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Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories 
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Compliance Means Regulation, Claims Report
IDM.net.au - Strawberry Hills,NSW,Australia
... Australia and New Zealand are considered by many in the ECM 
environment
to be more developed in terms of document - and records - management.
<http://www.idm.net.au/story.asp?id=7394>

ArchivesOne makes 4th Carolina purchase in just over a year
Waterbury Republican American - Waterbury,CT,USA
... The Middlebury-based records storage company said Tuesday it has 
acquired
Tri City Records Management of Greensboro, NC Financial terms of the 
deal
were not ...
<http://www.rep-am.com/story.php?id=11200>

Malaysia's New BCM Guidelines
ZDNet Asia - Asia
... There are detailed requirements for vital records storage and 
transportation
(Section 2.8), including use of an "environmentally secure" back up 
site.
<http://www.zdnetasia.com/blog/bcp/0,39056819,39390653,00.htm>

: How to Redact Electronic Files
NewsReleaseWire.com (press release) - USA
... This works with paper, but does not work with electronic documents
because the settings can ... Files saved in a TXT format can not save
hidden code, so what you ...
<http://www.expertclick.com/NewsReleaseWire/default.cfm?Action=ReleaseDet
ail&ID=13513>

CIOs choked by storage costs, complexity
SearchSMB.com - Needham,MA,USA
... The proliferation of data, as well as compliance and other legal 
regulations,
is creating a data retention nightmare for companies that they can't 
seem
to wake ...
<http://searchsmb.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid44_gci121090
8,00.html>

Industrial Espionage: When Employees Get an Offer They Can't ...
Stratfor - USA
... Cola Co. was promptly turned over to authorities after he attempted
to sell trade secrets to rival Pepsi for $1.5 million. The most ...
<http://www.stratfor.com/products/premium/read_article.php?id=272735>


Former patients concerned about privacy over found records
WAVY-TV - Portsmouth,VA,USA
... dental records belonging to Dr. Yolanda Price, discarded in this 
dumpster,
Patton has frantically searched for any information regarding her 
family's
files. ...
<http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=5280000&nav=23iiPNBb>

Moon landing tapes: Is the original really better?
KHOU (subscription) - Houston,TX,USA
... They were also at the National Archive along with billions of 
documents.
“It’s not an easy task sorting out exactly where they might be. ...
<http://www.khou.com/news/local/houstonmetro/stories/khou060815_cd_moonta
pes6.276e4b5.html>

Evidence in double jeopardy at warehouse
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - TX,USA
The aging brick warehouse where Dallas police store evidence is in such
poor shape that staffers fear it could burn down, destroying evidence
and threatening ...
<http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/08160
6dnmetpropertyroom.32617b0.html>

Computerworld
Survey: 81% of U.S. firms lost laptops with sensitive data in the past 
year (August 16 2006, 12:00AM)
More than three-quarters of U.S. companies that responded to a recent 
survey said they lost laptops in the past year that held sensitive 
data, and many weren't sure if they could even determine exactly what 
data might be missing.
<<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic
&articleId=9002493>>

Alleged IP Theft Opens Door to Better Security (August 07 2006, 12:00AM)
Security Manager's Journal: An investigation into the alleged theft of 
intellectual property gives Mathias Thurman the leverage he needs to 
boost security.
<<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic
&articleId=112594>>

No Data Left Behind: Dealing With Disposal (July 31 2006, 12:00AM)
C.J. Kelly finds that government mandates mean you can't just donate 
your old computer hardware to a worthy nonprofit.
<<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic
&articleId=112502>>

Privacy Predicament: How To Protect Customers' Data (August 07 2006, 
12:00AM)
As threats multiply, companies know that they must keep their 
customers' private information safe to stay in business and out of 
trouble with the law. Here's how they're doing it.
<<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic
&articleId=112559>>

EnterpriseContentManagementConnection-ECM, Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:51 AM PDT
Indian River Community College Manages Over 1,000,000 Student Records 
With Fortis Document Management
http://www.ecmconnection.com/content/news/article.asp?docid=15932fc9-a647
-4d83-b6d1-bcdf050ec7cd&atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a
Westbrook Technologies, Inc. announced today that Indian River 
Community College (IRCC), in Fort Pierce, Florida, a user of 
Westbrook's Fortis document management system, has passed a milestone 
of 1 million documents electronically managed for student records, 
financial aid, finance and accounting, and public records.




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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