RAIN 060116
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories 
related to records and archives management.

INVESTIGATION launched into leak of Lange papers
Radio New Zealand - Wellington,New Zealand
... Lange's documents were requested and approved, but an archivist 
inadvertently
handed over an entire box of material. Ms Macaskill says the archive 
will
review ...
<http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/bulletins/radionz/200601161739/3dcb22f8>

RELEASE of top secret papers "an honest mistake"
National Business Review - New Zealand
... papers were released. Ms Macaskill says ministers' papers often 
contain
classified documents which should have been weeded out.
<http://www.nbr.co.nz/home/column_article.asp?id=14052&cid=15&cname=Polit
ics>

ARCHIVES admits fault in release of secret report
Stuff.co.nz - Wellington,New Zealand
... Chief archivist Dianne Mackaskill today said although the report was
held and catalogued as part of ... The report had been handed over by
Archives staff in error. ...
<http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3542051a10,00.html>

ACCESS control white papers
Security Park - Winkfield,UK
... has become critical as network attacks and data theft become more 
...
Endpoints are gateways to the entire network, where trade secrets, 
personnel
records and ...
<http://www.securitypark.co.uk/article.asp?articleid=24819&CategoryID=1>

CINGULAR obtains restraining order against online call-record ...
RCRNews.com - Golden,CO,USA
... the subscriber whose records they are trying to get. Cingular urged
its customers to protect their accounts by adding a password and 
shredding
documents. ...
<http://rcrnews.com/news.cms?newsId=25339>

BIOTECH company sues former UConn professor over trade secrets
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
(AP) _ A former University of Connecticut chemical engineering professor
is being sued by a biotechnology company that claims he gave away trade
secrets. ...
<http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/connecticut/ny-bc-ct--professorsu
ed0116jan16,0,7457496.story?coll=ny-region-apconnecticut>

UNDER new law, New Yorkers told about identity security breaches
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
... fraud and protection bureau for the state attorney general's office,
said so far there have not been any instances similar to last's year 
ChoicePoint
Inc. ...
<http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--identitylaw0116
jan16,0,3748484.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork>

ATTEMPT to Steal Vital Korean LCD Technology Foiled
Chosun Ilbo - Seoul,South Korea
... Park is accused of conspiring with Bae in March 2004 to obtain nine
confidential documents about production of TFT-LCDs and receiving 
another
document from the ...
<http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200601/200601160018.html>

FINALLY, a reliable, long-term archive system
Seattle Times - United States
... The clever people at Primera realized that with the proper software,
the Bravo XR could be turned into the perfect optical archival system.
...
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002742535_btso
ho16.html>

COURT records may go online
Utica Observer Dispatch - Utica,NY,USA
UTICA -- Civil and criminal court records may be the next public 
documents
available online in Oneida County as the state court system undertakes
an effort to ...
<http://www.uticaod.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060116/NEWS/60116030
4/1001>

SIDES meet on information
Utica Observer Dispatch - Utica,NY,USA
... Attorneys need to be cognizant of what information appears in public
documents, and there has to be ways to protect personal information from
being disseminated ...
<http://www.uticaod.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060116/NEWS/60116031
3/1001>

THE Long Arm of Compliance
NewsFactor Network - Woodland Hills,CA,USA
... Create and document an information security policy for your business
and ensure ... SMB more resilient to disaster because of improved 
records
retention and data ...
<http://www.newsfactor.com/news/The-Long-Arm-of-Compliance/story.xhtml?st
ory_id=1000039HJTOO>


D-Lib Magazine, Mon, 16 Jan 2006 10:01 AM PST
Don't Leave the Data in the Dark
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/january06/linden/01linden.html
Digitization has the potential to transform scholarly use of data found
in print
statistical publications.

NPR, Mon, 16 Jan 2006 4:30 PM PST
Archives Help Businesses Learn from Mistakes
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5077178&ft=1&f=1006
The documents, products and records a company keeps in its archive help
it to create institutional memories -- good and bad. Nike turns to 
shoes in
its archives to be reminded of past successes and failures.




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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