarity on archiving e-mails
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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/19/issa-seeks-clarity-on-archiving-e-mails/
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Lawmakers Unveil ISP Data Retention Bill
National Journal - Washington,DC,USA
House Judiciary Committee ranking member Lamar Smith and Sen. John Cornyn,
R-Texas, introduced legislation late last week that directs Internet
service ...
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http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/02/lawmakers-unveil-isp-data-rete.php
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Map quest: Atlases provide direction to the past
Chaska Herald - Chaska,MN,USA
There are times when maps of the past clash with the present, notes Carl
“Kelly” Hanson, Carver County property records manager. For instance,
early Carver ...
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http://www.chaskaherald.com/news/activities/map-quest-atlases-provide-direction-past-102
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Evil Mugabe hoards lost Doctor Who tapes
The Sun - London,UK
Over the decades some previously lost episodes have been uncovered by
archivists in places as far flung as Hong Kong and New Zealand. ...
<http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/article2255640.ece>
Paterson: No records kept of Senate pick process
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
... records documenting the governor's major accomplishments," said Bob
McDonnell, head of the state's retention scheduling unit in the state
archives. ...
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http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--paterson-senate0219feb19,0,6802106.story
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Blunt e-mail lawsuit: All over but the cryin'
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
A retired judge declared about 100 e-mails sent to and from Blunt and his
aides open records, overruling the claims of Blunt’s lawyers. ...
<http://primebuzz.kcstar.com/?q=node/17276>
Republican wants White House e-mail plan
CNN Political Ticker - USA
“As you know, any e-mail sent or received by White House officials may be
subject to retention under the Presidential Records Act (PRA),” Issa
wrote Craig ...
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http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/02/19/republican-wants-white-house-e-mail-plan/
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WWL-TV asks judge to hold Nagin, city attorney, city in contempt ...
WWL - New Orleans,LA,USA
Mayor Nagin continues to maintain he and his staff never intentionally
skirted the public records law with his calendar or e-mails he's yet to
turnover to ...
<http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/wwl021909cbwwltv.316a7a10.html>
Mayor Says Public Records E-Mails Deleted
WDSU - New Orleans,LA,USA
The e-mails, as public records, must be saved for three years. Deleted them
is a criminal offense, possibly punishable by jail time. ...
<http://www.wdsu.com/news/18755890/detail.html>
WA lawmakers might limit inmate records access
Seattle Times - United States
The department's workers have logged nearly 4900 hours responding to
Parmelee's 812 public records requests, which have sought photos and
personnel files of ...
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008763658_apwapublicrecordsinmates.html
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Too Much Information? Critics Decry Sites That Mine Public Data
FOXNews - USA
"If it appears in the public record, courts will likely not intervene."
Hoofnagle continued, "This is the modern problem of public records. ...
<http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,497285,00.html>
SAIC to support Army records management system
Washington Technology - Washington,DC,USA
Staff can use the system to maintain, retrieve and transfer military
personnel files and access them online in a Web-based environment. ...
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http://washingtontechnology.com/articles/2009/02/20/saic-to-support-army-records-management-system.aspx
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Hall County record cleanup geared to cut storage expenses
Grand Island Independent - Grand Island,NE,USA
Plus, it takes time to go through the old records — some of which are
dusty and musty. “You have to pace yourself,” Bendixen said of
reviewing the documents ...
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http://www.theindependent.com/articles/2009/02/20/news/local/doc499cdf6276a4f251320853.txt
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Carter Library and Museum to get $10 million upgrade
CNN International - USA
"We hope that Atlanta will become much more attuned, through the
presidential library, to what is going on around the world," he said. ...
<http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/19/carter.center.renovation/>
Carter museum to get $10 million renovation
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA
“I hope that Atlanta will become much more cultured through the
presidential library to what’s going on in the world,” Carter said. ...
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http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2009/02/19/carter_museum_renovation.html
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Archives newspaper collection increases
Sun St.Kitts/Nevis - St. Kitts and Nevis
Archivist Victoria Borg O’Flaherty said previously the National
Archives’ physical paper collections of the Courier (Gazette), and the
Advertizer dated back ...
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http://sunstkitts.com/paper/?asknw=view&asknw=view,view&sun=494418078207132005&an=503259047402202009&ac=Local
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Wedgwood collapse may shatter Minton Archive
Times Online - UK
The Minton Archive, by designers such as Augustus Pugin, is the most
comprehensive history of how English pottery became the envy of the
world....
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article5776207.ece
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'Who Will Write Our History?' by Samuel D. Kassow
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Rediscovering a Hidden Archive From the Warsaw Ghetto." In October 1940,
when the Germans gave the order for Warsaw Jews to move into an
overcrowded, ...
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http://www.latimes.com/features/books/la-ca-samuel-kassow22-2009feb22,0,7699999.story
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Battling ECM and E2.0
CMSWatch - Silver Spring,MD,USA
"Managed" in these contexts will likely mean audit trails, retention and
disposition processes, version and access controls, along with long term
archiving ...
<http://www.cmswatch.com/Trends/1509-Battling-ECM-and-E2.0>
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