Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories 
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HRM Hires First Municipal Archivist
Halifax Live - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada
... Studies program at the University of British Columbia, then worked
at the Yukon Archives before joining the Archives of Ontario, first as
an Archivist then as ...
<http://www.halifaxlive.com/artman/publish/archivist_230905_9901.shtml>

PASCAGOULA | Jackson County works on court records
SunHerald.com - Biloxi,MS,USA
... records held in downstairs storage were damaged during storm 
flooding
and now a Fort Worth, Texas, firm is processing all court records and
files for needed ...
<http://www.sunherald.com/mld/thesunherald/news/local/12728761.htm>

MASSACHUSETTS Makes Dumb Move Official
eWeek - Woburn,MA,USA
... government workers will be able to use the OpenDocument files they
create. ... require that anyone who wants to read Massachusetts new 
"open"
documents install and ...
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1863061,00.asp>

SENATE Turns Attention to Data Privacy
InternetNews.com - USA
... Only because of that state law, brokers such as ChoicePoint began 
disclosing
in January a series of breaches involving tens of millions of consumer
files ...
<http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3551231>

SMOKING E-Mails
Forbes - USA
... any e-mail deletion was done before the IRS had issued it summonses
or investor lawsuits had been filed and was "consistent with" its 
document-retention
policy ...
<http://www.forbes.com/global/2005/1003/020Aa.html>


The digital Dark Age
September 23, 2005
The quicker we are to record and store our lives in digital form, the 
bleaker the future of information looks, writes John Huxley.
MATTHEW Connell, a curator at the Powerhouse Museum, recalls how he was 
approached several years ago by public relations officers for a 
successful Australian information technology company that was building 
new offices in Lane Cove.
<http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/the-digital-dark-age/2005/09/22/11
26982184206.html>

POLICE halt trashing of accountant's files
St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
... of ethics regarding the disposal of accounting records, but said 
most
accountants don't toss files into the ... or so, we've always had our
documents shredded ...
<http://www.sptimes.com/2005/09/24/Northpinellas/Police_halt_trashing_.sh
tml>

INFO to go: Store data digitally
Indianapolis Star - United States
... somewhat pricey -- option for preserving important files is an ...
allows users to upload important documents to the ... But not all 
records
and documents need to be ...
<http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050924/LIVING02/509
240307/1007/LIVING>

DISCARDED Trust documents found
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
... The trashed files were allegedly genealogical records ... to destroy
irreplaceable Trust documents three blocks ... contempt for destroying
Trust records,'' said Dennis ...
<http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096411617>

EContent Magazine, Sat, 24 Sep 2005 4:23 AM PDT
Xerox DocuShare Records Manager is Certified
http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/ArticleReader.aspx?ArticleID=14194
Xerox Corporation has announced that DocuShare Records Manager software
has been certified as compliant under the U.S. Department of Defense 
Directive
5015.2 standard, the benchmark for records management solutions.

Royko lives at Newberry
Legendary newsman's widow gives library 26 boxes of memorabilia from
cigarette butts to Pulitzer Prize letter
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0509090302sep09,1,693289,pr
int.story>




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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