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

WORK crews eyed in voter information theft
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA
... Election printouts had been sent to the recycling center for
shredding,
but they ... Lew Sterrett Justice Center in Dallas on March 1, according
to jail records. ...
<http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/local/11382257.htm>

GAY ARCHIVES RECEIVES $170K FEDERAL GRANT FOR AIDS HISTORY PROJECT
Out In America - Columbus,OH,USA
... Records Project will gather unique organizational and personal
archives
from a ... GLBT Historical Society archivist Josue Hurtado said this is
an unprecedented ...
<http://www.outinsanfrancisco.com/home/news.asp?articleid=8459>

FARRELL finds too many causes to retire
Weekly Vista - Bella Vista,AR,USA
... disenchanted with the cutthroat -- and sometimes unscrupulous --
world
of big business, Farrell's long stint as a Certified Records Manager
helped
launch the ...
<http://www.nwanews.com/weeklyvista/newhoswho413farrell-pic32l.php>

DISK Before Tape For Microsoft
InternetNews.com - USA
... has cracked down on corporations with several compliance and record
retention policies. ... slide, the tape backup software backs up the
entire
document with every ...
<http://www.internetnews.com/storage/article.php/3497526>

FDR site hosts talk on rights
Community is welcome, archivist says
HYDE PARK -- The head of the National Archives and Records
Administration said he came to Hyde Park Tuesday to listen, after a
proposed forum at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and
Museum turned into a debate over freedom of speech.

U.S. Archivist Allen Weinstein got exactly what he came for. [...]
<<http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/wednesday/localnews/stories/lo041305s5.shtml>>


PUBLIC Records Bill passes into law
Scoop.co.nz (press release) - New Zealand
... The Minister Responsible for Archives NZ Marian Hobbs said
recordkeeping
is essential for ... also need to seek the approval of the Chief
Archivist
before they ...
<http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0504/S00316.htm>

EU data retention law hits roadblock
ElectricNews.net - Dublin,Ireland
... and European Commission claim that proposed European legislation on
data retention may be ... The framework document, which was proposed in
April of 2004 by the UK ...
<http://www.enn.ie/news.html?code=9598967>

COMPUTER breeches worry experts
Michigan Daily - Ann Arbor,MI,USA
... transpired on March 28 when a laptop that contained about 100,000
Social
Security numbers of University of California at Berkeley members was
stolen
from the ...
<http://www.michigandaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/04/14/425e44a379c2c>

Forbes, Thu, 14 Apr 2005 7:46 AM PDT
How To Preserve Photos For 500 Years
http://www.forbes.com/technology/infoimaging/2005/04/14/cx_ah_0414photo.html?partner=rss
Is it possible to preserve photos for your great-great-great grandkids?
Yes, but you must be diligent.

DISTRICT clerk threatens legal action over records
Hood County News - Granbury,TX,USA
... is in the process of hiring an outside auditor to check Hitt's
records.
... She said limiting access to her computer files is legal to maintain
confidentially of ...
<http://www.hcnews.com/news/get-news.asp?id=9898&catid=1&cpg=get-news.asp>

COUPLE filed suit after blacked-out travel files came with $3,000 ...
Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond,VA,USA
... The Albrights asked for travel and expense-account records for nine
members of the game department last year and were told to pay $3,000.
...
<http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031782137508&path=!news&s=1045855934842>

LEXISNEXIS Breach Is Larger
Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
... revealed the breach in March but said that 32,000 records maintained
by its Seisint unit were affected. A subsequent audit found additional
files at Seisint ...
<http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/local/la-fi-lexis13apr13,0,50774.story?coll=sfla-business-headlines>

STASI Files Holders Dismiss Bulgarian Connection in Pope Shooting
Sofia News Agency - Bulgaria
Stasi files contain no evidence of a Bulgarian connection in the 1981
assassination
... The people, who handle the documents of the former communist East
German ...
<http://www.novinite.com/newsletter/print.php?id=46693>

COLLECTOR'S passion adds to town history
Boston Globe - USA
... Archivists at Lawrence Academy, the Groton private school where
Green
served as the first alumni president in 1883, recently found out about
another one: Green ...
<http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/04/14/collectors_passion_adds_to_town_history>

FAYETTEVILLE: UA unveils collection of Pryor's documents
Arkansas Democrat Gazette - AR,USA
... It took five years for UA archivists to sort, label and put the
papers
in appropriate storage containers, said Molly Boyd, public relations
coordinator
for UA ...
<http://www.nwanews.com/story.php?paper=adg&section=News&storyid=113447>

FIRST map to show glimpse of a country to the West
Times Online - UK
... examples are all out of reach in public institutions in the United
States and Germany -- the University of Minnesota, the Bavarian State
Library in Munich and ...
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1567990,00.html>

NBC5 Goes Inside the Lincoln Library
NBC5.com - Chicago,IL,USA
CHICAGO -- The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum will
officially
open April 19, but before political leaders and presidents celebrate
this
grand ...
<http://www.nbc5.com/nbc5/4380517/detail.html>

MUSEUM Honoring Abraham Lincoln Set to Open
Voice of America - USA
... Mr. Schwartz is a scholar in residence at the Abraham Lincoln
Presidential
Library in Springfield, Illinois -- a facility that is about to expand
with the ...
<http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-04-14-voa27.cfm>

IT'S official: ChoicePoint, LexisNexis rooted many times
Register - London,England,UK
Privacy invasion behemoths ChoicePoint and LexisNexis have lost control
of sensitive data in the past, but deliberately covered it up because
no law required ...
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/14/privacy_invasion_is_good_for_you/>

DATA Executives Admit Earlier Identity Losses
Information Week - USA
... In a hearing held by the Judiciary Committee, executives of
ChoicePoint
and LexisNexis -- both of which either sold data to fraudsters or had
their networks ...
<http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=160900734>

HSBC Announces ID Theft
Red Herring - CA,USA
... Choicepoint said in February it had leaked data on some 145,000
people
during 2003. The company had given to the information to ...
<http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=11798&hed=HSBC+Announces+ID+Theft&sector=Industries&subsector=InternetAndServices>

ARE Companies Liable For ID Data Theft?
Forbes - USA
... And in February, consumer data company ChoicePoint (nyse: CPS - news
- people ) revealed that it had been taken in by a ring of identity
thieves
who used fake ...
<http://www.forbes.com/technology/personaltech/2005/04/14/cx_de_0414liability.html>

PRIVACY Solutions: Do They Fall Short?
eWeek - USA
Opinion: Breaches at LexisNexis and ChoicePoint bring to light how lax
security is at big database companies. So the government is taking
action.
...
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1785771,00.asp>


MITIGATING identity theft
CNET News.com - USA
... This is what's been in the news recently: ChoicePoint, LexisNexis,
Bank of America, and so on. But data privacy is more than just fraud.
...<http://news.com.com/Mitigating+identity+theft/2010-1071_3-5669408.html>

MILITIA archives to go to Historical Society
Hudson Sun - Framingham,MA,USA
Hudson resident Bill Verdone spoke of the change and transformation of
State and National Guard units at the Hudson Armory, at the meeting of
the Hudson ...
<http://www2.townonline.com/hudson/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=223759>

FORUM editorial: Authorize $5.5 million for archives
In-Forum (subscription) - Fargo,ND,USA
The North Dakota House of Representatives was wrong to sideline
expansion
of the state Heritage Center in favor of a study. The ...
<http://www.in-forum.com/articles/index.cfm?id=88703&section=Opinion>




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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