Metroweekly
In the Navy
''At Ease'' compiles National Archives portraits of young men
from WWII
By Sean Bugg
Published on 05/13/2004
"Most of the good stuff is in Greenbelt, " says Evan Bachner. Of course, he’s talking about the collection of World War II photographs housed at the National Archives facility in the Maryland suburb, not some of the more esoteric aspects of the D.C. area. But when Bachner, 47, says there’s good stuff out there, he knows what he’s talking about.
http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/books.php?ak=1020
Jackson Citizen Patriot
Preserving history
Local group is giving the Cascades Museum a boost
Thursday, 13, 2004
By Breanna Shepherd
Staff Writer
Museums are meant to preserve history, but that can only happen if antiques
themselves are properly preserved.
That's what prompted the Jacksonburg Questers 194, a group that restores
and preserves antiques, to take steps to properly preserve the items in the
Cascades Museum at Sparks Foundation County Park.
Last week, about 20 members of the group began resetting photographs on
archival-safe paper. The work continued through Wednesday when they
dismantled the cabinets for cleaning.
http://www.mlive.com/news/jacitpat/index.ssf?/base/news-8/108446437966040.xml
Summit Daily News
McInnis archives head to alma mater
JANE STEBBINS
May 12, 2004
SUMMIT COUNTY - Blair Jones knows firsthand how difficult it is to compile 22 years of public service into one comprehensive book. That's why the press secretary for U.S. Rep. Scott McInnis, R-Grand Junction, had to resort to eight books - with a ninth on the way - as part of the congressman's archives.
The books now are headed for public display at McInnis' alma mater, Fort Lewis College in Durango.
http://www.summitdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040512/NEWS/105120012
Indianapolis Star
Dillinger holdup: Dispute halts sale of his signature
By John Strauss
May 13, 2004
Bidding for an Indiana prison document signed by bank robber John Dillinger reached $16,000 in an auction this month before state officials stepped in and claimed ownership. The 80-year-old piece of paper remains in the hands of a New York City dealer while Indiana officials consider their legal options.
http://www.indystar.com/articles/9/146089-7569-009.html
Chelmsford Independent
Girl Scout Troop 1 is Drury's latest historical project
By Victoria Groves / Correspondent
Wednesday, May 12, 2004
When Chelmsford's Girl Scout Troop 1 formed in 1916, it began as a Sunday School class for girls attending the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church.
By 1919, there were 16 members and even the late Eleanor Parkhurst, town resident and former editor of the now defunct "Chelmsford Newsweekly" was a scout in the troop. Since then, hundreds of Chelmsford girls have participated in scouting.
Now, resident Jane Drury is out to chronicle all of their adventures.
http://www.townonline.com/chelmsford/news/local_regional/ci_newcigirlscoutsp05122004.htm
The Atkins Chronicle
Native American writing is subject of history
meeting
The American Native Press Archives will be the subject of the Pope County Historical Association meeting Friday, May 14, at the St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center cafeteria in Russellville.
http://www.atkinschronicle.com/5-12pcha.htm
Daily Bruin
President’s nomination for U.S. archivist controversial
By Hoorig Santikian
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President Bush's April nomination of Allen Weinstein to the position of the ninth U.S. archivist – a job that includes overlooking the release of federal documents – has sparked criticism from historians and national history organizations.
The archivist oversees the National Archives and Records Administration's 34 facilities, which hold all major government documents, including the Constitution, and makes declassified documents available to the public.
http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/articles.asp?id=29003 (
New York Times
Hello, Pay Phone Information? Enthusiast
Provides the Answer
By IAN URBINA
Published: May 13, 2004
It started as an art project. Blue spiral notebook in hand, Mark Thomas spent afternoons walking the streets of Manhattan, compiling the numbers and locations of public pay phones. He posted them on his Web site in the hope that people would call them.
"There is real beauty in whimsical acts of contact between strangers," he explained. Soon his list expanded to include public phones at the top of the Eiffel Tower, in the basement of the Vatican, in the middle of the Mojave Desert, and at about 450,000 other places around the world.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/13/nyregion/13PAYP.html?hp
CNET.com
From nukes to Sarbanes-Oxley
May 13, 2004, 4:00 AM PT
By Ed Frauenheim
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
Richard Reese has plenty of experience managing paper records, and he's trying to bring that know-how to keeping track of electrons.
For more than 20 years, Reese has been chief executive of Iron Mountain, a company that began in 1951 to store corporate records in the event of a nuclear war. Iron Mountain created a records storage center at a depleted iron ore mine in New York, hence the company name.
Since 2001, though, Iron Mountain has been pushing to store and manage customer records on computer gear as well. The company has invested more than $50 million in a "digital archives" business, designed to help clients comply with new data-handling regulations.
http://news.com.com/2008-1015-5211442.html
The Salt Lake Tribune
S.L. County weighing policy on saving e-mail
By Thomas Burr
The Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake County's deputy mayor gets a lot of e-mail: billboard gripes, staff notices and a steady stream of spam.
Most of the messages survive for 30 days.
"To me, they are akin to voice mail," Alan Dayton, the county's second in command told The Salt Lake Tribune. "When my mailbox gets full, I go to the bottom of the list and start deleting."
http://www.sltrib.com/2004/May/05132004/utah/166093.asp
Salt Lake City Weekly
Memory Hole
Salt Lake County public records vanish into
cyberspace without a trace.
by Shane Johnson
On a wanton journalistic fishing expedition, City Weekly recently stumbled into a gaping hole in Salt Lake County’s e-mail retention policy. Per se, the county has no policy.
The lapse was discovered weeks ago when the paper requested a month’s worth of job-related e-mails from Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson and his county counterpart Mayor Nancy Workman.
Despite an initial protest, Anderson’s office filled the request within a week. But getting hands on Workman’s e-mails proved a bit trickier. That’s because the county’s information services division destroys the mayor’s e-mails 30 days after she deletes them from her desktop.
http://www.slweekly.com/editorial/2004/city_2004-05-13.cfm (
E-Pao!
State Archives preserving records for posterity
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, May 12: Destruction or mutilation of ancient stone inscriptions located at different parts of the State are punishable under Public Records Act No 9-2000 with five years imprisonment or a fined Rs 10000 or both, Director of Manipur State Archives Department Dr Shushila has stated.
Talking to the The Sangai Express today, Shushila stressed on the importance of preservation of records and ancient manuscripts including stone inscriptions located at various parts of the State for posterity and said it would be the duty of all the people.
http://www.e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=7.16.130504.may04 (
Dayton Daily News
DPL execs fire back at critics, accusations
Forster, Muhlenkamp rebut claims, findings
By Tom Beyerlein
Dayton Daily News
DPL Inc. Chairman Peter H. Forster, in a strongly worded statement to the head of the DPL board's audit committee, said an independent counsel's investigation found "virtually nothing of merit in the allegations levied by a disgruntled employee" — corporate Controller Daniel L. Thobe.
http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/content/business/daily/0513dpl.html
The Common Denominator
Council considers changes in D.C. public records law
(May 12, 2004, online news update)
Major revisions are being proposed in the way D.C. law requires city officials to respond to public requests for access to government documents.
http://www.thecommondenominator.com/051204_update1.html
delmarvanow.com
Fenwick found in violation of FOIA
By Roxann Moore
Gannett News Service
FENWICK ISLAND -- Residents of Fenwick Island could now learn the cost to settle a battle between former Police Chief George H. Dickerson Jr.. and the Town Council over his claims of misuse of funds and their attempt to fire him. The Delaware Attorney General's Office has determined Fenwick officials violated the Freedom of Information Act by not making the terms of the settlement public.
http://www.dailytimesonline.com/news/stories/20040513/localnews/410424.html
The Journal Standard
County denies requests for data on dog owners
Giving out names and addresses would violate citizens' privacy, board says
By Travis Morse, The Journal-Standard
FREEPORT -- The Stephenson County Board unanimously approved on Wednesday a motion not to release the names and addresses of county dogg owners to two individuals seeking the information. County officials say releasing the information would violate the privacy of county citizens. The decision comes after two recent unofficial requests were made for the information.
http://www.journalstandard.com/articles/2004/05/13/local_news/news22.txt (
Maine governor signs bill to improve public-records access
By The Associated Press
05.13.04
AUGUSTA, Maine — Legislation intended to ensure easy public access to open records kept by Maine police, towns and other agencies has been signed into law by Gov. John Baldacci.
The legislation, LD 1957, stemmed in part from a statewide audit of public records in 2002 that showed a lack of compliance with Maine’s public-access and public-records laws.
http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/news.aspx?id=13347
http://news.mainetoday.com/apwire/D82H92700-132.shtml
KGW.com
Supreme Court rules against open-records activists
05/13/2004
By PAUL QUEARY / Associated Press
The Washington Supreme Court dealt the state's open records law a double blow Thursday, ruling that public records requests can be ignored if they are too sweeping and upholding the attorney-client privilege as a method for avoiding scrutiny of public documents.
http://www.kgw.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D82HSLAG1.html (
New York Times
A Pocket-Size Disk
Packs 90 Precious
Gigabytes
By J.D. BIERSDORFER
Published: May 13, 2004
The steady march of technology has made it easier to take along larger amounts of data on smaller devices, like the U.S.B. flash-memory drives that can now hold a gigabyte or two of data but still fit comfortably on a key ring. But for data backup, even two gigabytes is not enough. The new Rev drive from Iomega can fit 35 gigabytes of files on a removable disk that can fit in the palm of the hand.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/13/technology/circuits/13revv.html
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