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SENATE passes bills that would modify open records laws
WVEC.com (subscription) - Norfolk,VA,USA
The state Senate on Wednesday unanimously approved two bills that would
change the state's public records laws to conceal personal information
of university ...
<http://www.wvec.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8AF4QQO1.html>

STRENGTHEN open-records law
Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati,OH,USA
... and ill-advised $55 million investment in rare coins since 1998 - 
ought
to offer proof that state needs even stronger laws to keep public 
records
open, and ...
<http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050601/EDIT01/506010308>

EMPLOYERS must destroy records
Hattiesburg American - Hattiesburg,MS,USA
... Most large employers already shred sensitive documents, including 
employee
records. ... The law requires shredding or burning paper documents and
"smashing or ...
<http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050601/NEWS01/506010301/1002>

NEW Information Disposal Rule Takes Effect
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
... personal or financial information, the FTC wants those records 
disposed
of in such ... Theft University-Business Partnership, says that while
shredding is important ...
<http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=163702846

UM'S Warner lauded in Washington DC, locally
Ann Arbor News - Ann Arbor,MI,USA
... Susan Cooper, now a spokesperson for the National Archives, worked
in public affairs during Warner's tenure as Archivist of the United 
States.
...
<http://www.mlive.com/news/aanews/index.ssf?/base/news-13/1117636836147791.xml>


LIBRARY opens archive doors
Pioneer Times - Wayne,NJ,USA
... been an archivist for WPU for 16 years, as well as special 
collections
librarian to the Cheng Library and a member of the University Archives
Committee, which ...
<http://www.pioneertimeswpu.com/news/2005/05/17/CampusNews/Library.Opens.Archive.Doors-951040.shtml>

'ONCE upon our times ...'
Waynesboro Record Herald - Waynesboro,PA,USA
Daywalt, the administrator of the new Preserving Our Heritage Archives
and Museum in ... The elder Daywalt also wears two hats, serving as 
archivist
of the museum. ...
<http://www.therecordherald.com/articles/2005/06/01/local_news/news01.txt>

ACCESS Allowed
CIO Magazine - Australia
... "There's always been a bit of a culture amongst librarians and 
archivists
that they're fairly cooperative people and they're now starting to 
realize
the ...
<http://www.cio.com.au/index.php/id;1064201417;fp;4;fpid;21>

KEYBOARD cops
Independent - London,England,UK
... The mantra is: delete doesn't mean gone ... Such programs have 
legitimate
uses - bank details or health records would be at risk if you sold your
computer or others ...
<http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/story.jsp?story=643152>

ANTIFORENSIC Tools
CSO - Framingham,MA,USA
... the computer's browser history, webpage cache, cookies and other 
data
records every few ... Instead, they simply delete all of the files they
can find, and then ...
<http://www.csoonline.com/read/060105/machine.html>

WANT to use the Web? Your fingerprint, please.
Christian Science Monitor - USA
... "They say they destroy the records.... The problem is that while you
can delete them from your mail, you have several layers under there,"
says Ms. Krug. ...
<http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0602/p01s04-ussc.html>


DEEP Throat notes head to University of Texas center
Grand Forks Herald - Grand Forks,ND,USA
... are in when they arrive. But, Ransom archivist Stephen Mielke said,
"When they get here, (preparing them) should go pretty quick.".
<http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/11784114.htm>

'ONCE upon our times ...'
Waynesboro Record Herald - Waynesboro,PA,USA
... father, the Rev. C. Leroy Daywalt. The elder Daywalt also wears two
hats, serving as archivist of the museum. Pat Carbaugh and Ed ...
<http://www.therecordherald.com/articles/2005/06/01/local_news/news01.txt>

NUJ boss hits out at BBC for ‘censoring'FoI documents
Press Gazette - UK
... The union also asked to see records or details of ... he has been 
going
through the published documents "with a ... but claimed "huge chunks"
of the files had been ...
<http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/article/020605/nuj_boss_hits_out>

O'KEEFFE Foundation to Turn Over Assets
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA
... year. The agreement, announced Tuesday, also gives archival 
materials
and O'Keeffe's house and studio in Abiquiu to the museum. ...
<http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/news/celebrity/sns-ap-okeeffe-museum,0,7648548.story?coll=mmx-celebrity_heds>

PARLIAMENT slapped for rubbish web presence
Register - London,England,UK
... "It remains, in essence, an online archival resource, impenetrable
to most people, difficult to navigate, with almost no opportunity for
interaction and a ...
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/01/parliament_website/>

SECURE information a concern
Marion Chronicle Tribune - Marion,IN,USA
Grant County Recorder Judith Solms wants county officials to consider 
removing
some public documents from the county's Internet site because of 
concerns
about ...
<http://www.chronicle-tribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050601/NEWS01/506010337/1002>


BANK of America gets personal
CNN/Money - USA
... The announcement came three months after Bank of America disclosed
that it had lost computer backup tapes containing personal information
on 1.2 million credit ...
<http://money.cnn.com/2005/06/01/technology/online_banking/>

ID theft steals more than just names, numbers
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA
... Bank of America also announced it had "lost" computer data tapes 
with
account information on more than 1 million federal employees. ...
<http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/features/3205780>

UBS loses customer records
Finextra - UK
... In December last year Bank of America "lost" computer tapes 
containing
charge card account information for 1.2 million government card holders
during transfer ...
<http://www.finextra.com/fullstory.asp?id=13752>

FBI Probes Theft of Justice Dept. Data
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
... In December, Bank of America Corp. lost computer tapes containing 
records
on 1.2 million federal workers, including several US senators. ...
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/31/AR2005053101379.html>




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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