Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories 
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COMPLIANCE: time to set the record straight
Express Computers - Bombay,India
. information owned by the organisation. Business is increasingly 
dependent
on data and digital storage devices. Fast and easy access ...
<http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20051121/technology02.shtml>

ANYONE should be able to see public records at any time
Central Maine Morning Sentinel - Augusta,ME,USA
By law, public records are ... public. By law, public records are ... 
public.
Selectmen in the community of about 2,900 are weighing ...
<http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/view/columns/2156773.shtml>

PHOTOS public, yet private
The Spokesman Review - Spokane,WA,USA
. has the right to evaluate the mayor's performance," Miller said in
ruling that West's Internet usage should be subject to the state's Open
Public Records Act. ...
<http://www.spokesmanreview.com/local/story.asp?ID=101997>

JUDGE blocks release of images
The Spokesman Review - Spokane,WA,USA
. Attorney Duane Swinton, representing The Spokesman-Review, which 
sought
the computer records, said "it's encouraging the judge found these were
public ...
<http://www.spokesmanreview.com/breaking/story.asp?ID=5394>

IRON Mountain in Compliance Partnership With Orchestria
Securities Industry News (subscription) - New York,NY,USA
November 18, 2005 - Boston-based records management giant Iron Mountain
has announced a partnership with Orchestria Corp., a New York-based 
software
company ...
<http://www.securitiesindustry.com/article.cfm?articleid=16463>


ROBOTICALLY-CONTROLLED Appliance That Backs Up and Recovers Email
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Journal - Fairfield,NJ,USA
. corporations, healthcare, brokerage, financial institutions and 
others
who are required to meet the strict email, data and document retention
requirements of ...
<http://www.s-ox.com/News/detail.cfm?ArticleID=1287>

UNT educator works to regain lost Iraqi art
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA
. building. Computer records are virtually nonexistent, so Shabout is
searching for old catalogs that may contain descriptions. During ...
<http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/13201277.htm>

SPECIAL Report "Finance, Fraud & Forensics"
WROC - Rochester,NY,USA
. and that is you try to find out where, what money is missing and 
where
it first began." He adds the evidence is buried in computer records, 
invoices
and ...
<http://www.wroctv.com/news/story.asp?id=20698&r=l>

FAXES are a security threat as data leaks are blamed on fax ...
Security Park - Winkfield,UK
. centrally archive documents, exposing companies to potential 
non-compliance
with legislation such as Sarbanes-Oxley, Basel II and the Freedom of 
Information
 Act ...
<http://www.securitypark.co.uk/article.asp?articleid=24587&CategoryID=1>

ARCHIVES: Historical records that document lives
Reno Gazette Journal - Reno,NV,USA
. archives. Perhaps one of the most important items in the State 
Archive's
collection is the original State Constitution, drafted in 1864. ...
<http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051118/FALLON/511180421
/1029/FALLON>

INEXCUSABLE FOIA violations
Charleston Post Courier (subscription) - Charleston,SC,USA
. The FOIA has been on the books for too long to have so many public
officials still so ill-informed. ... But the FOIA treats all South 
Carolinians
equally. ...
<http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=52869&section=editorials>


ARCHIVAL paper to last longer
SABC News - Auckland Park,South Africa
The preservation and quality of archival paper and manuscripts is set to
improve following the launch of the Southern African Archival Paper Mill
in ...
<http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/general/0,2172,116517,00.html>

SAYING Goodbye To The Future
Hellenic News of America - USA
. until now. We are now in the process of shredding those art sections
which. ... technology is not available in a few years to read the files.
.
<http://www.hellenicnews.com/readnews.html?newsid=394&lang=US>

SHREDDING History And Outsourcing Patent Searches By Beverly Selby
Hellenic News of America - USA
stock at the time of the issuance of a patent. Many of these files 
contain
the. hundred years. In addition, the files are the best technical 
library
in the. ...
<http://www.hellenicnews.com/readnews.html?newsid=1216&lang=US>

FOUR Texas schools compete for Bush presidential library
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
DALLAS -- Four Texas universities made their official pitches this week
to sponsor and build President Bush's presidential library after he 
leaves
the White ...
<http://washingtontimes.com/national/20051117-111241-2559r.htm>

CONGRESS Funds Nixon Library Archives Move
Guardian Unlimited - UK
WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawmakers have approved $4 million to move Richard 
Nixon's
papers to his presidential library in California, the first big 
appropriation
for ...
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5425096,00.html>

WHAT it takes to secure your data
Computerworld Australia - Australia
. technology officer of California-based Atempo, an independent 
software
vendor specializing in data protection for trusted information 
life-cycle
management.
<http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1067267966;fp;16;fpid;0>


BOEING laptop stolen
Chicago Tribune - United States
employee's laptop computer that contained Social Security numbers and 
other
personal information for 161,000 current and former workers was stolen,
the company ...
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0511190033nov19,1,6358998.sto
ry?coll=chi-business-hed>

STORM-TOSSED memories recovered
Evansville Courier & Press (subscription) - Evansville,IN,USA
. The office is waiving replacement fees on deeds, titles and other 
such
documents until January 2006, and serving as a depository for found 
items
displaced by ...
< 
http://www.courierpress.com/ecp/news/article/0,1626,ECP_734_4251779,00.ht
ml>

PV Preservation and Historical Society uses grant to preserve ...
Kent County Daily Times - West Warwick,RI,USA
CROMPTON - The Pawtuxet Valley Preservation and Historical Society 
recently
was awarded a Legislative grant for $4,000. The group ...
<http://www.zwire.com/site/news 
cfm?newsid=15605465&BRD=1718&PAG=461&dept_id=74409&rfi=6>

TROPHY-HUNTER steals Hitler badge
Times Online - UK
. "Only after it was stolen did people start saying it wasn't the 
original,"
said a source at the State Archive of the Russian Federation, where the
.
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1878711,00.html>

SARBANES-OXLEY Act: Causing confusion?
Financial Express - Bombay,India
. or noncompliance, while the latter may result in businesses facing
higher costs in the form of complex and expensive data retention 
systems,
reduced business ...
<http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=109114>

Delaware Online, Sat, 19 Nov 2005 1:06 AM PST
18th-century Kent church gets its due
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051119/NEWS/51

1190323/1006
For almost three decades, the only clue to the significance of the Cow
Marsh Primitive Baptist Church hung on its inside back wall: a dusty 
frame
holding a rumpled certificate naming the rural Kent County building to 
the
National Register of Historic Places.

Fort Worth Business Press, Fri, 18 Nov 2005 9:06 PM PST
Fort Worth Library?s archive a linchpin of business, culture
http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=4108
Some 6,500 people trip the turnstiles at the Fort Worth Public
Library?s downtown showplace in a week, reveling in the wealth of 
knowledge and
the your-tax-dollars-at-work dynamics that have grown steadily since the
founding of the institution in 1901.




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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