Act Now Training is running a records management course. Details as follows:

Records Management for the Public Sector

London - 23rd June 2004
Glasgow - 10th June 2004

Speaker: Philip Jones, Head of Information Resources at Staffordshire County
Council

Cost £149 - London and £159 Glasgow

Full Details: www.actnowtraining.co.uk

REGARDS
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> Topics of the day:
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>   1. rain 520  data protection FOIA costs
>   2. Introduction to records management - a TFPL course in London on 9
June
>   3. Dilbert strip for today
>   4. ERPANET Seminar on Persistent Identifiers
>
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>
> Date:    Thu, 20 May 2004 21:07:10 -0400
> From:    Peter Kurilecz <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: rain 520  data protection FOIA costs
>
> Cortez Journal
> May 20, 2004
> Findings in Wetherill collection
> previewed
> By Nate Thompson
> Journal Staff Writer
> In 1997, efforts by historians resulted in the archiving of box after box=
>  of materials about the famed Wetherill family's life in the Southwest du=
> ring the first half of the 20th century. The Wetherills helped settle the=
>  Mancos Valley, set up a number of trading posts and are credited with so=
> me of the earliest
> explorations of Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings and other structures i=
> n the Four Corners, including the rediscovery of Cliff Palace in 1888.
>
http://www.cortezjournal.com/asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=3D=
> news&article_path=3D/news/news040520_5.htm
>
> http://snipurl.com/6k9u
>
>
> Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
> Records destroyed because of 'human
> error'
> By DON WALKER
> [log in to unmask]
> Posted: May 19, 2004
> The inadvertent destruction of 129 boxes of historical records belonging =
> to the
> Tommy G. Thompson and Scott McCallum administrations was "caused by
> human error with enormous consequences to the . . . mission of safeguardi=
> ng the
> historical record of state business," a new report concludes.
> The report, written by investigators for the state Department of Administ=
> ration,
> also concluded that no disciplinary action would be taken against any sta=
> te
> employees who were involved in the destruction of the records. The state =
> agency
> has jurisdiction over state records.
> http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/may04/230701.asp
>
> Cedar Springs official blasts policy for
> information requests
> Thursday, May 20, 2004
> By Matt Vandebunte
> The Grand Rapids Press
> CEDAR SPRINGS -- It will not cost twice as much, but one Cedar Springs
> official remains upset about a new public information policy. The City Co=
> uncil
> last week voted 5-1 to approve a revised procedure for Freedom of Informa=
> tion
> Act requests.
> Councilwoman Kathy Bremmer said the nine-page document is a complicated
> replacement for the one-page form.
> "I have no clue what a person will be paying," Bremmer said. "I think it =
> should
> be replaced by a flat fee."
> http://www.mlive.com/news/grpress/index.ssf?/base/news-14/108506612188640=
> .xml
>
> Argentina: Data Protection: Census And Registration Of Databases
> 14 May 2004
> Article by N=C3=A9stor J. Rigamonti
> On October 2000, Argentina enacted its first Data Protection Law1. Among =
> other aspects related to
> the protection of personal data, the Data Protection Law provided for the=
>  obligation to register the
> databases under the scope of such law2 in a register to be created.
> By the end of 2003, the National Direction for Personal Data Protection i=
> ssued a Resolution3 to
> create the National Databases Register; nevertheless, such register has n=
> ot been implemented yet and
> the obligation to register the databases is not enforceable currently.
> http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=3D26023&email_access=3Don
>
>
> interfax
> 20.05.2004 13:32:00 GMT
> Latvian parliament decides to open KGB archives
> Riga. (Interfax/BNS) - The Latvian parliament has voted to disclose the d=
> ocuments contained in th
> the Soviet KGB.
> http://www.interfax.com/com?item=3DLat&pg=3D0&id=3D5723969&req=3D
>
>
>
> 13 May 2004
> Article by Lori L. Lasher, Thomas M. Freeman, Kerry A. Kearney, Stephanie=
>  Mendelsohn and
> Jeff V. Rodwell
> One of the most crucial challenges faced by companies today is the rising=
>  risk associated with
> burgeoning data management responsibilities. How well company leaders ide=
> ntify and act on
> corporate information issues=E2=80=94before they become legal problems=E2=
> =80=94is an increasingly vital indicator
> of corporate health.
> The potential costs are high for those found to have violated record rete=
> ntion, privacy, security and
> other corporate information standards. Companies that fail to update reco=
> rd retention policies and
> practices may not be able to meet increasingly stringent rules regarding =
> electronic discovery, as well
> as heightened expectations of regulators conducting administrative inquir=
> ies. Businesses also must
> grapple with a growing morass of concerns involving privacy, computer sys=
> tems security,
> identity theft, outsourcing, electronic signatures, and many other matter=
> s.
> http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=3D26011&lk=3D1
>
> The Town Talk
> Directory
> Jena teen winning public records law reform John Hill Posted on May 20,
> 2004
> BATON ROUGE -
> A Jena teenager's quest to save his School Board money on computer system=
> s has taken him just one step shy of reforming Louisiana's public records=
>  law. When Jena High School junior Michael Barker, 17, asked   for public=
>  records about computer spending in June, LaSalle Parish School Board per=
> sonnel turned him down, citing a provision in Louisiana's public records =
> law that requires a person to be 18 or older to make a public records req=
> uest.
> http://www.thetowntalk.com/html/507547C2-1EA6-4605-90F5-193D0FF30ED7.shtm=
> l
>
>
>
> Posted on Thu, May. 20, 2004
> U of L Foundation sets up process for
> documents
> Associated Press
> LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The University of Louisville Foundation board, in its f=
> irst act as a public agency, voted
> to approve a process for fielding requests for documents under the Kentuc=
> ky Open Records Act.
> The foundation's board of directors met Wednesday - its first meeting sin=
> ce the Kentucky Supreme Court last
> week upheld lower court rulings that determined the foundation is a publi=
> c agency.
> The rulings were the result of a lawsuit by The Courier-Journal, which is=
>  seeking access to the foundation's
> records. The foundation handles donations to U of L.
> http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/8713466.htm
>
>
> United States: California=E2=80=99s New Online Privacy Protection Act Aff=
> ects All Businesses Which Collect Personal Information from California Re=
> sidents
> 18 May 2004
> Article by Carolyn C. Burger, Marla Hoehn and Catherine D. Meyer
> Do You Have Your Privacy Policy Ready?
> California is, once again, proving itself a leader in the consumer privac=
> y area with its enactment of a
> state law designed to protect Internet users=E2=80=99 personal informatio=
> n. Because the new law applies to
> operators tha t collect personal information from California residents, r=
> egardless of where the
> operator is located, its reach is quite broad, extending beyond the state=
> =E2=80=99s borders. Most businesses
> that sell products or services online in the United States will therefore=
>  fall within its reach.
> http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=3D26095&email_access=3Don
>
>
> GCN
> 05/19/04
> Feds help create PDF archiving standard
> By Joab Jackson
> GCN Staff
> A number of federal agencies are working to
> create an archiving version of the Portable
> Document Format, offered by Adobe Systems
> Inc. of Mountain View, Calif. The version will
> be submitted to the International Organization
> for Standardization for approval as an
> international standard.
> http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/25986-1.html
>
>
>
> cioinsight
> May 1, 2004
> Analysis: High Speed Compliance
> By Jeffrey Rothfeder
> Every company will approach Sarbanes-Oxley
> compliance differently, depending on its DNA. Yet
> certain features of the "compliant company" of the
> future are emerging, with technology, operations,
> networks and databases all affected by the legislation.
> http://www.cioinsight.com/article2/0,1397,1594168,00.asp
>
>
> May 1, 2004
> Research: Sarbanes-Oxley: Are You Ready to Comply?
> By CIO Insight/Garnter EXP
> l   88% of CIOs say their IT departments are very involved in compliance
> l   67% say their companies are investing in financial systems to aid in =
> compliance
> l   59% have no IT executive specifically responsible for compliance
> l   44% say their companies will require their CIOs to certify financial =
> results
> http://www.cioinsight.com/article2/0,1397,1592556,00.asp
>
>
> cioinsight
> May 1, 2004
> Expert Voices: The Letter and the Spirit
> By Elizabeth Wasserman
> Most large public companies now have until Nov. 15 to meet one of the mos=
> t onerous provisions of the
> Sarbanes-Oxley Act=E2=80=94the requirement that they document their inter=
> nal financial controls and then get an outside auditor to attest to the r=
> eliability of those controls. But what happens once that deadline for com=
> pliance passes?
> How will the Securities and Exchange Commission police Sarbanes-Oxley? Wh=
> o will be the enforcers?
> To answer these questions, technology journalist Elizabeth Wasserman inte=
> rviewed two experts, one with
> experience in government, and the other with a background advising public=
>  companies on how to comply with accounting regulations. Laura Unger, an =
> SEC commissioner from 1997 to 2002 and the acting head of the SEC from Fe=
> bruary to August 2001, is now a private consultant on financial services =
> and technology to such companies as JP Morgan Chase & Co. Scott Green, he=
> ad of audit and compliance at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, is a CPA and au=
> thor of Manager's Guide to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Improving Internal Con=
> trols to Prevent Fraud, published in February by John Wiley & Sons Inc.
> http://www.cioinsight.com/article2/0,1397,1594169,00.asp
>
>
>
> Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
> Richmond, Va
> [log in to unmask]
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date:    Fri, 21 May 2004 10:45:32 +0100
> From:    Amy Millis <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Introduction to records management - a TFPL course in London on 9
June
>
> *******apologies for cross-posting*******
> There are places available on this course which is being held in our
London
> training suite. For more information or to make a booking, please follow
the
> link below or call the training team on 020 7251 5522.
>
> Introduction to records management
> Speaker: Jeff Morelli
> Dates: 9 Jun, 24 Nov
> This one day course is a basic introduction to the principles and
practices
> of records management and is ideal for anyone new to the area. The course
> will assist your understanding of the objectives of RM and its value,
> including the key principles and practices of RM. You will be able to
> identify opportunities for the application and/or improvement of RM within
> your organisation.
> Fee: GBP295 + VAT
> http://www.tfpl.com/skills_development/courses/cd.cfm?linkid=tr332
>
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>
> Date:    Fri, 21 May 2004 07:12:25 -0400
> From:    Peter Kurilecz <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Dilbert strip for today
>
> Should be a big download for records managers and archivists.
>
> http://www.dilbert.com/
>
> Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
> Richmond, Va
> [log in to unmask]
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date:    Fri, 21 May 2004 16:29:53 +0100
> From:    Joy Davidson <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: ERPANET Seminar on Persistent Identifiers
>
> ERPANET Seminar on Persistent Identifiers
> June 17-18, 2004
> University College Cork
>
> Co-Sponsors
> University College Cork
> Digital Curation Centre (UK)
> MINERVA
>
> Focus
> The persistent identification of electronic resources can play a vital
role
> in enabling their long-term access and re-use and can positively impact on
> an object's authenticity. This seminar aims to provide an overview of
> current activity in the field of persistent identifiers and an
understanding
> of the various persistent identification strategies available. Individual
> experiences with persistent identifiers will be explored through
> presentations from the library community, the higher and further education
> community, the scientific community, and the publishing community. The
> seminar will examine the use of Persistent Identifiers with regards to
> Freedom of Information from a UK and Canadian perspective. The seminar
will
> provide an update from the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI)
> working group on persistent identifiers.
>
> Who will benefit from attending?
> The seminar will bring together a wide range of participants from a
variety
> of sectors from all over Europe. This training seminar will benefit anyone
> who creates or manages access to digital resources - including librarians,
> archivists, scientists, publishers and staff from higher and further
> education and government institutions.
>
> Dates
> Thursday, June 17 and Friday, June 18, 2004
>
> Venue
> The seminar will be held at the Boole Lecture Theatre, University College
> Cork. More information about the UCC is available on their website
> http://www.ucc.ie. ERPANET is extremely grateful to the University College
> Cork for providing the venue for this training event and for hosting an
> evening reception for seminar participants on Thursday, June 17th.
>
> Programme
> The seminar features presentations by:
>
> - Keynote address and overview of the DOI: Norman Paskin, International
DOI
> Foundation
> - Overview of the Handle System: Larry Lannom, Corporation for National
> Research Initiatives (CNRI)
> - Update of the EPICUR Project: Kathrin Schroeder, Die Deutsche Bibliothek
> - Report on the JISC Digital Object Identifiers for Publishing and the
> e-Learning Community: Robin Wilson, The Stationary Office (TSO)
> - Overview of the Persistent Uniform Resource Locator (PURL): Stuart
Weibel,
> Online Computer Library Center (OCLC)
> - Overview of the Archival Resource Key (ARK): Mary Heath, California
> Digital Library
> - Update on the DiVA Project: Eva Muller, Uppsala University
> - Government of Canada perspective: Cecil Somerton, Government of Canada
> - Publishing perspective: Cliff Morgan, John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
> - DOI's for scientific data sets: Background and Implementation: Michael
> Lautenschlager, World Data Centre for Climate (WDCC)
> - Laszlo Kovacs,  Hungarian Academy of Sciences
>
>
> Further information
> A briefing paper, travel and accommodation information, and an extensive
> list of background documentation are available from the ERPANET site
> (http://www.erpanet.org). Abstracts, papers and the seminar report will be
> accessible via the ERPANET site following the event.
>
> Please note: University College Cork has offered a discount rate for
> accommodation on campus.
>
> To register
> The registration fee is 100 Euros. Please go to http://www.erpanet.org and
> follow the links to register.
>
> For additional information, please contact [log in to unmask]
>
> www.erpanet.org
>
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>
> End of RECORDS-MANAGEMENT-UK Digest - 20 May 2004 to 21 May 2004
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