RAIN 060322
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories 
related to records and archives management.

CBC Ottawa, Mon, 20 Mar 2006 2:52 PM PST
Family discovers 75-year-old city hall flag in basement 
http://www.cbc.ca/ottawa/story/ot-unionflag20060320.html?ref=rss
A 75-year-old union flag that once flew above Ottawa's original city 
hall has
been recovered. "We know so little about the original building, so it's 
just a
tangible piece of that building that's come back," said city archivist 
David
Bullock.

BBC News, Mon, 20 Mar 2006 7:10 PM PST
Campaign to save ancient map 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/england/norfolk/4827296.stm
The push is on to raise the "substantial" sum to keep an ancient map of 
Diss in
Norfolk.

NPR, Wed, 22 Mar 2006 12:19 PM PST
Mixed Signals 
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5295188
Assistant Archivist for Administration Assistant Archivist for Records 
Services,
Washington, D.C. Assistant Archivist for Regional Records Services 
Assistant
Archivist for Presidential Libraries Assistant Archivist for 
Information
Services Director of the Federal Register Director, National Personnel 
Records
Center Director, Jimmy Carter Library "

RAID on steroids
CMPnetAsia - Singapore
... Backup is the largest consumer of data storage in the enterprise. 
...
suggested by Santilli include content and document management, records
management, and ...
<http://www.cmpnetasia.com/oct3_nw_viewart.cfm?Artid=28489&Catid=5&subcat
=51&section=Features>

SUBJECT: Designation of Officers of the National Archives and ...
Whitehouse.gov (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
... This memorandum supersedes the Presidential Memorandum of March 19,
2002, entitled, "Designation of Officers of the National Archives and
Records Administration ...
<http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/03/20060322-2.html>

Quattrone's Court Victory May Help Only Quattrone
Bloomberg - USA
... wrote. Char quoted from the company's document retention and 
destruction
policy and urged everyone to ``catch up on file cleanup.''. ...
<http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000039&refer=columnist_woolne
r&sid=aX8Z6FMpaP8E>


Perry appoints McDaniel to state records panel
MyWestTexas.com - Midland,TX,USA
... Other board members are Texas State Archivist Christopher LaPlante
and Cynthia Beeman of Austin, Suzanne Campbell of San Angelo, Houston
McGaugh of Washington ...
<http://www.mywesttexas.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16349885&BRD=2288&PAG=46
1&dept_id=475621&rfi=6>

Suspect in Corning spy case seeks plea deal
Elmira Star-Gazette - Elmira,NY,USA
... trade secrets has been postponed for plea-bargaining discussions. 
...
Lin's next appearance is scheduled for May 23. Lin faces a charge of 
theft
of trade secrets. ...
<http://www.stargazettenews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060322/BUSIN
ESS/603220325>

Jury decides fight over trade secrets of Roanoke company
WDBJ7.com - Roanoke,VA,USA
... took orders that were made out to Mario and had them diverted over
to his new company." Scutellaro says Cook stole customer lists and other
trade secrets. ...
<http://www.wdbj7.com/Global/story.asp?S=4658229&nav=S6aK>

Social Security numbers masked in online documents
Youngstown Vindicator - Youngstown,OH,USA
... leases, soldiers' discharge papers, federal tax liens and power of
attorney records. ... Citizens may check their files on the Mahoning 
County
Recorder's Web site ...
<http://www.vindy.com/content/local_regional/312760016733934.php>

Collective consciousness
Detroit Metro Times - Detroit,MI,USA
... tracts, Brad Duncan calls his hoard an "amateur historical archive."
It encompasses ... 8,500-plus piece collection to a friend and fellow
archivist in Pennsylvania ...
<http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=9018>

Historical society looks for answers to old photo puzzles
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - GA, USA
... be remembered. But today their images sit among hundreds of photos
at the Gwinnett Historical Society marked as "unknown.". If they ...
<http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/gwinnett/stories/0322gwxphotos.ht
ml>


What Quattrone Means for Enron
TIME - USA
... a crime when telling subordinates via e-mail to " clean up" their 
files
during a ... jury was wrongly told it could convict the firm for 
shredding
documents during ...
<http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1175524,00.html>

Giving yesterday to tomorrow
Valley City Times Record - Valley City,ND,USA
... The veterans? oral history project has been equally successful, with
wartime reminiscences archived here, in the state archives in Bismarck,
and in the ...
<http://www.times-online.com/articles/2006/03/22/news/05yesterday.txt>

City Finds 9,000 Missing City Manager E-Mails
NBC Sandiego.com - San Diego,CA,USA
... Aguirre said. "That investigation is very active. We are involved in
interviewing people about the destruction of the records.". ...
<http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/8187858/detail.html>

Kenya [editorial]: Kenya Needs a Freedom of Information Act Now
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
... What Kenya really needs is a Freedom of Information Act that will 
provide
for the release of unclassified information by Government departments
and agencies on ...
<http://allafrica.com/stories/200603220590.html>

Management Software Catches On
Enterprise Storage Forum - Darien,CT,USA
... data retention requirements while better managing total cost of 
ownership
and improving recovery, a so-called information lifecycle management 
(ILM)
approach. ...
<http://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/management/features/article.php/35
93516>

Exhibit pays tribute to the Boston Symphony
Boston Globe - United States
... Barbara Perkel, an assistant archivist for the BSO, said she hopes
the exhibit of photographs and memorabilia makes people realize there's
"more to the ...
<http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/03/22/exhib
it_pays_tribute_to_the_boston_symphony>


Human error sends data down the toilet
ZDNet.com.au - Australia
More than a third of data loss from digital storage media is caused by
human error, undermining the potential business benefits of cheaper, 
higher
capacity ...
<http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Human_error_sends_data_down_th
e_toilet/0,2000061733,39247497,00.htm>

How a nearly forgotten relic of Ottawa's past was released from ...
Ottawa Citizen - Ottawa,Ontario,Canada
... Just this month, when it finally makes its way to the city archives
to be unfurled, the archivists marvel: It is the flag, singe marks still
visible, that flew ...
<http://www.canada.com/ottawa/news/city/story.html?id=25c212b6-ca9c-4d37-
b5f8-ab017a88c625&k=95420>

Kingsport attorney making case to prove painting is genuine Titian
Kingsport Times News - Kingsport,TN,USA
... numerals well, and recorded instead the 1540 date a forgotten 
archivist
wrote on ... De Groft found the original letter in the Mantua state 
archive
and confirmed ...
<http://www.timesnews.net/communityArticle.dna?_StoryID=3614531>

Court Overturns Quattrone Conviction
New York Times - United States
... he was never told which documents were covered by the subpoenas and
that the company?s lawyers never suspended the firm?s document retention
policy, as had ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/20/business/20cnd-star.html?hp&ex=1142917
200&en=e1940936b0ecde45&ei=5094&partner=homepage>




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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