RAIN 060912
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories 
related to records and archives management.

‘Ransom’ demand pays for free maps
FCW.com - Falls Church,VA,USA
Two years ago, a mountain biker, frustrated because he could not find 
free,
official topographic maps online, submitted a Freedom of Information Act
request to ...
<http://www.fcw.com/article95985-09-11-06-Print>

Embrace Freedom of Information Act, Whitehall urged
eGov monitor - London,UK
Government ministers and civil servants should have more confidence in
the Freedom of Information Act, a policy journal published today argues.
<http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/7524>

BC facility loses public's personal data
Victoria Times Colonist - Victoria,BC,Canada
... affected individuals could range in the hundreds of thousands or 
more,"
states the report, which was obtained by the Sun through the Freedom of
Information Act ...
<http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=e1b03e3e-
d043-4e64-9a09-415a24636751&k=71796>

Former employees' records thrown in unsecured trash
WTHR - Indianapolis,IN,USA
... grocery carts and in boxes inside Vekstar's old location are for 
shredding.
None of it was supposed to end up in the dumpster, especially the 
personnel
files. ...
<http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=5392760&nav=9Tai>

Author laments state of British libraries
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK
... The Museums, Libraries and Archives Authority recently announced 
library
book budgets might be cut and minimum standards for service set five 
years
ago would ...
<http://books.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1200480.php/Author_lame
nts_state_of_British_libraries>

The Voice of (Microprocessor) History
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
... early 1970s. Their first-person accounts animate a new DVD published
under the auspices of the Stanford Silicon Valley Archives. The ...
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=19&entry_id=879
6>

State To Examine Business Records Found In Dumpster
INDYchannel.com - Indianapolis,IN,USA
... the abandoned records. The statement said abandoned documents that
were "identifiable as sensitive in nature" were shredded. "All other 
files
that were not ...
<http://www.theindychannel.com/call6/9824917/detail.html>

Heritage Center expansion plans shown
Bismarck Tribune - ND, USA
... The first phase of the plan - a $5.7 million expansion of the 
"legally
mandated" state archives, investments in regional historic sites, 
investments
in county ...
<http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2006/09/12/news/local/120653.txt
>

Viewing public records free; copies will cost
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription) - Knoxville,TN,USA
... there's a small group of county residents - many dissatisfied with
the latest election results - that has repeatedly been making requests
for county records. ...
<http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/local_news/article/0,1406,KNS_347_4985028,00
.html>

Moving into the digital future
Hattiesburg American - Hattiesburg,MS,USA
... keeping electronic backups - not only so residents could access 
their
records more quickly, but also to protect nearly 100 years of county 
records
from flood ...
<http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060912/N
EWS01/609120315/1002>

Document Management Solution Turns a Good Deed for Barnstable ...
Market Wire (press release) - USA
... The Barnstable County Registry of Deeds is an office and library of
record, accepting documents that have met the minimal legal requirements
for recording as ...
<http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=162164>

FileNet P8 Platform Named 2006 Trend-Setting Product by KMWorld ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... for FileNet's family of ECM suites: Business Process Manager, 
Content
Manager, Email Manager, Forms Manager, Image Manager, Records Manager,
Team Collaboration ...
<http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/0
9-12-2006/0004430716&EDATE=>


Pity the historians of a deleted digital age
The Herald - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
... of our short-termism and our disregard of history, transferring our
records from the ... We, and our thoughts, are as dispensable as the 
delete
button we hit with ...
<http://www.theherald.co.uk/69819.shtml>

Free Guide Explains Storage Media Sanitization
Electronic Design - USA
... storage media. Is shredding important documents good enough? And 
what’s
the equivalent of the paper shredder for electronic media? A ...
<http://www.elecdesign.com/Articles/ArticleID/13459/13459.html>

Third of UK directors steal company secrets
VNUNet.com - UK
... than financial information [18 per cent] and client reports [14 per
cent], organisations have to be aware of their growing vulnerability to
corporate espionage ...
<http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2164035/three-uk-directors-steals>

Get the Go-Ahead on Compliance With Technology
Law.com (subscription) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... standards for dealing with those problems. He is a member of the 
Sedona
Working Group on Electronic Document Retention and Production.
<http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLT.jsp?id=1158051921118
>

BearingPoint and FileNet chase Real ID together
Washington Technology - Washington,DC,USA
... The solution also will help with record storage, and will lessen the
need to keep paper documents by validating and storing all documents 
electronically.
...
<http://www.washingtontechnology.com/news/1_1/daily_news/29286-1.html>


Consider compliance when choosing storage products
ComputerWeekly.com - UK
... days. As a municipal entity not bound by major regulations like SOX,
document retention and deletion are mandated through the court. ...
<http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/09/12/218445/Consider+compli
ance+when+choosing+storage+products.htm>

Groundbreaking Study on State of Compliance Readiness in North ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... to compliance-related technologies -- Fully a third of the 
respondents,
33%, say they have no corporate policy covering electronic records 
management
(nearly 20 ...
<http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/0
9-13-2006/0004431858&EDATE=>

Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance, Tue, 12 Sep 2006 5:15 AM PDT
First-of-Its-Kind Scanning Service Makes It Possible for Artists, 
Architects,
and Archivists to Inexpensively Preserve
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060912/20060912005046.html?.v=1
IRVINE, Calif.----Sept. 12, 2006--When it opened its doors this month, 
ArtdeSoul became the company in the U.S. to use a new Cruse scanning 
technology to offer artists, illustrators, photographers, museum 
curators, architects, and archivists a way to flawlessly scan their 
original works for preservation, reproduction, distribution, promotion, 
and sale.





Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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