FIVE county employees subpoenaed in inquiry
Kansas City Star (subscription) - Kansas City,MO,USA
... 2004. One subpoena sought a log of who visited the county's records
storage center in Independence since June 2003. The subpoenas ...
<http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/10307350.htm>


MP'S files destroyed on executor's orders
Dubbo Daily Liberal - Dubbo,New South Wales,Australia
... Mr Ferrari said older paperwork had already been destroyed, and stressed
responsibility for shredding current files ... It is perfectly correct
that records can be ...
<http://dubbo.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=news&subclass=local&category=general%20news&story_id=354438&y=2004&m=12>


WANDA Scott registers retirement
Watauga Democrat - Boone,NC,USA
... While the documents become electronic records the moment they're brought
to the register of deeds office, there's still the creation of the original
paper ...
<http://www.wataugademocrat.com/topic.php?tid=25&sid=5007>


LAWYERS unleashed from the courthouse
Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati,OH,USA
... He can sit at his desk and download deeds online instead ... said,
she received e-mails from three different clients requesting immediate
changes on documents. ...
<http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041201/BIZ01/412010312>


INFORMATION act sparks row
Guardian - UK
... rules compelling 100,000 public authorities to give prompt replies
to the huge number of requests expected once the new Freedom of Information
Act comes into ...
<http://politics.guardian.co.uk/foi/story/0,9061,1363366,00.html>


WITH rights come responsibilities
HoldTheFrontPage.co.uk - UK
By HoldtheFrontPage staff. Journalists have been asked to remember their
responsibilities as the new Freedom of Information Act is brought in.
...
<http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/day/law/041201foi.shtml>


WOULD you reveal top secrets?
ic Birmingham.co.uk - Birmingham,UK
Former GCHQ translator Katherine Gun tells The Birmingham Post's Emma Brady
why the Freedom of Information Act will not unlock the Government's secrets...
...
<http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/tm_objectid=14930727&method=full&siteid=50002&headline=would-you-reveal-top-secrets--name_page.html>


PUBLIC records access
Tullahoma.net - Tullahoma,TN,USA
And ignorance is a particularly lame excuse when the state law being violated
is the law that gives citizens access to public records, and the people
who are ...
<http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1614&dept_id=161055&newsid=13461764&PAG=461&rfi=9>


SEEING red at green space passion
Guardian - UK
The wilder side of some of Britain's most famous parks emerged yesterday
from an official report in the National Archives, which gives a double
meaning to the ...
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1363321,00.html>


ABRAHAM Lincoln Presidential Library Opens
Preservation Magazine - USA
... of Springfield, Ill., 12 million artifacts related to Illinois history
are now housed in the city's new Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library,
which opened last ...
<http://www.nationaltrust.org/magazine/archives/arc_news/113004.htm>


'BRIDGET Jones' 1920s diary found
BBC News - London,England,UK
... glove, boot and hat size. Oxfam said the diary would be presented to
John Williams, the city's archivist. "However, if we are able ...
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/bristol/somerset/4056747.stm>


WRITER uses city's 1845 fire as setting for novel
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
... A historian and archivist with master's degrees from Indiana University
of Pennsylvania and Duquesne University, Link now holds a records management
position. ...
<http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04336/419568.stm>


INTERNET Archive fails to limit US copyright law
Out-Law.com - UK
The case was brought by internet archivists, keen to display "orphan" works
-- creative works still covered by the copyright term, but no longer publicly
...
<http://www.out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=internetarchivefai1101903253&area=news>


ALA Calls For "Cheney Log" To Balance Access
Managing Information - UK
... Libraries, the Center for American Progress, the DTK Liberty Project,
the National Security Archive, OMB Watch, the Society of American Archivists,
and the ...
<http://www.managinginformation.com/news/content_show_full.php?id=3345>


OPEN records battles are about hubris, not money
Kansas City Star (subscription) - Kansas City,MO,USA
... city managers, county commissioners and governors can read English;
they understand darned good and well the intent of the state statute on
open records. ...
<http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascitystar/news/local/states/kansas/counties/johnson_county/cities_neighborhoods/shawnee/10306157.htm>


ACCESS to open records should not be denied
The Tennessean - Nashville,TN,USA
Tennessee's public records law wasn't created for the media. It was created
for you. That's why they're called ''public'' records. ...
<http://www.tennessean.com/local/columnists/kerr/archives/04/11/62216589.shtml?Element_ID=62216589>


FG to Review National Archives Act
AllAfrica.com - Africa
... that when implemented, the digitalisation would usher in an era of
less cumbersome operations for the teeming populace and make archival
services available at ...
<http://allafrica.com/stories/200412010358.html>


Playbill Arts, Tue, 30 Nov 2004 9:02 PM PST
Shall We Dance? http://www.playbillarts.com/features/article/816.html
Carnegie Hall archivist Gino Francesconi looks back at the history of grand charity balls at the hall.





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Richmond, Va
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