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

ARCHIVESONE stays on buying bash
Waterbury Republican American - Waterbury,CT,USA
... The privately held records storage company, which made five such 
acquisitions
in 2005, said it acquired Raleigh Bonded Data Storage of Raleigh, NC,
and ...<http://www.rep-am.com/story.php?id=1131>

WHY new European data retention laws won't keep us safe
ITPRONTO (press release) - USA
Last month, the European Parliament passed far-reaching legislation 
concerning
data retention. Geared toward the telecommunications ...
<http://www.itpronto.com/external/rss/26898>

ILM and intelligent data management
Express Computers - Bombay,India
... Apart from the new data that is generated everyday, the strict data
retention policies and legal regulations to retain transactional data
over long periods is ...
<http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20060109/technology02.shtml>

VINCENNES resident picked to serve as state archivist
Indianapolis Star - United States
Gov. Mitch Daniels has picked Jim Corridan, Vincennes, as state 
archivist
and director of the Indiana Commission on Public Records. ...
<http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060106/NEWS01/60106
0478/1006>

WHAT business continuity is really all about.
Continuity Central (press release) - huddersfield,UK
... TV news reported a small haulage operator who had backed up all his
computer records, restored them at home and was ready for business 
except
that the police ...
<http://www.continuitycentral.com/feature0284.htm>

DEPT says it shreds files under legislation
Irish Medical News - Dublin,Ireland
by Julie-Anne Barnes. The Department of Health has confirmed to IMN that
it engages in shredding records under National Archives legislation. ...
<http://www.irishmedicalnews.ie/articles.asp?Category=news&ArticleID=1523
0>


HELEN Marsh retires from historical post
Shelbyville Times-Gazette - TN,USA
... As county archivist, Helen Marsh has kept busy over the years and 
has
been honored with the archives being named after her and her husband.
...
<http://www.t-g.com/story/1134140.html>

Jack London's lens on 1906 quake
Author's photos, never seen by public, get centennial show
- Carl Nolte, Chronicle Staff Writer
It is still magic after all these years: Slowly the black and white
image comes to life in the darkroom tray at the headquarters of the 
California
Historical Society in San Francisco. The picture is from another time,
but it is sharp and clear -- it is of a huge domed building, all in 
ruins,
as if it had been bombed.
<http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/01/06/BAGN3GI4NU1.D
TL&type=printable>
http://tinyurl.com/8k5oq

N the steps of Lewis and Clark
OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA
... and is so full of overwhelming detail that the shadows and deeds of
history ... taped voiceovers, a vast array of artifacts and historical
documents, this exhibit ...
<http://www.oregonlive.com/artsandevents/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/entert
ainment/1135985108222060.xml&coll=7>

MOST states treat autopsy reports as public records
MetroWest Daily News - Framingham,MA,USA
... of their autopsy results. In New Jersey, toxicology reports are 
public
records, but not autopsy photos. Autopsy records in California ...
<http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=118579
>

COUNTY hires archivist
Neosho Daily News - Neosho,MO,USA
... The pressing need for an archive facility stems from the fact that
county records are currently spread out "all over town" according to 
Presiding
<http://www.neoshodailynews.com/articles/2006/01/06/news/news01.txt>

EBAY pulls sale of inmate records
Edmonton Sun - Canada
... and includes his security reports and case-management files. ... but
said the public documents likely wouldn ... offences," according to 
National
Parole Board records.
<http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Edmonton/2006/01/06/1381542-sun.html>
NO exceptions for online records
Utica Observer Dispatch - Utica,NY,USA
... A bill before the state Assembly would prohibit the inclusion of 
personal
information, such as Social Security numbers, in public documents. ...
<http://www.uticaod.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060106/NEWS/60106031
4/1001>

SAVE vital archives
New Vision - Kampala,Uganda
VITAL information archives are being lost at various Government 
departments
as poor storage, weather and an inactive archival operation take their
toll. ...
<http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/14/474441>

ELECTRONIC Medical Records
MIT Technology Review - Cambridge,MA,USA
... in 1994, converting all their lab tests, notes and treatment 
guidelines
to digital files. ... turn to outside vendors to store and manage their
records over the ...
<http://www.technologyreview.com/InfoTech/wtr_12598,294,p1.html>

COUNTY employee fired over sensitive documents found in trash bin
Stockton Record - Stockton,CA,USA
... Allen said the files were originally misplaced following a move in
2004 ... He added that new procedures have been implemented requiring
documents to be inventoried ...
<http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060106/NEWS01/6010
60328/1001>

Patriot Ledger, Fri, 06 Jan 2006 8:20 PM PST
A treasure trove of local history: Researchers to have access to
Historical Society artifacts
http://ledger.southofboston.com/articles/2006/01/07/news/news05.txt
BRAINTREE - Printed nearly 200 years ago on a now-fragile piece of
parchment is the story of Samuel Tullyâ?Ts hanging. Convicted of 
piracy, Tully was
executed on a cold December day in 1820. The event was witnessed by an 
estimated
15,000 at the corner of C and Third Streets in South Boston.


9,240 victims, and counting
By Jeff Jacoby
Jan 5, 2006
The longest-ruling despot in the world is Fidel Castro, who seized 
power in Cuba 47 years ago this week. Like most dictators, Castro is a 
brazen liar, especially about his own regime. This, for example, is 
what he told an international conference in Havana in April 2001:
"There have never been death squads in our country, nor a single 
missing person, nor a single political assassination, nor a single 
victim of torture. . . . You may travel around the country, ask the 
people, look for a single piece of evidence, try to find a single case 
where the Revolutionary government has ordered or tolerated such an 
action. And if you find them, then I will never speak in public again."
<http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/jeffjacoby/2006/01/05/181088.htm
l>



Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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