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

STILL a private matter
Augusta Free Press - Waynesboro,VA,USA
... The Virginia Freedom of Information Act allows the city council to
treat the appointment as a personnel matter - meaning that the names of
interested ...
<http://www.augustafreepress.com/stories/storyReader$33415>

FEMA cites exemption for hurricane records refusal
Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
... Agency attorneys responded in court papers Monday by saying personal
information is exempt under the Freedom of Information Act. ...
<
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-412fema,0,6390643.story?coll=sfla-news-sfla>

MEDICAL data thefts spur worry
San Jose Mercury News - USA
... He said most of the group's medical records are kept in paper files;
the few electronic records, including notes dictated by specialists, are
stored on a ...
<http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/11372855.htm>

UNIVERSITIES, industry to fight hacker threat 5-year, $19 million ...
San Francisco Chronicle - USA
... Just last month, someone stole a laptop computer containing ... of
the largest known collections of stolen access codes. Shankar Sastry,
a UC Berkeley professor of ...
<http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/04/12/CYBER.TMP>

UI examines data security
Daily Illini - Champaign,IL,USA
... At Berkeley, a laptop containing information on more than 90,000
students
was stolen, but the other universities had their databases hacked, Corn
said. ...
<http://www.dailyillini.com/news/2005/04/12/News/Ui.Examines.Data.Security-920835.sht

NSF establishes cybersecurity center
ComputerWorld - USA
... led by the University of California, Berkeley, which has ...
applicants
about the theft of a laptop computer on ... and disabled state residents
was stolen by hackers ...
<http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,101024,00.html>

PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance, Tue, 12 Apr 2005 9:10 AM PDT
Records Management Visionary, Dr. Galina Datskovsky, Earns Coveted
'CRM' Designation http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050412/sftu103.html?.v=5
MDY Advanced Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of Records
Management innovation, proudly announced that CEO Galina Datskovsky
recently added
the coveted "CRM" designation to her long list of credentials, joining a
highly respected and specialized group of approximately 700 CRMs across
the
globe.

FORGOTTEN tapes of The Archers
Telegraph.co.uk - UK
... BBC archivists are delighted at the find, which includes plot lines
on Shula Archer's virginity, Jethro Larkin's troublesome teeth, Tony
Archer's
flirtations ...
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/04/12/narch12.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/04/12/ixhome.html>

Visalia Times-Delta, Tue, 12 Apr 2005 5:07 AM PDT
Officials may edit public court records
http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050412/NEWS01/504120307/1002
By the end of the month, Tulare County Superior Court officials and
county prosecutors could finalize a plan to make public court records a
little
less public.

Computer Weekly, Mon, 11 Apr 2005 5:04 PM PDT
What to do when back-ups break down
http://www.computerweekly.com/Article137826.htm?src=rssTech
Everyone knows how important back-ups are, but few understand the
problems of restoring data or how important it is to test your
procedure before a
crisis occurs

LEXISNEXIS: Files may have been breached
BusinessWeek - USA
APR. 12 6:23 PM ET Criminals may have breached computer files containing
the ... and driver license numbers, but not credit history, medical
records
or financial ...
<http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D89E4KKG0.htm?campaign_id=apn_home_down>

DEFENCE personnel files handed over to Archives
Scoop.co.nz (press release) - New Zealand
... to transfer the 170,000 files of former service personnel to
Archives
New Zealand. "Archives New Zealand, as the keeper of public records,
will
provide a ...
<http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0504/S00143.htm>

FILES found in Dumpster containing personal information
KGET 17 - Bakersfield,CA,USA
... The Medical Board said physicians follow a general standard of
holding
onto records for about seven years, and they are responsible for
destroying
the files. ...
<http://www.kget.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=7F793E29-CAC1-4241-8311-9C3B4744FB77>

BBC to launch world's largest online multimedia archive soon
digital opportunity channel - New Delhi,India
... In its pilot phase, a limited selection of archival records on
natural
history, archeology, BBC Parliament and BBC orchestral production will
be uploaded on ...
<http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/109270/1/1138>

FORMER archivist misappropriated funds, audit says
Jackson Sun - Jackson,TN,USA
A recently released state audit showed that a former Madison County
archivist
misappropriated funds and failed to solicit bids for air-conditioning
units. ...
<http://miva.jacksonsun.com/miva/cgi-bin/miva?NEWS/news_storyV2005.mv+link=200504127104095>

NRG Gestetner giveaway drives document management cultural ...
ITWeb - South Africa
... in the office and in ensuring records management meet ... It allows
scanned images or files to be retrieved ... works with categories
assigned
to documents when they ...
<http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/computing/2005/0504120810.asp?A=DOS&S=Digital%20Office%20Solution&O=FPIN>

LEADERS' letters
Springfield State Journal Register - Springfield,IL,USA
... "We drove up to their home in Chicago and literally took them off
the
wall with white gloves," Furry said, adding that state archivists
cleaned
and restored ...
<http://www.sj-r.com/sections/news/stories/52788.asp>

FREUD'S high school grades revealed
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) - MN,USA
On Monday, the Vienna high school that Freud graduated from in 1873
handed
the Austrian State Archives a book containing files on Freud's and other
students ...
<http://www.startribune.com/stories/484/5343466.html>


INFORMATION security: How not to become a cartoon
Triangle Tech Journal (press release) - Research Triangle Park,NC,USA
... The very tools that we have culturally co-opted into our office
toolkit,
applications like email, web pages, databases, digital storage devices,
spreadsheets ...
<http://www.triangletechjournal.com/news/article.html?item_id=889>

GOVERNMENT Surpasses Business in Protecting Citizens' Privacy
Newhouse News Service (NNS) - USA
... "Nobody has access to our computer records," said spokesman Mark
Hinkle,
adding that the agency enforces a "zero tolerance" policy for privacy
violations. ...
<http://www.newhousenews.com/archive/benson041205.html>

FLOODING disrupts routine of city needy
The Express Times - Easton,PA,USA
... Clients' computer records are available through Harrisburg at the
CareerLink
office where about 35 of Northampton County's 105 state welfare
employees
have ...
<http://www.nj.com/news/expresstimes/pa/index.ssf?/base/news-15/111329671136510.xml>

COURT: Prosecutors must compensate phone companies for records
Duluth News Tribune - Duluth,MN,USA
... from the state in 1996 and filed the federal lawsuit three years
later
after Milwaukee County District Attorney E. Michael McCann made a
records
request. ...
<http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/news/politics/11376422.htm>

THE Basics on FACTA
Entrepreneur - USA
... using a paper shredder and disposing of their electronically stored
records at almost ... hammers, sledgehammers and other heavy implements
of destruction to smash ...
<http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/0,4621,320700,00.html>

AUDIT: MVC security flawed
Asbury Park Press - Asbury Park,NJ,USA
... attendance it will review monthly; until now, only paper records
were
kept ... They also found digital driver's license cards marked for
destruction
had been picked ...
<http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050412/NEWS/504120309>


A LAST, LOVING LOOK
Chicago Tribune (subscription) - USA
... Palm's photographs could be the final records of buildings that once
gave character to ... City Council decided to put the brakes on the
rapid
destruction of old ...
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0504120315apr12,1,1134749.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed>

RI Lawmakers Eye Identity Theft Penalties
Insurance Journal - USA
... H6191) , would create a new chapter of state law regarding identity
theft protection and establish procedures regarding destruction of
records,
disclosure of ...
<http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2005/04/12/53664.htm>

STORAGE Security Looms Large
Enterprise Storage Forum - Darien,CT,USA
... looked at the backup encryption practices of large organizations as
a follow-up to Bank of America's recent loss of unencrypted backup tapes
that disappeared ...
<http://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/continuity/news/article.php/3497226>

DATA breaches reveal lack of encryption
SC Magazine - London,UK
... Encryption is the obvious solution to averting disasters such as
Bank
of America's loss of computer tapes containing government charge card
information on 1.2 ...
<http://www.scmagazine.com/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=newsDetails&newsUID=2b3078b4-6b5a-4539-b8eb-7c61f453afbc&newsType=News>

A hacker? No, an offline thief
Computer Crime Research Center - Ukraine
... In February 2005, the Bank of America has lost computer backup tapes
containing very sensitive personal information about 1.2 million US
federal
employees ...
<http://www.crime-research.org/news/12.04.2005/1127/>

LEXISNEXIS flap draws outcry from Congress
CNET News.com - USA
... Bank of America Date: February 2005 Incident: Bank loses backup
tapes
detailing the financial records of credit cards held by federal
employees.
...
<http://news.com.com/LexisNexis+flap+draws+outcry+from+Congress/2100-7348_3-5668119.html>

FEINSTEIN Tightens ID Theft Proposal
InternetNews.com - USA
... Feinstein reintroduced the legislation in January but redrafted the
bill in light of the high-profile data leaks at ChoicePoint, LexisNexis
and Bank of America ...
<http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3497161>

Ryerson gets star-studded photo archive
Canadian Press
April 11, 2005
TORONTO -- Ryerson University has acquired a massive collection of
black-andwhite
photographs that capture a cornucopia of 20th century images, including
shots of Charlie Chaplin, Winston Churchill and Joe DiMaggio.
<http://www.canada.com/entertainment/story.html?id=d07ca334-524e-4b52-a587-b14d49a644cf>

Globe and Mail
Ryerson to receive major photo archive
By JAMES ADAMS
Tuesday, April 12, 2005 Page R1
Toronto's Ryerson University announced yesterday that an anonymous
Canadian donor has given it 291,000 historic black-and-white
photographs from the famous Black Star agency as well as $7- million in
cash for their preservation and exhibition in a new photography centre
Ryerson hopes to
have built by 2007.
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050412/RYERSON12/TPEntertainment/TopStories>

Picture this
RYERSON INHERITS HISTORIC BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTO COLLECTION
By BRODIE FENLON, TORONTO SUN
IF A picture is truly worth a thousand words, Ryerson University has
just been handed a priceless
300-million word essay on the history of the 20th century. An anonymous
donor has given the
Toronto university $7 million in cash and his collection of nearly
300,000 black-and-white prints
from some of the world's best photographers.
<http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/TorontoSun/News/2005/04/12/pf-992972.html>




Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
Richmond, Va
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