FREE Software For Online Archives New Version
Managing Information - UK
GNU EPrints is free software which creates online archives. It has been
developed at the University of Southampton in relation to a variety of
projects. ...
<http://www.managinginformation.com/news/content_show_full.php?id=3410>


DIGITAL archive issue coming home
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA
... the biggest governments and the biggest corporations all the way down
to individuals," said Ken Thibodeau, director for the electronic records
archives program ...
<http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/computing/personaltech/20041220-9999-mz1b20digita.html>


BEITH condemns Whitehall email destruction plan
Guardian - UK
... At the weekend the Conservative leader, Michael Howard, wrote to the
prime minister calling the move "a massive email destruction binge" intended
to get around ...
<http://politics.guardian.co.uk/foi/story/0,9061,1377507,00.html>

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12/20/ukgov_email_policy/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4110527.stm

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3908936



WESTMINSTER braced for Budd report
Politics.co.uk - London,UK
... Mr Blunkett decided to resign last week after an email was discovered
from an ... for the names of any individuals "who carried out any destruction
or deletion of ...
<http://www.politics.co.uk/party-politics/labour-party/westminster-braced-budd-report-$7367611.htm>


SNAGS likely in search for records
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
... Some agencies told auditors that they had to complete records request
forms and provide addresses and phone numbers before they could see documents.
...
<http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/1220openshut20.html>


OWNERSHIP of Confederate letters to be decided in Tues. hearing
WIS - Columbia,SC,USA
... But, South Carolina officials say the documents were part of the state
archive, because the law at the time of the war required that all public
documents be ...
<http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2714642&nav=0RaPUNsE>


LETTING go of email
Infoconomy - UK
... Specifically, Duncan was accused of the systematic shredding and deleting
of ... lawyers pointed out something peculiar about the Microsoft email
records they had ...
<http://www.infoconomy.com/pages/strategy-column/group101698.adp>


CIVIL Service denies email foul play
ZDNet.co.uk - UK
... Civil servants have been ordered to delete 'unimportant' emails more
than ... 11 days, will allow public access to some government records,
excluding confidential ...
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39181668,00.htm>


INFORMATION Wants to be Dusty: Library Science as Reaction
Traffick - USA
... works "cumulatively.". There is talk amongst archivists that one can
learn a lot from examining and smelling old books. Nice. But ...
<http://www.traffick.com/2004/12/information-wants-to-be-dusty-library.asp>

http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-vpgor204090787dec20,0,3580264.story?coll=ny-viewpoints-headlines


PICTURE perfect
Boulder Daily Camera - Boulder,CO,USA
... The detail in Mondragon's prints recently impressed archivists at the
National Museum of Art, who contracted the photographer to help produce
digital files of ...
<http://www.bouldernews.com/bdc/business_plus/article/0,1713,BDC_2462_3412268,00.html>


SCHOOL district e-mail question leads to open records debate
Aberdeen American News - Aberdeen,SD,USA
SIOUX FALLS, SD - South Dakota needs to review its open records law in
light of technological changes such as e-mail and other forms of electronic
communication ...
<http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/10459997.htm>


OPEN Records
WXIX - Cincinnati,OH,USA
... attorney general's office says public agencies must make a realistic
effort to search for records in response to requests under the Kentucky
Open Records Law. ...
<http://www.fox19.com/Global/story.asp?S=2715636>

AGENCIES cannot simply claim records do not exist
Kentucky.com - Lexington,KY,USA
... simply claim records do not exist and they must make a realistic effort
to search for them in response to requests under the Kentucky Open Records
Law, the ...
<http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/local/10460385.htm>


FREEDOM of Information Act
Click Newbury - Newbury,UK
The Freedom of Information Act (FoIA), which came in to law in 2000, requires
all public bodies, including government departments, councils, police
and health ...
<http://www.clicknewbury.com/zones/news/story/20041220.1456.3.html>


INDIANA Documents to Not Include Social Security Numbers
WISH - Indianapolis,IN,USA
(Fort Wayne-December 20, 2004) - From January 1st on, public documents
in Indiana will no longer include Social Security numbers. ...
<http://www.wishtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2714250&nav=0Ra7UNhX>


EASIER access to public records a good idea
Mansfield News Journal - Mansfield,OH,USA
... We have examples in north central Ohio cities and counties of public
officials guarding public documents like they were private. ...
<http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/news/stories/20041220/opinion/1765534.html>


AGENCIES nationwide cloak public records in secrecy
Arizona Daily Sun - Flagstaff,AZ,USA
... agencies across the state on Sept. 14-16 to audit compliance with the
state's Public Records Law. Auditors were instructed to identify ...
<http://www.azdailysun.com/non_sec/nav_includes/story.cfm?storyID=100421>


FREEDOM of information forces Treasury rethink
Financial Times - London,England,UK
The Treasury is reshaping the way it drafts papers and gives advice to
ministers in the run-up to the Freedom of Information Act, which takes
effect next month ...
<http://news.ft.com/cms/s/5f1d3a78-522b-11d9-961a-00000e2511c8.html>


MORTGAGES closed online with fewer signatures
San Jose Mercury News (subscription) - San Jose,CA,USA
... keepers of home deeds and mortgage records. Although about 50 counties
including Santa Clara have signed up to accept digitally created documents
using a ...
<http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/10458549.htm>


SARBANES-OXLEY Training Gets Web-Enabled
SmartPros Accounting - USA
... Drucker." He notes that "Sarbanes-Oxley weaves its way through a lot
our programs," such as "Effective Document Management: Creation, Retention,
and Destruction ...
<http://accounting.smartpros.com/x46273.xml>





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Richmond, Va
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