50,000 files opened as act sweeps away 30-year rule
Guardian - UK
More than 50,000 files closed under the so-called 30-year rule are opened
early today at the national archives at Kew under the Freedom of Information
Act. ...
<http://politics.guardian.co.uk/foi/story/0,9061,1382735,00.html>


MEN challenge as we launch test for freedom
Manchester Evening News - Manchester,England,UK
... evidence" that government files are being shredded because of the openness
law. He has poured cold water on Tory claims that systematic shredding
was under way ...
<http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/news/s/141/141691_men_challenge_as_we_launch_test_for_freedom.html>


STELLENT Takes Top Honors
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Journal - Fairfield,NJ,USA
... featuring document management, Web content management, digital asset
management and imaging -- supported by collaboration, records management
and business ...
< http://www.s-ox.com/news/news.cfm?articleID=325>


TORIES test limits of information act
Guardian - UK
... Mr Lewis, himself a former archivist at the public records office in
Kew, has also asked every government department to make public its files
on departmental ...
<http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,11026,1383227,00.html>


WAY sought to make court file data honest
Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach,FL,USA
... advent of Internet access to court files and its ... afforded litigants
and defendants when court documents pile up ... on electronic filing of
court records until a ...
<http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/news/epaper/2005/01/04/a6a_courts_0104.html>


DOCUMENT find spurs suspension
Fort Worth Star Telegram (subscription) - Fort Worth,TX,USA
... combed through computer and paper files of Silva ... Superintendent
Sherry Breed also found documents, totaling less ... intent to keep public
records," Linares said. ...
<http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/local/10561868.htm>


GOVERNMENT papers revealed by info act
ePolitix - UK
Thousands of previously classified government documents have been made
... up some of its own historical records to public ... The files released
today are a mixed bag ...
<http://www.epolitix.com/EN/News/200501/770c5162-cfc5-4818-a6fa-d607695898fa.htm>


DIGITAL sleuth follows data trail
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - Atlanta,GA,USA
... I do a lot of the financial records, phone records and computer requests,"
Halcome said ... 20 to Yahoo so the company doesn't delete the woman's
unread or unsent e ...
<http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/gwinnett/0105/04computer.html>


Wired
Bleary Days for Eyes on
the Prize
 By Katie Dean
Eyes on the Prize, the landmark
documentary on the civil rights movement,
is no longer broadcast or sold new in the
United States. It's illegal.
The 14-part series highlights key events in
black Americans' struggle for equality and
is considered an essential resource by
educators and historians, but the filmmakers
no longer have clearance rights to much of
the archival footage used in the
documentary. It cannot be rebroadcast on
PBS (where it originally aired) or any other
channels, and cannot be released on DVD
until the rights are cleared again and paid
for.
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,66106,00.html


RANTS & Raves
Wired News - USA
... Does it take $500,000 to "keep hard-working archivists afloat?" If
such images are controlled as a cash cow and priced out of reach for use
by filmmakers ...
<http://www.wired.com/news/rants/0,2350,66157,00.html>


INTERNATIONAL Appeal for the Preservation of the World Audiovisual ...
ONU (Communiqués de presse) - New York,NY,USA
... the perilous situation of these archives, to get the support of the
United Nations General Assembly and to demonstrate the solidarity of archivists
and users ...
<http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=17859&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html>


SO you want to see the PM's memos..?
BBC News - London,England,UK
... are asking themselves now is how will this traditional British tendency
to official secrecy change with the Freedom of Information Act ('Foia'
in the jargon ...
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4134811.stm>


LEGACY of people's architect is placed in Scottish hands
The Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
... Back in the temperature-controlled archival vaults, Glendinning has
been studying the three major works - bar Coventry - that formed the core
of Spence's ...
<http://news.scotsman.com/features.cfm?id=6922005>


WHAT is Compliance, Really?
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Journal - Fairfield,NJ,USA
... It is not enough to protect against information being passed solely
via email -- the same information that ... As a result of the document
destruction by various ...
<http://www.s-ox.com/features/article.cfm?articleID=267>


COUNTY Archives Unveils New Website
Westchester.com - Westchester,NY,USA
... commonly used ones, such as Wills and Probate Records, Deeds, and Naturalization
... There some of Westchester's most valuable and insightful documents
are only ...
<http://westchester.com/Westchester_News/Westchester_Government_and_Politics/County_Archives_Unveils_New_Website_200501044631.html>


TRACING branches of family tree
The Californian - Salinas,CA,USA
... One of the most interesting documents she's seen is a will from the
1300s. ... census records, family Bibles, tax records, land and property
deeds, birth, death ...
<http://www.californianonline .com/news/stories/20050104/community/1824603.html>


HOME Office cat history revealed
BBC News - London,England,UK
... on Tuesday. Papers on the history of the official Home Office cat were
among 50,000 files delivered to the National Archives. A ...
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4143423.stm>


OPENNESS law reveals papers
BBC News - London,England,UK
... UK. The records held at the National Archives are among those officials
believe should be automatically published under the law. ...
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4143415.stm>


San Antonio Express-News
IM is a must in lots of offices
Web Posted: 01/02/2005 12:00 AM CST
L.A. Lorek
Express-News Business Writer
Talk about instant messaging and some people think it all concerns teenagers exchanging information
about the latest news, trends and fashions online.
But instant messaging, or IM, is an essential business tool that has become indispensable in many
workplaces.
<<http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/stories/MYSA010205.1R.IM.55538bcc.html>>


Omaha World-Herald, Mon, 03 Jan 2005 8:32 AM PST
His job's in Lincoln but he's in Chadron http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_np=0&u_pg=1638&u_sid=1299634
CHADRON, Neb. - Trailblazers are Jim Potter's kind of folks. Potter is a senior research historian for the Nebraska State Historical Society. He prepares museum displays and edits exhibit scripts, newsletters and journal articles - and he's never distracted by meetings and office banter.


Sydney Morning Herald, Tue, 04 Jan 2005 4:07 AM PST
Military contractor faked inspections http://www.smh.com.au/news/Breaking-News/Military-contractor-faked-inspections/2005/01/04/1104832112833.html
A manager at Australia's top military contractor faked critical safety inspections on a guided missile frigate and forged signatures to cover it up, it was reported.


AAP via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News, Tue, 04 Jan 2005 3:48 AM PST
Military contractor faked inspections http://au.news.yahoo.com/050104/2/sfs6.html
A manager at Australia's top military contractor faked critical safety inspections on a guided missile frigate, it was reported.





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