RAIN (Records/Archives In the News) is a daily compilation of news 
stories from around the world.

PRESERVATION Perils: Updating Your Corporation's Document ...
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Journal - Fairfield,NJ,USA
... The policy should also create an index of active and inactive 
records
and implement "log books" which record all destroyed documents. ...
<http://www.s-ox.com/news/news.cfm?articleID=702>

Wall St Journal
Identity Theft Made Easier
Hackers Use Simple Tricks
With Google, Yahoo Searches
To Tap Personal Information
<http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB111205677536691444,00.html?>

San Francisco Chronicle
Cal issues alert about stolen laptop computer
It contains 98,000 Social Security numbers -- notifications to warn of 
identity-theft risk
<http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/03/29/COMPUTER.TMP>

Mercury News
Laptop theft exposes data
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS OF GRAD SCHOOL APPLICANTS, STUDENTS STORED ON 
MACHINE
<http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/11256194.htm>

Los Angeles Times
UC Berkeley Looks Into Laptop Theft
The computer's files held Social Security numbers,
addresses and other personal data. Authorities say there's
no evidence of misuse.
<http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-me-computer29mar29,1,5279833.story?coll=la-headlines-technology&ctrack=1&cset=true>
MORROW expects visitor boon from archives
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - GA,USA
... Guy Hall pulls a box of World War I draft cards out of the stacks of
documents inside the archives. Now, with the completion of ...
<http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/clayton/0305/29archives.html>

LOCAL woman holds key to PBS mystery
Slidell Sentry News - Slidell,LA,USA
... Show researchers turned to New York City archives, the back logs of
ballet shoe company Capezio's and the Internet for sources. ...
<http://www.slidellsentry.com/articles/2005/03/29/news/news03.txt>

PROSECUTING attorney says records 'intact' following fire
Siftings Herald - Arkadelphia,AR,USA
By Steve Fellers. Clark County Prosecutor Henry Morgan said that all 
files
and records "are intact" following a fire at his office early Sunday 
morning.
...
<http://www.siftingsherald.com/articles/2005/03/29/news/news3.txt>

PANEL agrees on Internet access to court documents in Florida
Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach,FL,USA
... committee also decided not to limit access to anyone, including 
companies
that make millions of dollars raking through court files and other 
public
records. ...
<http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/news/epaper/2005/03/29/a6a_records_0329.html>

OKLAHOMA Company Files Suit Over Database Fee
Springdale Morning News - Springdale,AR,USA
... The law states that public records shall be open to inspection and
copying, and that an entity shall not impede public access to records
in electronic form ...
<http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2005/03/29/news/bentonville/04bzoklaassessor.txt>

KEYCHAIN drives replace floppies, CDs for storing, sharing files
Agana Pacific Daily News - Agana,GU,USA
... can. And they're easy to lose since they're so small. That means 
crucial
documents can go missing -- or fall into the wrong hands.
<http://www.guampdn.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050330/LIFESTYLE/503300340/1024/NEWS01>


MICROSOFT Said to Have New Security Plans
InternetNews.com - USA
... And in February, Bank of America reported it lost one of the data 
tapes
used to store personal information, affecting 1.2 million federal 
employees.
...
<http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3493156>

ISPE lends a hand with electronic signatures
in-PharmaTechnologist - Montpellier,France
The ISPE's GAMP (Good Automated Manufacturing Practice ) Good Practice
Guide: A Risk-Based Approach to Compliant Electronic Records and 
Signatures
provides ...
<http://www.in-pharmatechnologist.com/news/news-ng.asp?n=59022-ispe-lends-a>

PERMANENT Record
CIO Magazine - Australia
... "A project for sentencing electronic records will be undertaken this
year, and in the scope of this project will be the management of 
permanent
retention ...
<http://www.cio.com.au/index.php/id;163610868;fp;4;fpid;21>

ANOTHER University Suffers Security Breach
InternetNews.com - USA
The University of California, Berkeley, is the latest institution ... 
which
to pilfer: by swiping a laptop containing the ... The computer was 
stolen
March 11, when an ...
<http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3493721>

DATA Recovery Company Destroying Data on Purpose
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
Data InSight, a data recovery company, releases a data destruction tool
to fight ... of checks, credit card or bank statements, or other records
that typically ...
<http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/3/prweb222544.htm>

OIL Report to Say Aide to Annan Shed Files
New York Times - USA
... that copies of all the records were kept elsewhere and that the 
files
were mostly ... it was so routine," but learned Monday that the actual
shredding of documents ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/29/national/29oil.html>


HEINZ estate records to be released Friday under settlement
philly.com - Philadelphia,PA,USA
... ruled earlier this month that the law favors opening the records and
initially ... The judge will delete bank account and Social Security 
numbers
and anything that ...
<http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/11254390.htm>

LONGTIME Hoover archivist retires
Stanford Daily - USA
After serving students and researchers for over a decade, Cissie Hill 
will
retire this week from her post as the Hoover Institution's exhibit 
coordinator.
...
<http://daily.stanford.edu/tempo?page=content&id=16541&repository=0001_article>

MONTGOMERY County Hospital District faces whistleblower lawsuit
Conroe Courier - Conroe,TX,USA
... Smith, the former records manager and board liaison for MCHD, claims
former Chief Administrative Officer Jim Hamilton allegedly illegally 
drafted
and destroyed ...
<http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14237177&BRD=1574&PAG=461&dept_id=532215&rfi=6>

TOBACCO giant is hit with fine in legal row
Scotsman - UK
... Strike, $250,000 (£133,760) because it failed to make available a
witness who could discuss some key documents in the case involving 
document
retention at a ...
<http://business.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=332672005>

BAT fined $250,000 over expert witness
Telegraph.co.uk - UK
... said that she had fined BAT because it failed to make a witness 
available
to discuss some key documents in the case - involving document retention
at a BAT ...
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2005/03/30/cnbat30.xml&menuId=242&sSheet=/money/2005/03/30/ixcity.html>


Dallas Morning News
Experts: Web boosts library use
09:33 AM CST on Tuesday, March 29, 2005
By KATIE MENZER / The Dallas Morning News
Scholars at the end of the 19th century believed the newly invented 
telephone would signal the end of
the public library.
<http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/032905dnmetlibraries.9f36.html>

Information Week
Gaining Strength From Sarbox
Sarbanes-Oxley compliance may be a burden, but it's helping some 
companies improve operations at various
levels
<http://www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=159902183>

InfoWorld
Anatomy of an IT disaster: How the FBI blew it
The Bureau's foiled plan for a modern IT infrastructure is a tragic 
case of project mismanagement
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/03/21/12FEfbi_1.html>

InfoWorld
Managing security in a compliance-crazy world
Products from eSecurity, nCircle, eEye, Enterasys, and NetIQ ease 
documentation burden
<http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/03/18/12FEsecuremgmnt_1.html>

New York Times
March 29, 2005
Jim Thorpe and a Ticket to Serendipity
By BILL PENNINGTON
hen Anthony Barone Jr. went to a local book auction with his sister Lee 
early this month, they
came across a book from the 1920's, "Jesse James and His Greatest 
Hauls," a Wild West
adventure of daring holdups.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/29/sports/othersports/29thorpe.html?>



Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
Richmond, Va
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