RAIN (Records/Archives In the News) is a daily compilation of news stories from around the world.
CALIFORNIA Avocado Commission Deploys Authentica's Active Rights ...
TMCnet - USA
... and audit the access and use of documents and email and ensure compliance
with internal policies and government regulations for document retention
and record ...
<http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2005/Jan/1106484.htm>

CAN A Company Be Corrupt?
Forbes - USA
... It also raises questions about so-called document retention policies,
which have figured in other prominent cases, especially the trial of Credit
Suisse First ...
<http://www.forbes.com/2005/01/10/cx_da_0110topnews.html>

THE Fight Goes on, and On
RedNova.com - Dallas,TX,USA
... Retention policies that dictate which documents are saved and which
are deleted are "not ... when you get up in court and say you threw [a
document] out because ...
<http://www.rednova.com/news/display/?id=117504>

RECORDS inquiry to focus on how and when
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee,WI,USA
... law violations at the state Department of Transportation will hinge
not just on what qualifies as a public document but what constitutes an
open records request ...
<http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/jan05/291636.asp>

REBULDING Iraq's Once-Prized Library
NPR (audio) - Washington,D.C.,USA
... The documents that were lost included old property deeds. People have
come to try and find records of lands expropriated by the Saddam regime.
...
<http://npr.streamsage.com/google/programlist/feature.php?wfid=4275584>

NEW clerk learning every day
Texarkana Gazette - Texarkana,TX,USA
... "I would like to get all of our older deeds scanned and put ... When
people came , I had to watch them to make sure (sealed documents) weren't
opened," Davis said. ...
<http://www.texarkanagazette.com/articles/2005/01/10/local_news/news/news04.txt>

CLERK'S move one for the records
Albany Times Union - Albany,NY,USA
... Old deeds are on microfilm and thousands more are kept in huge books.
The office keeps 10 years of court documents and those older than 10 years
are at the ...
<http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=321820&category=ALBANY&BCCode=HOME&newsdate=1/10/2005>

INTEGIC lands OPM personnel records solution work
Washington Technology - Washington,DC,USA
... and its Electronic Official Personnel Folder application, which offers
a personnel record-keeping system that replaces paper files with electronic
records. ...
<http://www.washingtontechnology.com/news/1_1/daily_news/25306-1.html>

SILEX Technology Demonstrates Biometric Based Secure Printing
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Journal - Fairfield,NJ,USA
... The Act states that all business records, including electronic records
and electronic messages, must be saved for "not less than five years."
Imaging on ...
< http://www.s-ox.com/News/detail.cfm?ArticleID=381>

BOOM Time for E-Mail Archiving
AllAfrica.com - Africa
... "Demand will continue to be driven by the explosive growth in email
and other electronic records, the increased regulatory environment and
focus on corporate ...
<http://allafrica.com/stories/200501100909.html>

ARCHIVES BARE RUDY'S VERBAL VENOM FOR FOES
New York Post - New York,NY,USA
... conducted scathing research on his political enemies before and after
he became mayor -- and the records have now turned up in the city's public
archives. ...
<http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/38218.htm>

PROGRAM for researching a home's history offered
Ann Arbor News - Ann Arbor,MI,USA
... project," said Mann. He recommends that the Ypsilanti City Archives
is one of the first places to start the hunt. Gerry Pety, who ...
<http://www.mlive.com/news/aanews/index.ssf?/base/news-2/1105371615303341.xml>

ON View for Public Coveting
New York Times - USA
... Among those present were: three federal officers with automatic weapons.
The archivist of the bank. ... 2," said Rosemary Lazenby, the bank's archivist.
...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/10/nyregion/10coin.html>

DELEGATE seeks release of felons' files
Virginian Pilot - Norfolk,VA,USA
... to release criminal history records. Furthermore, the files contain
a great deal of sensitive personal information, she said. Also, the documents
were withheld ...
<http://home.hamptonroads.com /stories/story.cfm?story=80296&ran=9975>

'COMPLETE information'
Fort Worth Star Telegram (subscription) - Fort Worth,TX,USA
... of work over the Christmas break to gather documents and computer files
that should have ... Whether the records were withheld intentionally or
not, the action ...
<http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/opinion/10598168.htm>

VIRTUAL treasures get real protection
???? - Lanzhou,Gansu,China
... Buddhist manuscripts, painted scrolls and other historic documents.
... 10,000 titles of digitized records and 300 images ... owner into video,
audio or graphics files. ...
<http://www.gansudaily.com.cn/20050111/112/2005111A0001G003.htm>

STORM brews over Revere reprint
Boston Herald - Boston,MA,USA
... sales are made. The state archives and the gallery split any remaining
profits on a 75-25 percent basis. Overlooking other business ...
<http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=62711>

CRN, Mon, 10 Jan 2005 12:37 PM PST
McAfee's Free SiteDigger 2.0 Spots Enterprise Exposures http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/breakingnews.jhtml?articleId=57700264
McAfee releases Foundation SiteDigger 2.0, a free-of-charge tool that uses Google to spot accidentally-exposed enterprise information on the Web.

(Thanks to Karen Stuart from LOC for the following items)
"Making Software That's Immortal," Government Computer News 23 (December
13, 2004).  http://www.gcn.com/23_34/interview/28040-1.html

"Software That Lasts 200 Years," http://bricklin.com/200yearsoftware.htm

New York Times, Sun, 09 Jan 2005 10:19 PM PST
On View for Public Coveting http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/10/nyregion/10coin.html?ex=1106024400&en=7a0edfacd36b05da&ei=5006&partner=ALTAVISTA1
The exceedingly rare $7.59 million 1933 double eagle will be placed on public display at the Federal Reserve Bank.

Fort Worth Star Telegram
State offering replicas of vintage maps
By Art Chapman
Star-Telegram Staff Writer
A copy of the 1849 Jacob De Cordova map of Texas hangs in a military tent in Iraq. Other copies are mounted, framed and neatly displayed in homes all over the state.
The De Cordova map is the No. 1 seller among the hundreds of maps at the Texas General Land Office. And sales are up.
<http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/columnists/art_chapman/10394445.htm>


Silex Technology Demonstrates
Biometric Based Secure Printing
http://www.s-ox.com/News/detail.cfm?ArticleID=381


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Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
Richmond, Va
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