RAIN 070526
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories 
related to records and archives management.

ARMA Releases Guidelines for Evaluating Records Storage Facilities
Scure Destruction Business - Cleveland,OH,USA
A copy of "Guideline for Evaluating Records Storage Facilities" and
other standards and guidelines provided by ARMA International can be
obtained through ...
<http://www.sdbmagazine.com/news/news.asp?ID=8083>

Pointless requests must stop, says watchdog
Times Online - UK
... a new front in the battle over freedom of information yesterday 
when he called for restrictions on the release of public documents to 
protect ministers. 
...<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article1837989.ece>

West Covina's documents are going high-tech
San Gabriel Valley Tribune - West Covina,CA,USA
WEST COVINA - The city plans to spend nearly $76000 to convert public 
documents to a digital format. The plan, approved by the City Council 
last week ...<http://www.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_5980643>

Judge rules Harrison jail beating videotape is public record
SunHerald.com - Biloxi,MS,USA
The newspaper had claimed in its lawsuit that it was wrongfully denied 
access to the videotapes in violation of the Mississippi Public Records 
Act. ...<http://www.sunherald.com/306/story/61211.html>

NASA general counsel may face criminal investigation for ...
Federal Times - USA
"It's also a crime to destroy public records." Legislators discovered 
the DVD and its copies were destroyed while examining alleged 
misconduct by NASA's ...<http://federaltimes.com/index.php?S=2783399>

IT industry says proposal for data retention is acceptable
Heise Online - Hannover,Germany
... change in the roadmap would leave Internet providers "less than 
three months" to implement the technical and organizational measures 
for data retention. 
...<http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/90158>

EU, Norway: two years is too long to keep search data
Ars Technica - Boston,MA,USA
Google's data retention policies are coming under scrutiny by European 
governments. According to a letter sent to the search giant by the EU's 
Article 29 ...
<http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070524-eu-norway-two-years-is-too
-long-to-keep-search-data.html>

Shedding some light on information security
NetworkWorld.com - Southborough,MA,USA
IT departments and information security functions are increasingly 
called upon to become expert in data retention, e-discovery and legal 
issues, ... 
<http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/gwm/2007/0521msg2.html>


European fears over Google data retention
MSN Money - USA
European data protection officials have raised concerns that Google 
could be contravening European privacy laws by keeping data on internet 
searches for too ...
<http://moneycentral.msn.com/inc/news/providerredir.asp?feed=FT&Date=2007
0524&ID=6954102>

EU Probes Google Over Data Retention Policy
New York Times - New York,NY,USA
How far European officials can go to force Google to change its data 
retention policies remains unclear. The European Union's Data Retention 
Directive, 
...<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/26/business/26google.html?ref=business
>

ICO questions Google's privacy policy
Times Online - UK
Norway is one of several countries to have raised concerns about 
Google's data retention policy, claiming that the 18- to 24-month 
period proposed by Google 
...<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article184
1867.ece>

EU goes after Google
Register - London,England,UK
One reason was to comply with regulations including the European Data 
Retention Directive, which was passed in 2005 but does not have to be 
passed into ...<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05/25/google_privacy/>

Google Data on Users May Break EU Law, Watchdog Says (Update2)
Bloomberg - USA
The Norwegian Data Inspectorate began investigating Google's 
data-storage system in January on concern that the practice breached 
national privacy laws. ...
<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=agImLlGaNKaw&refer=h
ome>

NCDOT Security Breach Identified
NBC 17.com - Raleigh,NC,USA
RALEIGH, NC - The NC Department of Transportation has identified a 
security breach in a server that held the names and Social Security 
numbers of 25000 ...
<http://www.nbc17.com/midatlantic/ncn/news.apx.-content-articles-NCN-2007
-05-25-0018.html>

Election Board privacy breach?
Chicago Sun-Times - Chicago,IL,USA
A new federal lawsuit charges that the Illinois secretary of state's 
office passed on Social Security numbers and other sensitive motorist 
data to the 
...<http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/401334,CST-NWS-vote25.article>



Counties take heat for online disclosures
Columbus Dispatch - Columbus,OH,USA
A quick Dispatch search of the site yesterday turned up hundreds of 
Social Security numbers, including at least one of a Columbus city 
official. ... 
<http://www.columbusdispatch.com/dispatch/content/local_news/stories/2007
/05/25/watchdog.ART_ART_05-25-07_A1_236QOB2.html>

State AG sues Check 'n Go for identity theft liabilities
El Paso Times - El Paso,TX,USA
He said he thought the company was shredding documents with his 
personal information because that's what the company's employees have 
told him. ...<http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_5980576>

Ex-Employee of the Coca-Cola Company and Co-Defendant Sentenced ...
Food Ingredients First (press release) - Duiven,Netherlands
Dimson and Duhaney both later pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy 
to steal and sell trade secrets. Duhaney testified at trial. 
...<http://www.foodingredientsfirst.com/newsmaker_article.asp?idNewsMaker
=14075&fSite=AO545&next=3>

Officials contend valuable county records safely stored
Linton Daily Citizen - Linton,IN,USA
"No filing cabinets were open. No files were out of the boxes and 
nothing was out of place," Carpenter stressed during an interview last 
week. <http://www.dailycitizen.com/articles/2007/05/25/news/records.txt>

Reply To E-mail Overload: "Enough!"
CBS News - New York City,NY,USA
The coverage of President Bush's White House news conference Thursday 
focused mainly on his welcoming of legislation that funds the war in 
Iraq without 
...<http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/05/25/the_skinny/main2851694.shtm
l>

Washington Post 5/25/07
E-Mail Reply to All: 'Leave Me Alone'
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/24/AR200705
2402258.html?hpid=topnews>

DEA investigating PETA over euthanasia drug training
Virginian Pilot - Norfolk,VA,USA
According to the court records, the DEA feared prior notification 
"could result in the destruction of or tampering with evidence or 
otherwise jeopardize the 
...<http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=125382&ran=142276>


DA purchases draw scrutiny
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - TX,USA
The documents also state that an electronic file-shredding program, 
Evidence Eliminator, erased more than 18600 files from Mr. Sumrow's 
office desktop 
...<http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN
-rocda_25eas.ART0.North.Edition1.443fc67.html>

Computers to solve Stasi puzzle
BBC News - UK
So when the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, panic-stricken Stasi officers had 
mountains of classified files to destroy. Unluckily for then, the 
shredding machines ...<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6692895.stm>

Explore Cambridgeshire's heritage - free
Cambridgeshire Times - Stevenage,Herts,UK
... a look at the facilities and work of the County Records Office; a 
visit to Stonea Camp archaeological site and a session on the work of 
County ... 
<http://www.cambs-times.co.uk/content/cambstimes/news/story.aspx?brand=CA
TOnline&category=NewsCambs&tBrand=cambs24&tCategory=NewsCAT&itemid=WEED25
%20May%202007%2010%3A27%3A49%3A213>

Blueprint found for the original Dallas City Hall
WFAA (subscription) - Dallas,TX,USA
"Every archivist likes to think there is a missing link in the puzzle 
and that there are hidden treasures everywhere. And I think we proved 
that with this ...
<http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa070525
_lj_hein.d0eed3e.html>

Dorsey Partner Rebuked Over Document Mishap
Law.com (subscription) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... Financial Services Inc., which was suing three former employees and 
their new employer, a rival company called Scivantage, for theft of 
trade secrets. 
...<http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1179997533662&pos=ataglance>

Get Ready for the Rules Changes, Part VIII
Law.com (subscription) - San Francisco,CA,USA
  and, 4) spoliation of evidence will surely be an important issue in a 
fraud case, and $10000 to pay for "spoliation insurance" is a bargain. 
Result. 
<http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLT.jsp?id=1179997535655
>

Companies say no personal information in lost load
Cleveland Plain Dealer - Cleveland,OH,USA
Accounting Associates is in the process of moving, Reitz said, and had 
used a mobile shredding service to shred all the company's sensitive 
documents and ...
<http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2007/05/companies_say_no_personal_info.h
tml>


Ex-Coca-Cola Secretary Gets 8-Year-Term for Theft (Update2)
Bloomberg - USA
The sentence, two years longer than prosecutors sought, was merited 
because trade secrets are critical to the success of a company such as 
Atlanta-based ...
<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=an0MRfRVc__Q&refer=h
ome>

Ex-Coke aide gets 8 years in trade secrets case
Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
Duhaney testified that Williams, a family friend, initiated the trade 
secrets theft plan and provided confidential Coke documents and samples 
of unreleased ...<http://business.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=804362007>

Ex-Coke secretary gets 8 years in secrets case
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - Atlanta,GA,USA
An emotional apology from an ex-Coca Cola secretary convicted of 
stealing confidential documents in a plot to sell them to archrival 
Pepsi failed to strike ...
<http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/coke/stories/2007/05/23/052
3bizcoketrial.html>

Fox's Library: Tribute to Democracy or Ego?
New York Times - New York,NY,USA
Still, the very notion of a presidential library has roiled many in 
Mexico's chattering classes, who are used to seeing their former 
leaders, 
...<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/26/world/americas/26mexico.html>

Does DC History Matter?
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
The historical society's Kiplinger Research Library, recognized as one 
of the finest resources for researching District history, is free and 
open to the 
...<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/25/AR200
7052501750.html>

1st Regiment flag returned to state
Eufaula Tribune - Eufaula,AL,USA
Ed Bridges, director of the Alabama Department of Archives and History, 
and Bob Bradley, curator of the state archives, personally took 
possession of the ...
<http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18387355&BRD=2235&PAG=461&dept
_id=439676&rfi=6>

Weavers' archives to stay in state
Kentucky.com - Lexington,KY,USA
... who managed the company for Crown Crafts until it closed, bought 
Churchill's archives in hopes of preserving them for a museum or other 
public purpose. ...<http://www.kentucky.com/101/story/80595.html>

A rare find on Dallas' early years
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - TX,USA
As with other finds by the survey staff, they have been turned over to 
the city archives for preservation. The archives, housed in the city 
secretary's 
...<http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN
-cityplans_26met.ART0.North.Edition1.433c4d2.html>



Peter Kurilecz
Richmond, VA

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