New York Times
Century-Old Death Records Provide a
Glimpse Into Medicine's History
By NATALIE ANGIER
Published: May 25, 2004
Death may be dark and spiteful, a real impediment to one's career development and
personal safety. Yet in dying, it seems, each of us has a lesson for the living that
may well outlast our bones, those unfortunate family videos and the entire oeuvre
of Mitch Albom. No, not the parable of a life well lived, but of a death well logged.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/25/health/25deat.html?8hpib


Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Tuesday, May 25, 2004
'Black Warriors' tries to set record straight
By MIKE BARBER
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
Though retired for nearly 10 years now, former Seattle homicide Detective Al
Williams is still working for justice.
He's just produced his third and fourth exhaustive investigations into the past,
releasing the latest self-published works of his "Black Warrior" series of African
American military history books.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/174878_blackwarriors25.html



May 24, 2004
$1.4 million gift goes to preserve history
of UO
By Greg Bolt
The Register-Guard
Heather Briston now has a title to go along with the
stuffed iguana, commemorative footballs and
115-year-old potpourri she stewards.
Thanks to a $1.4 million endowed gift, Briston is now
the Richard and Mary Corrigan Solari University
Historian and Archivist. That's a long way of saying
she's in charge of the University of Oregon's past.
http://www.registerguard.com/news/2004/05/24/a1.uogift.0524.html (



ITWeb
Compliance impossible without effective records
management
BY PAUL MULLON, MARKETING DIRECTOR, METROFILE
[25 May 2004] - Every executive should, by now, realise the importance of
complying with new reporting and governance regulations. But, asks Paul Mullon,
marketing director of Metrofile, how many have investigated whether their
companies can deal with the information burden these new rules bring?South
African companies with US parents, or those with substantial dealings with
American firms, will soon find themselves affected by some or all of the new
governance and reporting laws in effect in the US, such as the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act, HIPAA and others. In addition, they will have to handle similar local
regulations that will place an added and unexpected data management burden on
their businesses.
http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/techforum/2004/0405250802.asp?S=Legal%20View&A=LEG&O=FRGN



Daytona Beach News-Journal
Officials cautious about purging voter rolls of felons By
JAMES MILLER and JIM SAUNDERS Staff Writers Last update: 24 May 2004
About 1,900 people in Volusia and Flagler counties could be purged from voting rolls, as
officials respond to a state order to take felons off the list.
With past problems and future presidential elections looming large, local elections officials
plan to chart a cautious course.
The issue is thick with politics, too. Some Democratic leaders fear the purge of up to
47,000 voters that the state suspects might be felons could do more harm to them than
their Republican counterparts -- as some charged in 2000 when George W. Bush won the
disputed presidential election by 537 votes in Florida.
http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Headlines/03NewsHEAD01052504.htm



Sydney Morning Herald
New HQ for Grace Records
May 26, 2004
Document storage group Grace Records Management has opened a $9 million headquarters and state of
the art warehouse in Campbelltown.
The initiative will give a major boost for Campbelltown, with 30 jobs to be created for local people.
The opening of the new facility on Hepher Road means that Grace will consolidate almost all of its NSW
operations under one roof, including the head office, apart from a small hub facility on Sydney's CBD
fringe.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/25/1085461759872.html



Historical records brought to light in Gansu
www.chinaview.cn 2004-05-25 21:52:02
LANZHOU, May 25 (Xinhuanet) -- The archives administration of China's northwestern Gansu
Province recently collected 120 historical documents from private collectors, the oldest of which is nearly 300 years old.
All the documents dated back to the Qing Dynasty, which lasted from 1644 to 1911 and was the last imperial dynasty in China's history, said Wang Haizhou, an official with the provincial archives.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-05/25/content_1490178.htm



FEBRUARY 12, 2004
Crazy After All These Years
Does the Key to Microsoft’s Plan for Global Media
Domination Involve Driving Judges Insane?
By Robert X. Cringely
Last Friday afternoon, I sat in a fifth floor courtroom at the U.S. District Court in Baltimore, Maryland watching Microsoft, Burst.com, Sun Microsystems and others duke it out in front of Judge Frederick Motz. Next to me in the peanut gallery sat reporters from Bloomberg News and the Wall Street Journal.
What I found most interesting was comparing their running commentary with what later appeared in published stories. There was a lot more happening in court than you read in the newspaper, that’s for sure.
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20040212.html



Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Friday, May 21, 2004
Microsoft told to explain e-mail deletion memos
By JAMES ROWLEY
BLOOMBERG NEWS
A federal judge ordered Microsoft Corp. yesterday to search a company computer
to help explain why Vice President James Allchin told employees in 2000 to
eliminate e-mails.
U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz in Baltimore issued the order in an antitrust
and patent suit by Burst.com Inc., which has accused Microsoft of stealing its
technology for broadcasting sound and video over the Internet at high speeds.
Burst.com charges that Microsoft destroyed e-mails that may help the smaller rival
win its case.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/174343_msftburst21.html (



SiliconValley.com
Posted on Fri, May. 21, 2004
Microsoft VP
mulls Quattrone
defense
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/columnists/gmsv/8725056.htm



out-law.com
Microsoft to search for e-mail destruction command
25/05/2004
A US Court has ordered Microsoft to look for evidence that in
January 2000 senior executive James Allchin sent an e-mail
allegedly instructing staff to delete old e-mails relating to
ongoing talks with streaming media company Burst.com,
according to reports.
The case dates back to 1999 when negotiations began
between Burst.com and Microsoft over a possible licence for
Burst's technology that would allow high quality
video-on-demand over the internet. After two years,
negotiations broke down.
http://www.out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=microsofttosearch1085482618&area=news



Computerworld
Wednesday, 26 May, 2004
Microsoft lawsuit leads to email
questions
Paul Roberts, BOSTON
Microsoft is digging deeper into its stores of electronic
correspondence after a US District Court judge instructed
the company to provide more information about a
four-year-old email from a company vice president that
told employees to delete email after 30 days.
http://www.computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/0/048A03872FE55A5CCC256E9F0019521C?OpenDocument


USA Today
Posted 5/24/2004 3:10 AM
Judge orders Microsoft to search for e-mail evidence
By Alex Dominguez, Associated Press
BALTIMORE — A federal judge has ordered Microsoft
to search for evidence a vice president told employees in
2000 to destroy e-mails, an attorney for a company suing
the software giant says.
Burst.com attorney Spencer Hosie said Friday the order
was important not only for his client, but for all cases
against Microsoft.
"It appears Microsoft as matter of institutional policy has
decided to destroy e-mails in anticipation of litigation,"
Hosie said.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2004-05-24-ms-email-archives_x.htm



Monterery Herald
Posted on Tue, May. 25, 2004
Monterey appeals ruling on records
By DAN LAIDMAN
Herald Staff Writer
A motion the city of Monterey filed with a state appeals court Monday sheds some light on a batch of documents the city is fighting to keep secret.
The city is enmeshed in a contentious public records lawsuit related to a major Cannery Row development.
City officials have asked an appellate court to overturn a local judge's order that it make public 11 sets of documents pertaining to the Ocean View Plaza retail and condominium project.
http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/local/8753895.htm



Does Open Government Shine
Brightest in Texas?
Mark Tapscott (archive)
May 25, 2004 | Print | Send
You likely won’t hear about it in the nation’s major
media outlets, but recent events suggest Texas may
be doing the best job of letting sunlight shine on
state government. In the process it’s establishing a
benchmark for others.
The big news is the recent decision of Texas Attorney
General Greg Abbott to hire an experienced prosecutor as the first
attorney ever placed on the state payroll to prosecute violations of the
Texas Public Information Act. Abbott’s move means state and local
bureaucrats who prefer to operate behind closed doors could now
face the prospect of fines or jail time or both for violating the PIA.
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/marktapscott/mt20040525.shtml


The Daily Journal
Government records should be accessible
EDITORIAL
It was heartening to read that Superior Court Judge
George Stanger Jr. ruled the city of Vineland must
provide Mid Atlantic Recycling Technologies Inc. with
most of the more than 12,500-plus documents it
requested from the city under OPRA.
http://www.thedailyjournal.com/news/stories/20040525/opinion/493433.html (



Ocala Star-Banner
Computer docs
Physicians are expected to create paperless offices in the next few
years
Published May 24. 2004 4:50PM
By Michael Braga
NYT Regional Newspapers
Milton Stein had a severe heart attack 28 years ago, then quadruple
bypass surgery. He's been making regular visits to his cardiologist
ever since.
The 80-year-old resident of Longboat Key, Fla., had five
appointments with Dr. Gene Myers in Sarasota during the past six
months alone.
But Stein's visits these days are vastly different than anything in the
past.
http://www.starbanner.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/FP/20040524/HEALTHMATTERS/40524001/1017/FEATURES01




Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
Richmond, Va
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