RAIN 060324
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories
related to records and archives management.
Akron liable for records destruction
Canton Repository (subscription) - Canton,OH,USA
... said the city's interpretation would favor public agencies that
engaged
in the wholesale destruction of hundreds or even thousands of public
records
at the ...
<http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=275909&Category=13>
City should pay six-figure fine for destruction of records
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press - Arlington,VA,USA
... Asked by the US Court of Appeals in Cincinnati (6th Cir.) to clarify
state law regarding the destruction of public records, the Ohio Supreme
Court focused its ...
<http://www.rcfp.org/news/2006/0324-foi-citysh.html>
Court opens lawyer's case file after keeping it secret 8 years
Seattle Times - United States
... The Seattle Times countered by saying court files do not belong to
the parties. ... by Davis Wright Tremaine, a law firm with expertise in
open-records laws. ...
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002885641_yourcourts24m
.html>
NARA puts over 400,000 State Department records online
GCN.com - Washington,DC,USA
... State Department records and telegrams from 1973 and 1974. According
to NARA, the documents-from State's Central Foreign Policy Files
database-consist
of ...
<http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/40213-1.html>
Medical records found with other trash on Memphis Street
WMC-TV - Memphis,TN,USA
Medical records are supposed to be confidential, but at least six boxes
filled with medical records sitting on a curb on Madison Avenue amongst
other trash.. ...
<http://www.wmcstations.com/Global/story.asp?S=4674683>
Digital-records crusader
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
... Last week found him carrying out a rare assignment in his hometown,
visiting UCSF Medical Center to look at the hospital's medical records
systems. ...
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/03/24/BUGJCHSVTO1.
DTL>
Records may be used against HIV work
Gay People Chronicle - Cleveland,OH,USA
Cleveland--An anti-gay organization has made a huge public records
request
that appears to be aimed at harassing organizations that do HIV
prevention
work in ...
<http://www.gaypeopleschronicle.com/stories06/march/0324062.htm>
Wall Street Banker Quattrone Wins Right to New Trial (Update4)
Bloomberg - USA
... He said the experience led him to ``strongly advise'' Credit Suisse
employees to follow the bank's document retention policy, which called
for routine purging ...
<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aJpfffEl8rXg&refer=u
s>
Search National Archives and Records Administration Web Pages With ...
Search Engine Watch - USA
Gary Price reports on a new search engine named Web Harvest that enables
you to search governmental and military Web pages. The ...
<http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/060324-101521>
Tech bubble banker bounds free
Register - London,England,UK
... Faced with the investigations, CFSB had ordered staff to 'clean up
their files' and go on a shredding spree. (RIM's directive was ...
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/21/quattrone_walks/>
Secretary shredded documents
Disposal spurs Feb. 2 complaint
Former Poughkeepsie schools Superintendent Robert Watson's personal
secretary shredded documents last month at the district's College Avenue
offices, prompting authorities to confiscate a computer, paper files and
the shredded documents from the garbage outside the building.
[........]
<<http://www.pojonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060323/NEWS02/6032
30331&SearchID=73239439465575>>
Government tries to break evidence logjam
Anchorage Daily News - Anchorage,AK,USA
... has returned six boxes of original records pertaining to ... The
defense
says those documents were provided because ... have told the defense to
retain those files. ...
<http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/7560723p-7472004c.html>
Jock Carroll's 'Marilyn' and other photos go to National Archive
CBC.ca - Alberta, Canada
The National Library and Archives in Ottawa has obtained an enormous
photograph
collection from the estate of Canadian photojournalist Jock Carroll. ...
<http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2006/03/24/jock-carroll.html>
GAO: HHS must improve information security
ComputerWorld - USA
... in the amount of data sent via email have made email storage a key
... systems are vulnerable to unauthorized access, use, modification and
destruction that could ...
<http://www.computerworld.com/governmenttopics/government/story/0,10801,1
09886,00.html>
Fed up with tape, hospital moves to storage jukebox
ComputerWorld - USA
... waste.". The hospital first began using an optical jukebox from
Plasmon
Plc. in Melbourne, UK, for medical records storage in 2001. At ...
<http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/storage/story/0,10801,109880
,00.html>
Got a collection? Historical Society wants you this Sunday
High Springs Heralds - High Springs,FL,USA
ALACHUA - The Alachua Historical Society is asking residents to dust
off their collections - from salt and pepper shakers to chewed gum -
for the very ...
<http://www.highspringsherald.com/articles/2006/03/23/news/news25.txt>
City cedes control of history museums
Detroit Free Press - United States
BY MARISOL BELLO. Daily operations of the Dossin Great Lakes Museum on
Belle Isle were given to the Detroit Historical Society as a way to save
Detroit money. ...
<http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060323/NEWS01/60323052
1/1001/NEWS>
Disaster Plans List Pecking Orders for Those Left Standing
Washington Post - United States
... Under this week's memo, if the archivist and his deputy are unable
to serve, power devolves to the assistant archivist for administration,
followed by the ...
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/23/AR200603
2301694.html>
Bringing Nixon on Board
Washington Post - United States
... Finally, the "Vietnam and the Presidency" conference held earlier
this
month at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston was the
first
conference ...
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/23/AR200603
2301551.html>
Clinton library head visits Dallas
smudailycampus.com - Dallas,TX,USA
The chairman of the William J. Clinton Foundation spoke before The Real
Estate Council in Dallas Thursday about the impact a presidential
library
can have. ...
<http://www.smudailycampus.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/03/24/4423854ecfe
4f>
Visitors passing on presidents' libraries
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - TX,USA
... heard of presidential libraries," said Susan Donius, deputy
assistant
archivist for presidential ... The National Archives is examining why
attendance is down and ...
<http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/
032406dntexpreslibraries.10b88e4.html>
'Microcheesery' sues, claims theft of secrets
The Coloradoan - Fort Collins,CO,USA
... Cheese Co. to stop making cheese. Tom Johnson said they are seeking
$522,000, alleging the theft of trade secrets was intentional. ...
<http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060324/BUSINESS/6
03240336/1046>
SEC throws out Quattrone lifetime ban by NASD
Reuters - USA
... The NASD had said the ban resulted from Quattrone's refusal to
testify
in an NASD probe into his role in possible document destruction and
obstruction
of ...
<http://today.reuters.com/business/newsarticle.aspx?type=tnBusinessNews&s
toryID=nN24221672&imageid=&cap=>
BBC News, Fri, 24 Mar 2006 1:44 PM PST
Island archive opening to public
<<http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/europe/jersey/4842738.stm>>
People living in Jersey will be able to find out more about the history
of their
homes at the Jersey Archive Centre on Saturday.
FCW.com, Thu, 23 Mar 2006 2:55 PM PST
Audio archives could become inaccessible, engineers warn
http://www.fcw.com/article92721-03-23-06-Web&RSS=yes
The recording tape and records that contain much of America's audio
heritage
could become inaccessible in the next few decades, sound engineers
warn. They
are urging organizations responsible for maintaining audio archives to
focus on
better digitization techniques and training in an effort to preserve
the sound,
according to a study released this week that was requested by Congress.
The
The Morning Journal, Fri, 24 Mar 2006 0:17 AM PST
Police probing records mess
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16366126&BRD=1699&PAG=461&dept_
id=46371&rfi=6
VERMILION -- Vermilion police Chief Robert Kish said yesterday that he
plans to
present information to the Erie County Prosecutor's Office regarding
allegations
of missing and deleted files and inappropriate materials placed on
computer hard
drives at City Hall prior to Mayor Jean Anderson's administration
taking office.
Stolen Corporate Laptops Continue to Expose Employees and Customers to
Financial Loss and Possible Identity Theft
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Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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