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ROYAL Papers May Be Exempt from Freedom of Information Act
The Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
... But papers that originate in the Royal Household and are held by bodies
subject to the Public Records Act, for example the National Archives,
are public ...
<http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3973423>

JUDGE backs reporter in open records act challenge of prisons
San Jose Mercury News (subscription) - San Jose,CA,USA
Alameda County Superior Court Judge Steven Brick ruled Tuesday that the
California Public Records Act requires the department to provide parolee
information to ...
<http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/north
ern_california/10584137.htm>

HELPING dig into Calaveras' past
Union Democrat - Sonora,CA,USA
... Administration Building to find out when the archives would be open
and learned it had been closed for months, and the county was looking
for a new archivist. ...
<http://www.uniondemocrat.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=16199>

DERRY jobs threat if archives moved
Belfast Telegraph (subscription) - Belfast,Northern Ireland,UK
... architectural drawings, 1,000 legal deeds, scores of council minutes
dating back as far as 1673, and countless other plans, drawings and documents
that have ...
<http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northwest_edition/story.jsp?story=5986
33>

EX-CLERK to avoid prison
The Union Leader - Manchester,NH,USA
... A former town clerk charged with theft and tampering with public documents
will serve ... state, had to submit forms to the Registry of Deeds detailing
properties ...
<http://www.theunionleader.com/articles_showfast.html?article=49293>

FOR the Army, the ABCAs of Jargon
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
... The Records Management and Declassification Agency (RMDA) maintains
an electronic repository of authorized abbreviations, brevity codes and
acronyms at https ...
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54652-2005Jan6.html>

BRUSSELS digital snooping plans could hit your pocket
Silicon.com - UK
... EU council of ministers is currently working on a framework document
that could ... In a separate data retention spat, the US government had
asked transatlantic ...
<http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/protectingid/0,3800002220,3912
6907,00.htm>

STATE Supreme Court revises policies on open records
Jackson Sun - Jackson,TN,USA
... It spells out that court records are ''presumed'' to be open to the
... of obtaining a ruling on the discoverability of such documents; court
files to which ...
<http://miva.jacksonsun.com/miva/cgi-bin/miva?NEWS/news_storyV2.mv+link=200501
076832069>

SUITOR'S Files Cause Stir on Oregon Utility
New York Times - USA
... Oregon Public Utility Commission has sealed most of the records related
to ... The contrast between Texas Pacific's public statements and the
documents it kept ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/07/business/07utility.html>

USE files, not piles, for papers
San Jose Mercury News (subscription) - San Jose,CA,USA
... to hold medical records, automobile repair records, owners manuals,
insurance documents, bank statements ... Hanging files should be color-coded
by month. ...
<http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/home/10588178.htm>

SCRUSHY'S Lawyers Seek HealthSouth Documents
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
... over years of financial records, personnel information and ... of
earnings,
HealthSouth filed documents opposing subpoenas ... over eight years; personnel
files for 33 ...
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54913-2005Jan6.html>

AGENCIES laud proposed e-mail rule, others criticize it
GovExec.com - USA
... or no value, Scott Nelson wrote on behalf of the group, "the proposed
rule might be harmless." But he said employees could errantly delete important
records. ...
<http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0105/010705tdpm1.htm>


RUSTEE faces lawsuit over e-mails
North County Times - Escondido,CA,USA
... "We look at Public Records Act, and it says ... "Having said that,
is it a good idea for any government official to randomly delete documents
that they receive ...
<http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/01/07/news/californian/23_01_121_6_05.tx
t>

OF the Post-Dispatch
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch - St. Louis,MO,USA
... nearly 70 still contained retrievable files including private medical
records, love letters ... disk's storage space -- but won't overwrite
or delete the disk ...
<http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/columnists.nsf/techtalk/story/AD81F
208AF6128A686256F090065F6BC?OpenDocument&Headline=Don%E2%80%99t+just+throw+awa
y+your+old+computer>

DISK in the middle
Express Computers - India
... enterprises. Disks are quickly taking on the mantle of enterprise backup
relegating tape to archival duty, says Abhinav Singh. Indian ...
<http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20050110/market08.shtml>




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