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Austin 360, Wed, 28 Dec 2005 9:13 PM PST
Finding her movie man
http://www.austin360.com/movies/content/movies/stories/2005/12/30barker.h

tml
She got him. After years of determined sleuthing, hitting walls of
frustration and making friends with despair, Austin movie archivist 
Caroline Frick
has discovered just who itinerant filmmaker Melton Barker was and where 
he
went.

Stamford Advocate, Thu, 29 Dec 2005 3:18 AM PST
Empty mayor's office raises questions
http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/scn-sa-nor.knopp2dec29,0,23012

8.story?coll=stam-news-local-headlines
NORWALK -- When Republican Richard Moccia was sworn in as mayor Nov.
22, two weeks after his narrow victory over Democrat Alex Knopp, he 
found an
empty office.

Arizona Daily Star, Thu, 29 Dec 2005 2:27 AM PST
WWII FIGHTER GROUP SHRINE
http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/allheadlines/108830.php
As World War II fighter pilot Jack Yarger flew low over German soldiers
in France, strafing and dropping bombs, he found himself staring down 
the
barrel of a German tank's cannon.

OH, Has Uncle Sam Got Mail
Wall Street Journal - USA
... want to turn into a Cyber-Williamsburg, a place that keeps old 
technologies
alive," says Kenneth Thibodeau, director of the Electronic Records 
Archives
Program ...
<http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB113581938626033499.html?mod=today
s_free_feature>

NJ residents to gain safeguards against identity theft in 2006
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
... The law also requires companies to destroy paper and electronic 
records
of customers when the data is no longer needed, and limits the use and
display of ...
<http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--identitytheft
1229dec29,0,5796105.story?coll=ny-region-apnewjersey>


MORGAN names interim archivist
The Decatur Daily - Decatur,AL,USA
The Morgan County Commission named a retired schoolteacher as interim 
archivist
while a committee searches for someone to replace the late Susan Bzdell.
...
<http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/051229/name.shtml>

JUDGE orders Iowa Board of Regents to pay open records case costs
WOI - West Des Moines,IA,USA
AMES The Iowa Board of Regents must pay court costs left over from an 
open
records lawsuit filed against the Iowa State University Foundation. ...
<http://www.woi-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4297169&nav=1LFX>

NBA digitizing six decades of video
MSNBC - USA
NEW YORK - The National Basketball Association has embarked on a digital
archival project that will eventually make nearly 60 years of game 
footage
available ...
<http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10632079/>

PUBLIC e-mails not private
Asbury Park Press - Asbury Park,NJ,USA
... to government business -- even if they're sent from an official's 
home
computer -- are subject to public review under the state's Open Public
Records Act is ...
<http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051229/OPINION/512290423
/1029/POLITICS>

SHREDDING the truth about informers
NewsHound (subscription) - Ireland
... Some files were destroyed, some were locked away. Just ... Treaty.
Access to one's files is regulated by the Stasi File Authority. ...
<http://www.nuzhound.com/goto.php?id=134525>

MARRIOT Chain Reports 200,000 Customer Records Missing
E-Commerce Times - USA
... Citigroup, Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) and DSW Shoe Warehouse have
all revealed similar ... The company released few details on the missing
tapes, keeping mum ...
<http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/9stHwOHXDlgYym/Marriot-Chain-Reports
-200000-Customer-Records-Missing.xhtml>


SOGGY files to be freeze-dried
Texarkana Gazette - Texarkana,TX,USA
LINDEN, Texas--Storing the Cass County District Clerk's Office records
in the Texas Forest Service's refrigeration center has offered a 
temporary
solution ...
<http://www.texarkanagazette.com/articles/2005/12/29/local_news/news/news
13.txt>

EXPOSING hidden files all in a day's work
Austin American-Statesman (subscription) - Austin,TX,USA
... Van Zant, who recorded "Get Right with the Man" for Columbia 
Records,
a division of ... But there they were on the scan report: 22 hidden 
files,
buried amidst the ...
<http://www.statesman.com/business/content/business/stories/technology/12
/29russinovich.html>

COUNTY probes confidential files in trash
Stockton Record - Stockton,CA,USA
The files were found several weeks ago at an apartment complex near 
Benjamin
... The documents contain the names, addresses and Social Security 
numbers
of CalWORKs ...
<http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051229/NEWS01/5122
90327/1001>




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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