RAIN (Records/Archives In the News) is a daily compilation of news stories from around the world.
NEW city attorney urges city to clean house
North County Times - Escondido,CA,USA
... in a report to the council that the "recycling day" in the Financing
Services Division was an "effort to organize the division's document retention
and limited ...
<http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/02/01/news/sandiego/13105205710.txt>
FINES to follow logjam
Telegraph.co.uk - London,England,UK
... An unknown number, for whom computer records show they tried to file
returns but received "submission failed" messages, were yesterday granted
a two-week ...
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/02/01/ntax01.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/02/01/ixhome.html>
HOME Office Misses Information Act Deadline
Scotland on Sunday - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
The Home Office today breached the Government's own Freedom of Information
Act by failing to reply to applications lodged by the Press Association.
...
<http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4075831>
VIOLATORS of information requests could get fined
Madison County Record - Edwardsville,IL,USA
Public workers who stall or blow off Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
requests will no longer get off scot free under a proposed state law.
...<http://www.madisonrecord.com/news/newsview.asp?c=142277>
UNIVERSITY-WIDE Records Destruction (Shredding) Vendor
UPENN Almanac - Pennsylvania,USA
... preserve the integrity of the documents and contact ... Electronic
or machine-readable records: First, delete the contents of digital files
and empty ...
<http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v51/n19/shred.html>
FLAWED time capsules can foil effort to save a bit of history
Kansas City Star (subscription) - Kansas City,MO,USA
... Archivists now are sorting through the items - including a reel of
the sesquicentennial events, a list of first-graders, a city history book
and letters from ...
<http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/nation/10786784.htm>
PANEL seeks advice on open records shift
KWQC-TV - Davenport,IA,USA
... of the state's newspaper industry and the Iowa Freedom of Information
Council to determine if changes are needed in the state's open records
laws. ...
<http://www.kwqc.com/Global/story.asp?S=2886245>
LONG lost railroad found
Auburn Journal - Auburn,CA,USA
... Graves said he will be donating copies of the map to the California
State Archives, as well as local historical societies and archives to
ensure a long-buried ...
<http://www.auburnjournal.com/articles/2005/02/01/news/top_stories/01railway01.txt>
IRANIAN documents microfilmed in Azerbaijan
MehrNews.com - Tehran,Iran
... and the National Library of Iran recently made 10,000 microfilms of
Iranian documents and handwritten books which are kept in the state archives
and libraries ...
<http://www.mehrnews.ir/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=154097>
CU Foundation battles bill
Rocky Mountain News - Denver,CO,USA
... from the Rocky Mountain News and they say this is going to cost $250,000,
then you've just lost your ability to make an open records request," Knoedler
said.
<http://rockymountainnews.com/drmn/legislature/article/0,1299,DRMN_37_3513131,00.html>
MEMORIAL Sunday for Peyser, Fort St. Joseph expert
Niles Daily Star - Niles,MI,USA
... It was a "lost" map in the National Archives in Paris that Dr. Peyser
discovered and translated that detailed the exact location of the fort
on the east side ...
<http://www.nilesstar.com/articles/2005/02/01/news/ndnews4.txt>
DIEBOLD Printer Module Will Help Protect E-Voting Credibility
Gartner - Stamford,CT,USA
... government bodies that oversee voting mandate that the printed records
should be given precedence in cases of conflict between electronic records
and their ...
<http://www3.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd=126031>
AUTHOR finds more proof to support China theory
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
... Asked why the myth about the destruction of the records was perpetuated,
Menzies replied: "I'm afraid I don't know. You have ...
<http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2005/2/1/features/10044399&sec=features>
ID theft remains No. 1 worry
SearchSecurity.com - Needham,MA,USA
... paper and electronic records; personnel, companies carefully screening
their employees; and procedures, not collecting information you don't
need and shredding ...
<http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1049210,00.html>
WALLACE enjoys record-keeper role
Mt. Pleasant News - Mt. Pleasant,IA,USA
... Wallace is responsible for recording information on deeds, contracts,
mortgages ... easements, bills of sale, finance statements and numerous
other documents. ...
<http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13863372&BRD=1141&PAG=461&dept_id=163037&rfi=6>
PUBLIC records law needs a backbone
Lancaster Eagle Gazette - Lancaster,OH,USA
READY access to public records is an absolute must in a free society. Government
bodies and agencies work for the public, using taxpayer money. ... ...
<http://www.lancastereaglegazet te.com/news/stories/20050201/opinion/1941499.html>
Modesto Bee, Tue, 01 Feb 2005 4:38 AM PST
Patterson system was deeply flawed http://www.modbee.com/local/story/9873626p-10720432c.html
PATTERSON — The company that manages the city's building department used a computerized record-keeping system that could have allowed records to be altered, says a memo from the auditing firm hired by the city.
SABC News, Mon, 31 Jan 2005 11:50 PM PST
Medical service delivery picks up speed http://www.sabcnews.com/sci_tech/telecomms/0,2172,96972,00.html
The wait for the transfer of medical records may soon be a thing of the past, thanks to the use of cellular phone technology in medical services administration.
Computerworld 2/1/05
Los Alamos lab penalized in 'missing' disk case
As it turns out, the disks were never created in the first place
<http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,99425,00.html?SKC=home99425>
Computerworld 2/1/05
The Sarb-Ox Shift
Sarbanes-Oxley has doubtless changed the CIO's role, but for better or for worse is still
unclear.
<http://www.computerworld.com/governmenttopics/government/legislation/story/0,10801,99318,00.html>
Computerworld 2/1/05
Kill Your Data
<http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,99333,00.html>
Information Week
Georgia Court System Hopes To Trial RFID
The DeKalb County Juvenile Court wants to use RFID to track thousands of file folders
on more than 9,000 children processed through the system each year.
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=57703442
CNN
Digital evidence: Today's fingerprints
Electronic world increasingly being used to solve crimes
<http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/01/28/digital.evidence/index.html>
New York Times
February 1, 2005
Law Barring Junk E-Mail Allows a Flood Instead
By TOM ZELLER Jr.
year after a sweeping federal antispam law went into effect, there is more junk e-mail on the
Internet than ever, and Levon Gillespie, according to Microsoft, is one reason.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/01/technology/01spam.html?>
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Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
Richmond, Va
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