RAIN (Records/Archives In the News) is a daily compilation of news
stories from around the world.
DONT POST YET EU's data retention laws could be illegal
Register - London,England,UK
The offending sections of the proposed framework agreement on data
retention
are the ... The framework document, proposed in April last year by the
UK, will ...
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/12/data_retention/>
GOLDEN oldies from AIR's archives now fills up listeners' ...
Pune Newsline - Pune,India
... studios in Delhi, performing live. A rare moment, but one that the
AIR preserved for posterity in its archives. In 2002, the AIR ...
<http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=124796>
NEWFIELD project archives history digitally
Ithaca Journal - Ithaca,NY,USA
NEWFIELD -- The problem with a lot of historical archives is volume. Too
many papers stored in too many different places for the ...
<http://www.theithacajournal.com/news/stories/20050412
/localnews/2110434.html>
LAWMAKERS tour the archives
Bismarck Tribune - Bismarck,ND,USA
... Kringstad is hoping that he and others can convince his colleagues
in the House to approve $5.5 million in bonding authority to expand the
archives storage at ...
<http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2005/04/12/news/local/nws02.txt>
RURAL residents use Internet to access history archives
ABC Regional Online - Australia
Shoalhaven residents are being given the opportunity to trace their
local
history with a series of presentations held by the National Archives.
...<http://www.abc.net.au/news/items/200504/1343614.htm?illawarra>
CARNEGIE Mellon: HealtheVet ailing
FCW.com - USA
... Plans to incorporate the VA's Veterans Health Information Systems
and
Technology Architecture program for electronic records "do not scale or
provide the ...
<http://www.fcw.com/article88572-04-13-05-Web>
COMPUTERIZE medical records
York Daily Record - York,PA,USA
... medical records. It's estimated that nationally about 20 percent of
doctors' offices have electronic records systems. In Pennsylvania ...
<http://ydr.com/story/opinion/65149/>
OFFICIALS: Students' info safe
Central Michican Life - Mt. Pleasant,MI,USA
... at the University of California-Berkeley, a laptop containing
personal
information of around 100,000 alumni, graduate students and past
applicants,
was stolen. ...
<http://www.cm-life.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/04/13/425ca77cceb6d>
FEDS dependent on data brokers
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - GA,USA
... records. But the agency's spokesman declined to comment on contract
details, citing an exemption of the Freedom of Information Act. ...
<http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/0405/13bizprivacy.html>
SHRED Time, a Division of Media Services, Receives AAA ...
Kansas City infoZine - Kansas City,MO,USA
... 2004, the company copyrighted the brand Shred Time to better define
the shredding operations and ... "Our clients know when they need a box
of files, an individual ...
<http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/7077/>
SOUTHWEST Daily Times
Liberal Southwest Daily Times - Liberal,KS,USA
... "For instance, the register of deeds office is running out of space
in the vault for the actual manual documents," he said. "But ...
<http://www.swdtimes.com/swdtimes/2005/041205/story2.html>
COMPUTERIZED health files not panacea some envision
Bloomington Pantagraph - Bloomington,IL,USA
... from the Institute for Safe Medication Practices are trying to
explain
the results from a rare negative study saying that electronic medical
records may not be ...
<http://www.pantagraph.com/stories/041305/opi_20050413001.shtml>
COMPUTERS With Patient Data Stolen On Eve Of HIPAA Security Rules
Information Week - USA
... passed by Congress in 1996, was written before the more recent
federal
push to have the health industry replace paper-based patient files with
digital records. ...
<http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=160702270>
Merced Sun-Star, Wed, 13 Apr 2005 5:29 AM PDT
City Government: Merced's heart, soul for 33 years to retire
http://www.mercedsun-star.com/local/story/10301376p-11109021c.html
For decades, Dorothy Penner has been the voice and the institutional
memory of City Hall. Now, after 33 years of service with the city of
Merced, the
custodian of records is ready to turn in the official city seal.
Missoulian, Tue, 12 Apr 2005 11:21 PM PDT
Century-old American Indian artwork found
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/04/13/news/local/news03.txt
In the process of packing to move into new quarters, archivists at the
University of Montana's K. Ross Toole Archives rediscovered a unique
treasure amid its 12,000 linear feet of collected materials.
Independent, Wed, 13 Apr 2005 5:47 AM PDT
How to survive the bomb
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/story.jsp?story=628991
You're facing the blue screen of death. You've lost everything -
photos, tax files, your first novel. If only you'd protected yourself.
DATA brokers didn't notify consumers of past breaches
ComputerWorld - USA
... had their data stolen to request that the compromised company delete
all of ... data brokers register with the FTC, track who accesses their
records and determine ...
<http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/privacy/story/0,10801,101058,00.html>
GOVERNOR signs open records legislation
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
... were released. The new law makes clear that such contracts and
agreement
aren't exempt from the Kansas Open Records Act. "What the ...
<http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/11385288.htm>
OLD news is brand new at U. library project
Salt Lake Tribune - USA
... to the mid 1950s. The project was started with a federal grant -
administered
by the Utah State Library. Recently, the National ...
<http://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_2655500>
CASCADE County loans collection of records to historical society
Great Falls Tribune - Great Falls,MT,USA
A collection of old county records will be moved from the basement of
the
Cascade County Courthouse to the Cascade County Historical Society
building.
...
<http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050413/NEWS01/504130323/1002/NEWS01>
GETTING organized, part 2: more hard stuff
CNET News.com - USA
... digitally. So this week, I'll start there. Got any digitizing advice
for your fellow archivists? Here's your chance to share. Specifically
...<http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6501_7-6160642-1.html>
OC museum gets $200,000 grant
OCRegister (subscription) - Orange County,CA,USA
... the exhibits. Getty funds will be used for research consultants,
scholars
and archivists as well as production costs. "Diary of ...
<http://www.ocregister.com/ocr/2005/04/13/sections/entertainment/et_news_reviews/article_478148.php>
NEW grant for Humanities
Michigan Technological University Online Lode - Houghton,MI,USA
... A group of historians and archivists from these organizations will
be responsible for creating and selecting content for internet
resources.
...
<http://www.mtulode.com/index.php?issuedate=§ion=12&artid=4417>
PERSONAL Info of About 310,000 at Risk
E-Commerce Times - USA
... Separately that month, Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) admitted it lost
data tapes containing sensitive details of 1.2 million US government
employees.
...<http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/security/42260.html>
LEXISNEXIS Chief Advocates Data Security Rule
Los Angeles Times (subscription) - CA,USA
... Shortly thereafter, Bank of America said it had lost computer tapes
containing personal information on credit cards used by more than 1
million
federal ...
<http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-041305lexisnexis_lat,0,5883690.story?coll=la-home-headlines>
iPod security still a stumbling block for firms
Will Sturgeon
silicon.com
April 06, 2005
<http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39129339,00.htm>
The Guardian
Creative licence
Kate Bulkley reports on an online initiative by broadcasters
that will allow the public to experiment with archive material
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,1456488,00.html>
Newsweek
In the New Game of Tag, All of Us Are It
Will free-style information tagging lead to anarchy? Early results are
showing quite the opposite.
<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7445653/site/newsweek/>
Intel offers $10,000 for Moore's Law magazine
By Michael Kanellos
<http://news.com.com/Intel+offers+10%2C000+for+Moores+Law+magazine/2100-1006_3-5663120.html>
Intel lives by Moore's Law, but it apparently doesn't have a copy of
the magazine in which the
law was first laid down.
Wall Street Journal
Out-of-Office Replies
Offer Venue to Boast,
Swagger and Mislead
<http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,cubicle_culture,00.html>
BROADCASTERS and film companies open up archives to the public
Brand Republic Bulletin - London,UK
... Institute and the Open University have launched the Creative Archive
Licence Group, which contains the largest film, television and radio
archives
available to ...
<http://www.brandrepublic.com/bulletins/br/article/470494/broadcasters-film-companies-open-archives-public/>
Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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