RUTGERS professor to tell about a coal-mining archivist today
New Brunswick Home News Tribune - New Brunswick,NJ,USA
... A professor suggested then little-known coal-mining archivist George
Korson as a subject, and Gillespie proceeded to write "Folklorist of the
Coal Fields ...
<http://www.thnt.com/thnt/story/0,21282,1056625,00.html?sec=main?=centraljersey>
GUATEMALAN army to open records
BBC News - London,England,UK
Guatemala's military has been forced to open up its records to officials
investigating alleged corruption under former President Alfonso Portillo.
...
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3646500.stm>
ACCESS to information key in democracy
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
... In the attorney general's office today, there is one basic rule concerning
the interpretation of the FOIA: When in doubt, disclose. ...
<http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/sunnews/news/opinion/9704160.htm>
OPEN government debated
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
... Rogers said. The FOIA was created "to promote democracy," said Bender,
and it's utilized by newspapers of all sizes. Bender said ...
<http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/news/local/9696450.htm>
SOME agencies slow in giving public records
Charleston Post Courier (subscription) - Charleston,SC,USA
... The Freedom of Information Act requires both open meetings and open
records. Anyone can request public information through a written FOIA
request. ...
<http://www.charleston.net/stories/091904/sta_19sunshineii.shtml>
BLAGOJEVICH vetoes FOIA time limit
The Illinois Leader - IL,USA
... The press organizations opposed the 60-day limit, arguing that it is
too little time for many new organizations to evaluate rejections of FOIA
requests and ...
<http://www.illinoisleader.com/news/newsview.asp?c=18790>
GOVERNOR vetoes FOIA restriction
Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette - Champaign/Urbana,IL,USA
... a misunderstanding about the length of time it takes for a news organization
or any other group to organize a lawsuit that stems from a FOIA rejection,"
Currie ...
<http://www.news-gazette.com/story.cfm?Number=16610>
SHRED heads
The Lawyer - London,United Kingdom
... As one commentator put it at the time, Brodsky’s testimony on the
bank’s document retention policy signified “another nail in the coffin
of the hallowed ...
<http://www.thelawyer.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=112014&d=122&h=24&f=46>
ACCUTRAC Records Management Software Receives DoD 5015.2-STD ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... today that Accutrac Records Management Software has received US Department
of Defense (DoD) 5015.2-STD certification for Electronic Records Management
Software ...
<http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20040920005091&newsLang=en>
VERITAS Completes Acquisition of E-mail Archiving Leader KVS ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... "The VERITAS and KVS combination gives us the convenience of working
with one company for our electronic records storage, management, backup
and archiving needs ...
<http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20040920005576&newsLang=en>
LAOS, India sign deal on archives co-operation
Viet Nam News Agency - Hanoi,Vietnam
Vientiane (VNA) - Laos and India have recently signed a memorandum of understanding
on archives co-operation. Under the deal, India ...
<http://www.vnagency.com.vn/NewsA.asp?LANGUAGE_ID=2&CATEGORY_ID=33&NEWS_ID=118617>
COURT throws outdated documents in trash
KRQE - Albuquerque,NM,USA
... The Administrative Office of the Courts allows four different types
of records destruction: incineration, burial at a dump site, shredding
or recycling through ...
<http://www.krqe.com/politics/expanded.asp?RECORD_KEY%5BPolitics%5D=ID&ID%5BPolitics%5D=6957>
PATIENTS Access Medical Records by Thumbprint
Scotland on Sunday - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
... News. Patients are accessing their medical records by scanning their
thumbprints at their GP surgery, it emerged today. The technology ...
<http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3501438>
JASPER letting sunshine in
Carolina Morning News - Beaufort,SC,USA
... The definition of public records in the state Freedom of Information
Act includes "all books, papers, maps, photographs, cards, tapes, recordings,
or other ...
<http://www.lowcountrynow.com/stories/091904/LOCfoi.shtml>
FREEDOM of Information means grief for small biz
The Register - London,England,UK
The Freedom of Information Act comes into force in January 2005, and will
give people access to public sector decisions, and also information held
by companies ...
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/14/smallbiz_freedom_info/>
LEGAL expenses topping $10 million
The State - Columbia,SC,USA
... Responding to a Freedom of Information Act request, researchers for
the Legislature produced month-by-month summaries of how much the House
and Senate have ...
<http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/living/education/9709573.htm>
Appleton Post-Crescent, Mon, 20 Sep 2004 1:39 AM PDT
Starting from scratch
Q You’ve been challenged with shaping The Paper Discovery Center. I bet it’s daunting. A It’s exciting. Very exciting. Just being able to be in the beginning stages. To sit in the construction meetings and to have some say in the layout and to help design the first exhibits that are coming in.
http://www.wisinfo.com/postcrescent/news/archive/biz_17887276.shtml
Redlands Daily Facts, Sun, 19 Sep 2004 2:29 PM PDT
A shocking view of Redlands' history A presentation for Redlands Historical Museum Association members will show many buildings that have vanished REDLANDS Redlanders should prepare to be shocked when the Redlands Historical Museum Association premieres its new "50 Years of Redlands: Then and Now" power point presentation Sunday, Sept. 26.
http://u.redlandsdailyfacts.com/Stories/0,1413,217~24253~2412077,00.html
Wired News, Mon, 20 Sep 2004 2:35 AM PDT
Saving the Artistic Orphans
Brewster Kahle, the founder of the Internet Archive, sues the federal government to help 'orphan works' return to the public domain. Pieces of history and culture are caught in a morass of far-reaching copyright laws.
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,64494,00.html?tw=rss.CUL
Telegraph.co.uk, Mon, 20 Sep 2004 5:44 PM PDT
Minister escapes charge over files
Kim Howells, the higher education minister, will not be prosecuted for destroying "historic" union files that he feared could have helped police during the 1984-5 miners' strike.
http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/09/21/nhow21.xml
Independent, Mon, 20 Sep 2004 8:48 PM PDT
Howells will not be charged for burning miners' union documents linked to killing
Kim Howells, the Higher Education minister, will not be charged for burning documents that he thought might have implicated the National Union of Mineworkers in a murder inquiry during the miner's strike.
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/story.jsp?story=563999
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