DELETE' button weakens freedom of information law Arkansas Times - Little Rock,AR,USA ... Jodie Mahony of El Dorado, that "the absence of a records retention requirement in the law has made the Freedom of Information Act virtually useless now that ... <http://www.arktimes.com/Articles/ArticleViewer.aspx?ArticleID=f58d48ed-e0b6-4a85-8bfb-1d9d46f9d623> ACCESS to data criticized Albany Times Union - Albany,NY,USA ... "In the scheme of things, considering the laws in the 50 states, and considering the problems with the federal Freedom of Information Act, I think New York's ... <http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=310295&category=STATEOTHER&BCCode=HOME&newsdate=12/2/2004> NELSON lauds case that was key to passing anti-identity theft law Naples Daily News - Naples,FL,USA ... The rule covers disposal of both paper and electronic records. The FTC proposed a "reasonable measures" standard so small businesses won't be unduly burdened. ... <http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/business/article/0,2071,NPDN_14901_3367715,00.html> RARE Alamo letters are on auction block San Antonio Express (subscription) - San Antonio,TX,USA ... proof. "I think there's a good chance these were in the archives at one time," said Chris LaPlante, state archivist at the library. ... <http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA120204.1A.texana_auction.b112363c.html> SC concerned about destruction of records The Edge Daily - Malaysia The Securities Commission (SC) has expressed concern about the destruction of records involving Practice Note 4/2001 companies, an act which has hampered ... <http://www.theedgedaily.com/cms/content.jsp?id=com.tms.cms.article.Article_93e691e4-cb73c03a-10980e70-7f7baafb> 1920S Bridget Jones Telegraph.co.uk - London,England,UK ... further entries. Jen Brown, Oxfam's bookshop manager, said the diary would be given to John Williams, the city's archivist. "Normally ... <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/12/02/ndiary02.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/12/02 /ixhome.html> EX-UFJ execs held in cover-up Asahi Shimbun - Tokyo,Japan ... to have transferred thousands of computer files on borrowers to ... The employees forged documents that showed the ... of the borrowers and deleted records of meetings ... <http://www.asahi.com/english/nation/TKY200412020155.html> THE paperless office PC Advisor - UK ... Paper copies of documents also have to be kept for ... in some cases, and for files as electronic files are deleted ... and with it go all the online records," said one ... <http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/index.cfm?go=news.view&news=4348> DVD Standards War Could Affect Data Storage NewsFactor Network - Woodland Hills,CA,USA ... "With DVD already well on its way to replacing VHS completely, and archival storage poised to see optical storage as the preferred medium, the winner of this ... <http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_title=DVD-Standards-War-Could-Affect-Data-Storage&story_id=193.5553575&category=datastr> NEW Day dawns at Historical Society Hingham Journal - Hingham,MA,USA ... and climate control for the archives. Day intends to be more active in securing grants to maintain the properties, as well as to fund an archivist with the ... <http://www2.townonline.com /hingham/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=138401> DOCUMENT destruction law has loophole WBBH - Ft. Myers,FL,USA ... fashion. Carole Brown owns Secure Document Destruction, the only certified document shredding company in Southwest Florida. Her ... <http://www.nbc-2.com/Investigates/articles/article.asp?articleid=1995&z=5> Wired News, Thu, 02 Dec 2004 11:30 AM PST Fight for Public Domain Goes On http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,65898,00.html?tw=rss.CUL Archivists who want to digitize 'orphan works' -- books, movies and films that are no longer commerically viable but remain under copyright -- lose a court battle. But they vow to continue the war to rebalance copyright law. By Katie Dean. Peter Kurilecz CRM, CA Richmond, Va List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance