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Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories
related to records and archives management.
AG: Lawmakers' instant messages may violate Idaho open-records law
KIFI - Idaho Falls,ID,USA
AP - May 18, 2007 2:04 PM ET. Idaho lawmakers are concerned their
instant messaging might be violating the state's open record laws.
<http://www.localnews8.com/Global/story.asp?S=6536783>
Stop the shredders
Tracy Press - Tracy,CA,USA
... you knew about the existing public records request … and adopted
the ordinance knowing that may … result in destruction of records
already requested.” ...<http://tracypress.com/content/view/9309/2/>
Online genealogy just got easier
Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
For the first time ever, the LDS Church is joining forces with various
archives, libraries and family-history Web sites in an effort to open a
floodgate of ...<http://www.sltrib.com/ci_5930673>
Smithsonian photos for all, nonprofit says
TheNewsTribune.com (subscription) - Tacoma,WA,USA
He is also critical of other Smithsonian business deals, calling them
“privatizing of the archives.” Smithsonian spokeswoman Samia Elia said
officials were
...<http://www.thenewstribune.com/soundlife/story/66182.html>
BOV sponsors extension of the National Portrait Archives
Malta Independent Online - Malta
This initiative forms part of the National Memory Project, managed by
the National Archives. The new portraits were financed by Bank of
Valletta. ... <http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=51242>
Committee tours two buildings to explore storage space needs for ...
Salem Times Commoner - Salem,IL,USA
... newly formed Space Study Committee of the Marion County Board met
on Monday night to discuss the need for additional storage space for
county records.
...<http://www.salem-tc.com/news/2007/0518/Front_Page/020.html>
County to re-bid for archival equipment
New Philadelphia Times Reporter - New Philadelphia,OH,USA
An omission on a list of equipment needed for digital archiving by the
Tuscarawas County Child Support Enforcement Agency led county
commissioners to reject
...<http://www.timesreporter.com/index.php?ID=68073>
University Offers Aid to Library After Fire
Georgetown University The Hoya - Washington,DC,USA
“What we really thought we could be the most helpful in was to offer
the archivist of the Georgetown branch a residency here where he could
… look through ...<http://www.thehoya.com/news/051907/news4.cfm>
Wall St Journal
A Bank's Historian Shakes
Money From Family Trees
Wells Fargo Uses Genealogist
To Woo Rich Private Clients;
Grandpa Lewin's First Wife
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117943807921606738-email.html>
Galveston College's missing enrollment data found in bank safe
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA
... that documents would show evidence of crimes, including securing a
false document, tampering with a government record and misapplication
of funds.
...<http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/4817881.html>
IPS leak exposes fact of digital life
Indianapolis Star - Indianapolis,IN,USA
IPS is still investigating how thousands of files on two unsecured
servers were accessible to the public through Google. An Indianapolis
Star reporter
...<http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070520/LOCAL/705
200436/-1/LOCAL17>
City may take over museum, historical society
Danbury News Times - Danbury,CT,USA
DANBURY -- Money problems are so bad at the Danbury Museum and
Historical Society, said its president, James Ogden, the museum's doors
could close within
...<http://www.newstimeslive.com/news/story.php?id=1054109&source=tabbox>
How To Crank Through Your Gmail
WebWorkerDaily - San Francisco,CA,USA
Rather than let this overwhelming task stop you, tag everything in the
inbox “to clear” and archive it all (except perhaps the last few urgent
emails if
...<http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/05/20/how-to-crank-through-your-gmail/
>
For 30 years, it's been a place to relish history
Tallahassee Democrat - Tallahassee,FL,USA
Jeb Bush tried to close the state library and downsize the museum and
archive divisions. "Government understands regulatory and planning
roles. ...
<http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070520/COLUMNIST
04/705200306/1010/NEWS01>
The man who saved Coke
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - Atlanta,GA,USA
Phil Mooney's office was a virtual museum when he started 30 years ago
as archivist for the Coca-Cola Co. So many people tramped through to
look at the
...<http://www.ajc.com/living/content/living/stories/2007/05/20/0520lvcok
e.html>
(Missing) Without A Trace: The IBM Tapes
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
... of current and former IBM employees, such as their Social Security
numbers, dates of employment, birth date, contact information, and work
history.
...<http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/05/missing_wit
hout.html>
Alcatel-Lucent Probing Loss of Employee Data
InternetNews.com - USA
The company said the information contained on the computer disk
included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, date of birth and
salary data of
...<http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3678736>
Lucent urges calm over lost data disk
Newark Star Ledger - Newark,NJ,USA
The Alcatel-Lucent disk contained personal data including names,
addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth and salary
information for all Lucent ...
<http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-7/117955083430
0040.xml&coll=1>
Peter Kurilecz
Richmond, VA
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