RAIN 060515
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories 
related to records and archives management.

Defense agency brass told staff to destroy papers
The Daily Yomiuri - Osaka,Japan
... Employees at the agency's Tokyo headquarters and at some regional 
bureaus
destroyed documents using shredders, for example, the sources said. ...
<http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20060516TDY02005.htm>

Iron Mountain Expands Government Services Organization To Better
ECM Connection (press release) - Erie,PA,USA
... to create a comprehensive, fully integrated document management 
program
that provides timely access to all government records. Secure Shredding:
Iron Mountain ...
<http://www.ecmconnection.com/content/news/article.asp?DocID=%7B7E8CF753-
F633-423D-8DBD-EC7B081A5293%7D&Bucket=Current+Headlines>

Don't assume e-mails, photos will always be available on Internet
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
... we store everything from pictures to family genealogies to financial
records buried in ... With the touch of a delete key, that critical 
personal
information or ...
<http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0515action0515.h
tml>

Watch out for medical identity theft
Baltimore Sun - United States
We shred our papers and delete anything "phishy" to prevent thieves from
posing as us ... False entries on health care records mean you could end
up being treated ...
<http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/yourmoney/bal-ambrose0515,0,1144222
.column?coll=bal-news-columnists>

Latest NYSE Actions Focus on Books and Records Violations
CCH Wall Street - New York,NY,USA
... For temporarily hindering investigations and permanently destroying
evidence, the NYSE censured Morgan Stanley and imposed a $2.5 million
fine. ...
<http://www1.cchwallstreet.com/ws-portal/content/news/container.jsp?fn=05
-15-06>


Protecting the Nation's Memory
By LINDA K. KERBER
From the issue dated May 19, 2006
You may have read that the National Archives and Records Administration 
has allowed some federal agencies to withdraw declassified documents 
 from public view. That the Smithsonian Institution has signed an 
agreement with Showtime Networks to create an on-demand 
cable-television channel. That the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
wants to search the papers of the late investigative journalist Jack 
Anderson. But have you thought about what those controversies mean 
taken together?
<<http://chronicle.com/temp/reprint.php?id=vlssz3xg898s18s767gtzts3gdpmrd
gm>>

E-mails: who knows the new rules on disclosure?
Times Online - UK
... 160,000). It became apparent that UBS had deleted some back-up tapes
and e-mails in breach of its document retention policy. Because ...
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,200-2178711,00.html>

Not dead yet
FCW.com - Falls Church,VA,USA
... “Its role is changing to more of an archival piece because of the
falling prices of disk,” she said. “The archival piece is still very
necessary. ...
<http://www.fcw.com/article94344-05-15-06-Print>

Holographic Data Storage: Super Storage On Its Way
DQ Channels - Bangalore,India
... Despite all this doubt over the success of the technology, InPhase
and Maxell are confident that their technology can provide long archival
life with ...
<http://www.dqchannels.com/content/mirror/106051501.asp>

Love's letters lost
Scotsman - United Kingdom
... Judith Hudson Beattie of Winnipeg, undertook to open and read the 
archive
of mail ... to do this," recalls Beattie, who was then working as an 
archivist
with the ...
<http://living.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=727112006>




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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