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Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories
related to records and archives management.
Police blotter: Ex-employee faces suit over file deletion
By Declan McCullagh
URL: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6048449.html
Still Secret After All These Years
Washington Post - United States
... spawns conflicting impressions. On the one hand, these institutions
are part of a national treasure trove of archival riches. ...
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/10/AR200603
1002039.html>
CLARK COUNTY RECORDER: Deane's records seized
Las Vegas Review-Journal - Las Veagas,NV,USA
Las Vegas police searched Clark County Recorder Frances Deane's office
and home Tuesday, confiscating boxes of documents as part of an
investigation
into ...
<http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Mar-08-Wed-2006/news/6252699
.html>
You're immortal now, Jock
Toronto Sun - Canada
... more than 21,000 photographs, personal files, manuscripts and other
materials to Library and Archives Canada (LAC), the national archivist
announced yesterday. ...
<http://torontosun.com/News/TorontoAndGTA/2006/03/11/1482878-sun.html>
Privacy worries motivate requests to close records
Grand Forks Herald - Grand Forks,ND,USA
... theft, rather than fears of terrorism, have motivated many of the
North
Dakota Legislature's recent proposals to deny access to public records,
an Associated ...
<http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/14076432.htm>
Hospitals work on e-records
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - St. Louis,MO,USA
Around the region and across the nation, hospitals and even some
physicians'
offices are creating electronic medical records to hold the health
histories
of ...
<http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/0/8CF104E1F5D4F9A8
8625712E0014ADF9?OpenDocument>
Insurance and Technology, Fri, 10 Mar 2006 3:58 PM PST
Crawling for Compliance
http://www.insurancetech.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=181500435
To help insurers manage records and meet compliance goals, FileNet
released FileNet Records Crawler, a rules-based solution that helps
manage
e-mail, documents and software throughout all C drives within the
network of an
organization.
San Diego Union-Tribune, Fri, 10 Mar 2006 7:02 PM PST
Task force to look into e-mail practices after Ewell disclosures
http://www.uniontrib.com/news/metro/20060310-1604-missingsemails.html
SAN DIEGO, 4:04 p.m. March 10 (SIGNONSANDIEGO): An investigation was
initiated Friday into the city's document retention practices after it
was
learned that about 8,800 e-mails from former San Diego City Manager
Lamont Ewell had
been deleted.
"The Open Records Blues" recorded in time for "Sunshine Week"
WBAY - Green Bay,WI,USA
A singing commentator for a Wisconsin Public Television news and public
affairs program has recorded a ditty about the state's open records law
in time for a ...
<http://www.wbay.com/Global/story.asp?S=4618160>
Wipe out your hard disk, go directly to jail
Email Battles - Bettendorf,IA,USA
ajg: The US Court of Appeals 7th Circuit reinstated a suit filed against
a firm's former employee, decreeing that shredding files on a
company-owned
laptop ...
<http://www.trimmail.com/news/elsewhere/data/1142028283.86/>
Ford Opens Up Photo Archives for Collectors
Edmunds.com/Inside Line - Santa Monica,CA,USA
... What this means to you: This is unheard-of access to one of the most
sought-after automotive archives in the world - and a great way for
Ford to make some ...
<http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=109601>
Investigation of Ewell's deleted e-mails launched
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
... He said the records request was sent to the Information Technology
and Communications Department and the San Diego Data Processing Corp.,
a nonprofit company ...
<http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20060311-9999-7m11ewell.html>
Women's War Records Online
50 Connect - UK
... fortunate that these 7,000 odd files were the ... demographic that
appears the least in historical records.". Making these documents
available
online allows the ...
<http://50connect.co.uk/50c/gene.asp?article=14124>
Montana Historical Society wins $150,000 Preserve America grant
KAJ News - Kalispell,MT,USA
The grant was awarded to the Montana Historical Society through a White
House initiative. ... Melisa Kaiser Synness is grant manager for the
historical
society. ...
<http://www.kaj18.com/Global/story.asp?S=4616462>
The Thomaston Times, Wed, 08 Mar 2006 11:40 AM PST
Keeping History Alive
http://www.thomastontimes.com/articles/2006/03/08/news/news01.txt
A joint project by the Upson Historical Society and Thomaston-Upson
Archives is helping tell the untold stories of America's greatest
generation.
Norwich Bulletin, Sat, 11 Mar 2006 3:12 AM PST
New historian oversees Putnam's past
http://www.norwichbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060311/NEWS01
/603110335/1002/NEWS01
PUTNAM -- The new town historian does not have a formal education in
history, he just has a thing for the past. "I enjoy all of history, the
Colonial
period especially, but my favorite time is around the Civil War, just
the time
before the automobile," William Pearsall, 58, said.
Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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