Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories 
related to records and archives management.

THE History of Rudy
Village Voice - New York,NY,USA
... left when they leave," Cobb says, but adds: "People that create 
[these
records] are not idiots. They don't leave smoking gun papers in files
because they know ...
<http://villagevoice.com/news/0551,murphy,71152,5.html>

RECORDS Management
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Journal - Fairfield,NJ,USA
... Applied consistently across all types of records--e-mails, 
electronic
documents, and paper files--these policies can support compliance, 
facilitate
evidence ...
<http://www.s-ox.com/feature/detail.cfm?articleID=1478>

DISPOSAL mistake led to file fiasco
Stockton Record - Stockton,CA,USA
... or how many records were exposed Friday. Bruce Hopperstad, director
of Mental Health Services, said Monday that it likely included hundreds
of patient files. ...
<http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051220/NEWS01/5122
00350/1001>

YOUR identity is the season's hottest commodity
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
... Case in point: the debacle over ChoicePoint Inc. The data broker had
unwittingly sold information on 145,000 people to crooks masquerading
as businessmen. ...
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/1
2/20/EDG0RGAIIO1.DTL>

UPDATE 1-ABN Amro US mortgage unit retrieves lost data tape
Reuters - USA
... in the United States after several high-profile incidents, including
the theft of tens of thousands of personal records from data provider
ChoicePoint Inc. ...
<http://today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?type=bondsNews&st
oryID=2005-12-20T195005Z_01_N20372544_RTRIDST_0_FINANCIAL-ABNAMRO-UPDATE-
1.XML>

COMPUTER forensics firm Guidance hacked
Register - London,England,UK
... Guidance Software follows a whole bevy of internet security breaches
involving major US corporations including data mining firm ChoicePoint,
payment processing ...
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/20/guidance_security_breach/>
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/19/AR200512
1900928.html>

DON'T throw your future away
Government Business - Loughton,UK
... transport, inspection, removal and destruction of rubbish, and the
shredding, pulping and ... Do you dispose of your paper records 
separately
from your general ...
<http://www.governmentbusinessuk.com/default.asp?id=301>

THE data that won't go away
Computerworld Singapore - Singapore
... found thousands of credit card numbers, detailed financial and 
medical
records, corporate trade ... Destroying the drives by physically 
crashing
or shredding them. ...
<http://computerworld.com.sg/ShowPage.aspx?pagetype=2&articleid=3227&pubi
d=3&issueid=78>

SAVE our common history in TCHA's archives
Journal and Courier Online - Lafayette,IN,USA
... toward our archives. After a disappointing Feast of the Hunters' 
Moon
and the consequent layoff of Paul Schueler, the collections manager and
archivist at the ...
<http://www.lafayettejc.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051220/OPINION03
/512200306/1144/OPINION>

AUTHORS look at Lincoln's efforts to control media
Quad City Times - Davenport,IA,USA
... A resident of Moline, he is the reference archivist for Deere & Co.
... He was Dahlstrom's boss when they worked at the Space Business 
Archives,
Alexandria, Va. ...
<http://www.qctimes.net/articles/2005/12/20/features/celebrate/doc43a78f4
b69136688961315.txt>

STUDENTS investigate and write UTSA's history
UTSA Today - San Antonio,TX,USA
... until recently," he said, crediting Institute of Texan Cultures head
archivist Gerrianne Schaad ... Michel's students have made use of the
ITC archives as well as ...
<http://www.utsa.edu/today/2005/12/michel.cfm>

G'TOWN moves to protect its vital records
Germantown News - Germantown,TN,USA
... "Should these funds become available to the City of Germantown," he
said, "additional record storage equipment can be acquired.". ...
<http://www.germantownnews.com/articles/2005/12/20/news/news2.txt>


THE 100-year archive dilemma
Computerworld Singapore - Singapore
... media it's written on," says Adam Jansen, a digital archivist for 
the
... higher and higher in the cavernous rooms of off-site archive 
providers,
businesses ...
<http://computerworld.com.sg/ShowPage.aspx?pagetype=2&articleid=3235&pubi
d=3&issueid=78>

STORY told page by page
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press - Norfolk,England,UK
... archivist at Norfolk County Council, said: "The Norfolk Record 
Office
is proud to be associated with the parish in this amazing saga of an 
important
archive ...
<http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=
News&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED20%20Dec%202005%2009%3A39
%3A28%3A530>

BEAVERTON 'incompetent' in handling Nike lawsuit
OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA
... for erasing files from the hard drive of Drake's office computer. 
City
employees lost about 20 to 30 documents as they were trying to preserve
records under ...
<http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1135049130
142470.xml&coll=7>

SUNDQUIST pal's e-mails, memos found
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription) - Knoxville,TN,USA
... searches on Ganier's computer when files were deleted ... a federal
judge unsealed some records last month in ... half of the 23 deleted 
documents
are communications ...
<http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/state/article/0,1406,KNS_348_4328191,00.html
>

FILM preservation
Hollywood Reporter - United States
... "The biggest challenge is finding an acceptable archival medium," 
says
Colleen Simpson, managing director of film preservation at Technicolor
Creative Services ...
<http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/feature_display.jsp?vnu_conten
t_id=1001700848>

LAST stop?
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
Getting a state archives building has been longer and tougher than a 
stagecoach
ride across the desert. Last week, members of the ...
<http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/1220tue2-20.h
tml>


Disposal mistake led to file fiasco Mental health documents were to be 
archived, burned
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051220/NEWS01/51220

0350/1001
STOCKTON -- Confidential mental-health patient files found at a south 
Stockton recycling center Friday were supposed to have been destroyed 
by a Stockton company after being converted to microfilm, San Joaquin 
County officials said Monday.




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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