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FEDERAL Workers Not Pleased With Loss Of Data Tapes
FedSmith.com - USA
Not surprisingly, FedSmith.com readers expressed their concerns and
anger
over the Bank of America's announcement that data tapes containing
personal
...<http://www.fedsmith.com/headlineBounce.php?factor=3880>
WHAT CIOs should know about records
SearchCIO.com - USA
... Are all drafts also records or only the final, approved document?
...
and attachments depends on their content, and content determines what
retention rules apply. ...
<http://searchcio.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid19_gci1070614,00.html>
NEW International Journal On Freedom Of Information Launches
Managing Information - UK
... to Information in India; The interaction between Data Protection and
Freedom of Information; Procurement and the UK Freedom of Information
Act; Coordination of ...
<http://www.managinginformation.com/news/content_show_full.php?id=3658>
THREE quarters of IT managers not confident about compliance
VNUNet.com - UK
... Other than the Data Protection Act and the Freedom of Information
Act,
a majority of respondents described their knowledge of nine pieces of
legislation as ...
<http://www.vnunet.com/news/1162116>
LIBRARY committee selected
Daily Texan - Austin,TX,USA
A month after the UT System expressed interest in a bid for the
presidential
library of President George W. Bush, a committee has been selected to
develop the ...
<http://www.dailytexanonline.com/news/2005/03/23/University/Library.Committee.Selected-900346.shtml>
PORTUS deleted financial records, receiver alleges
Globe and Mail - Canada
... deleted thousands of financial records and reformatted several
computers
in an ... Boaz Manor "indicates that approximately 3,390 spreadsheet
files
were deleted ...
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050323/RPORTUS23/TPBusiness/Canadian>
KOHL'S Stasi Files to be Released
Deutsche Welle - Germany
... documents relating to meetings between Kohl and politicians or
diplomats
from the former Eastern Bloc in his work as chancellor will also be
released.
Files ...
<http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1528457,00.html>
BOYANA Studios Donate Archives to Film Library
Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria
The Bulgarian Boyana Film Studios donated their archives to the
Bulgarian
National Film Library, Boyana Film said Wednesday. The ...
<http://www.novinite.com/newsletter/print.php?id=45914>
DOCUMENT management system to provide better access for city ...
Northwest Arkansas Times - Fayetteville,AR,USA
... s office is also filled with materials, he said, but recently a
document
shredding company was ... "We've got just hundreds of boxes of old case
files from the ...
<http://nwanews.com/story.php?paper=nwat§ion=News&storyid=26424>
ARCHIVING stories of women
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - TX,USA
... The collection needed an archivist, and the library needed money to
hire one. So the archives' advisory council designed a plan that not
only
brings in money ...
<http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/parkcities/stories/032305dnpararchives.8b817.html>
NEWTOWN Historic Association reproduces 1886 borough map
Advance of Bucks County - Newtown,PA,USA
... Images are high resolution digital scans printed with archival
quality
inks using a large format inkjet printer onto various substrates. ...
<http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1686&dept_id=41375&newsid=14202577&PAG=461&rfi=9>
RACE against time to digitize decaying images
Computerworld Australia - Australia
... NSW chief librarian Dagmar Schmidmaier, who runs the state's largest
collection of images and documents at the Mitchell Library (NSW State
Library), said the ...
<http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;654776427;fp;16;fpid;0>
HISTORIAN Publishes Followup
The Ledger - Lakeland,FL,USA
... The Browns began their research in Tallahassee, drawing on material
in the Florida State Library and Archives, including major state
newspapers.
...<http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050323/NEWS/503230309/1021>
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
6 former Mellon workers indicted on charges they destroyed
tax returns
Wednesday, March 23, 2005
By Torsten Ove and Nicole Fuller, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Six former Mellon Bank employees were indicted yesterday in federal
court on charges they destroyed
thousands of tax returns that the bank was hired to process for the
Internal Revenue Service.
<http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05082/476146.stm>
Are Your PDFs Spying on You?
By Don Fluckinger March 21, 2005 Opinion: New metrics-gathering system
is smart business for the people who use the technology, but it opens
the door to potential dark days for PDF documents.
<http://www.pdfzone.com/article2/0,1759,1778037,00.asp?kc=ewnws032305dtx1k0000599>
Buffalo News
Obtaining government data is becoming more difficult
By MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN
Associated Press
3/20/2005
WASHINGTON - The government argues that a health official's required
public financial disclosure reports should not become public.
Some of President Bush's military records were not released because
officials did not want to search boxes filled with rat excrement.
<< http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20050320/1044305.asp>>
Christie's to Auction Computer History
Sale of computer and Internet history is expected to generate $2
million.
Laura Rohde, IDG News Service
This isn't your average EBay auction. For those who want to own a bit
of computer and Internet history, the venerable auction house
Christie's International is putting on the block a collection of
documents that follow the evolution of computing from the 1600s to the
1970s.
<< http://pcworld.about.com/news/Feb042005id119591.htm>>
The Community Engine Blog
News, how-to’s, and thoughts about powering the information economy
IBM's Intranet and Folksonomy
<<
http://thecommunityengine.com/home/archives/2005/03/ibms_intranet_a.html>>
Wall Street Journal
New Privacy Leak:
Some Mutual Funds
Reveal Clients' Data
They Include Account Number
With Name and Address
On Certain Federal Filings
<< http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB111154121833487180,00.html?>>
CSO
Does IM Belong in the Enterprise?
<< http://www.csoonline.com/talkback/031505.html>>
Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
Richmond, Va
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