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FCW.com, Tue, 15 Feb 2005 2:32 PM PST
Senate confirms NARA boss
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2005/0214/web-weinstein-02-15-05.asp
The Senate has confirmed historian Allen Weinstein as the next leader
of the
National Archives and Records Administration. Weinstein, a former
historian and,
most recently, president of the Center for Democracy, replaces John
Carlin. The
nomination was not without some controversy.


U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News, Wed, 16 Feb 2005 8:21 AM PST
Allen Weinstein Becomes Ninth Archivist of the United States
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usnw/20050216/pl_usnw/allen_weinstein_becomes_ninth_archivist_of_the_united_states123_xml
On Wednesday, Feb. 16, Dr. Allen Weinstein, a noted scholar and
professor of
history and a recognized leader in global democracy issues, was sworn
in as the
ninth Archivist of the United States by Sen. Richard Lugar at the U.S.
Capitol.
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Reps. Jim Moran and Roy Blunt, and former
Rep.
Barbara Kennelly also attended the ceremony.


Computerworld
ILM: The real deal
News Story by Robert L. Scheier
FEBRUARY 14, 2005 (SNW ONLINE) -
While vendors and analysts argue the fine
points of what information life-cycle
management (ILM) means, some
customers are just doing it and seeing
impressive cost savings and productivity
improvements as a result.
<http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/hardware/story/0,10801,99751,00.html>

FCW
Agencies prepare for Digital Age
Shortage of magnetic tape forces feds to look for
other storage media
<http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2005/0207/tec-tapes-02-07-05.asp>


Newsweek
It's the Road Now Taken
Two mapping companies are behind most of the road data that go into GPS
gadgets and onto Web sites.
<http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6934466/site/newsweek/>

Review: Google's Maps Appealing, Need Work
Feb 15, 2:59 PM (ET)
By ANICK JESDANUN
NEW YORK (AP) - Leave it to Google Inc. (GOOG) to innovate.
Its new online mapping service produces impressive U.S. maps that please
the eye and are fun to navigate.
And unlike competing services, you can put all your search terms into
one
box.
<http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050215/D88959D01.html>

The Australian
New hope in hunt for Roman library
Nick Fielding
14feb05
A PHILANTHROPIST has stepped forward to fund excavations at the ancient
city of
Herculaneum in Italy, where scholars believe a Roman library lies
buried beneath 3m of lava
from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD79.
<http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12236513%255E2703,00.html>

New York Times
A Bibliophile, 3,600 Friends and a System
By CAROLE BRADEN
SOFT-VOICED and carefully spoken, Kathie Coblentz displays the studious
demeanor you would expect from someone who has been cataloging
materials at the New York Public Library for 36 years. But browse her
home library, which she estimates at 3,600 volumes, and you will find a
lampoon of library science's organizational schemes.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/10/garden/10trad.html?>

CIA seizes Sen. Jackson papers
Everett Herald - Everett,WA,USA
... exact number or subject matter of the documents because of the
university's
privacy policies. Rickerson said the papers, now considered classified,
are being ...
<http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/05/02/15/100loc_jackson001.cfm>
COMMERCE commission charges wood firm over documents
Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand
... "We were fortunate our own forensic capability allowed us to be able
to detect there was a potential issue there with document destruction,"
she said. ...
<http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3190178a13,00.html>

BUSINESSES turn to Shred Alaska for help destroying documents
KTUU - Anchorage,AK,USA
... be treated. He says employees are much more careful about making
sure
sensitive documents are put into bins marked for shredding. ...
<http://www.ktuu.com/CMS/anmviewer.asp?a=11670&z=10>

MISINFORMED about electronic medical records
Weymouth News - Weymouth,MA,USA
... Her personal attack on President Bush's call to make electronic
medical
records a standard in the health care industry is based on antiquated
and outdated ...
<http://www2.townonline.com/weymouth/opinion/view.bg?articleid=184773>
<http://www2.townonline.com/weymouth/opinion/view.bg?articleid=180057>

CROOKS duped data archive
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - GA,USA
... The Mexican government determined that ChoicePoint illegally
obtained
computer records on more than 65 million Mexicans that were confidential
under Mexican law ...
<http://www.ajc.com/news/content/business/0205/16choicepoint.html>

COUNTY records on disks
McCook Daily Gazette - McCook,Nebraska,USA
Red Willow County's clerk will obtain county records on computer disks
in an agreement approved Monday morning by Red Willow County
commissioners.
...<http://www.mccookgazette.com/story/1089180.html>

IS Your CRM System Doomed To Fail?
WebProNews - Lexington,KY,USA
... Who has what rights to the system; who can Create, Insert, Modify or
Delete records, assuming your software supports all these functions? ...
<http://www.webpronews.com/enterprise/crmanderp/wpn-15-20050216IsyourCRMSystemDoomedtoFail.html>

CORRECTION: Open Records Audit story
Kentucky.com - Lexington,KY,USA
10 story about compliance with the open records law, The Associated
Press,
relying on information from the Kentucky Press Association open records
audit ...
<http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/10907108.htm>

UT faces stiff competition for Bush library
Daily Texan - Austin,TX,USA
After announcing plans to bid on the George W. Bush Presidential Library
during the UT System Board of Regents meeting, Board Chairman James
Huffines
said, "We ...
<http://www.dailytexanonline.com/news/2005/02/16/University/Ut.Faces.Stiff.Competition.For.Bush.Library-865494.shtml>

PRESERVING our treasures
Charlotte Observer (subscription) - Charlotte,NC,USA
... Nooma Monika Rhue is the archivist at Johnson C. Smith University
and
owner of ... Write her at Inez Moore Parker Archives and Research
Center,
Johnson C. Smith ...
<http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/opinion/10910478.htm>

HORACE'S history is a matter of record
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press - Norfolk,England,UK
... Susan Maddock, principal archivist at the record office, said: "The
sort of people who ... the records office visit
www.norfolk.gov.uk/leisure/archives/nroindex.htm
...
<http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED16%20Feb%202005%2009%3A34%3A18%3A810>

FIRST Survey of Roger Fenton at The Getty
Art Daily - USA
... Often under conditions of great difficulty, Fenton produced more
than
300 collodion-on-glass negatives depicting generals and other soldiers
and panoramas of ...
<http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=12677>

WEINSTEIN sworn in as new head of NARA
GCN.com - USA
... Under his watch, NARA led the Electronic Records Management
e-government
project and the Electronic Records Archives project. For ...
<http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/35084-1.html>

TRUSTED Edge to Deliver Automated Retention Management Solutions ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
Trusted Edge, Inc., a provider of automated retention software for
records
management solutions and services, today announced that it is building
on core ...
<http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20050216005121&newsLang=en>

HACKERS Hit ChoicePoint, Some Stolen Data Could be Insurance ...
Insurance Journal - USA
ChoicePoint Inc., an Alpharetta, Ga.-based firm which confirms identity
information for insurance companies before policies are issued, has
confirmed
that ...
<http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2005/02/16/51551.htm>

DATA theft case widens; 750 fraud victims found
MSNBC - USA
Authorities in California have arrested a suspect and identified 750
people
whose personal information was stolen from ChoicePoint -- a firm that
maintains ...<http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6979897/>
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/la-fi-hacker16feb16,1,5097984.story?>

STEALING Identities the Old-Fashioned Way
E-Commerce Times - USA
By Susan B. Shor. Information brokers such as ChoicePoint have been
criticized
by consumer privacy advocates, who say the information is handled too
cavalierly. ...
<http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/Stealing-Identities-the-Old-Fashioned-Way-40683.html>




Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
Richmond, Va
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