RAIN 060301
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories 
related to records and archives management.

BURGLARS snatch MP's vital files
Rochdale Observer - UK
... "While I would like to assure the public that we do have a back-up
system, some highly-confidential documents have been taken," he said.
<http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/news/s/209/209875_burglars_snatch_mps_
vital_files.html>

WHEREABOUTS of court papers from trial remain a mystery
Miami Herald - FL,USA
... Who gave Sotheby's the stamped original? Were other Morrison 
documents
being auctioned? Enter Gordon Winslow, the clerk's historian and 
archivist.
<http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/13986086.htm>

'CARELESSNESS' led to dumping files
Providence Journal (subscription) - Providence,RI,USA
... important records, such as court files, should have ... than others
at dealing with records, Mulhearn said. ... for the destruction of 
sensitive
documents that contain ...
<http://www.projo.com/northwest/content/projo_20060301_landfill.12fc9d64.
html>

NEW Garda inquiry on theft of patient files likely
Irish Times - Ireland
... an agenda to harm him" had removed the documents. ... Garda 
investigation
into the missing files ended in ... scheme, particularly for women whose
records are missing ...
<http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/front/2006/0301/538280927HMLOURDESFRONT
.html>

OPEN records bill faulted as court gets oversight
Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati,OH,USA
... "The last thing you want an open records bill to do is close 
records,"
said Catherine Turcer, legislative director with Ohio Citizen Action.
<http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060301/NEWS01/6030
10400/1056>

NAVIGATING The Data Minefield
CIO Asia - Singapore
... These procedures should include the identification of document 
retention
policies, including hard copy, microform (microfilm and microfiche), and
electronic ...
<http://cio-asia.com/ShowPage.aspx?pagetype=2&articleid=3488&pubid=5&issu
eid=83>


ELECTRONIC Medical Records: Helping Keep Disaster at Bay
DMReview.com - New York,NY,USA
More and more doctors are realizing that electronic medical records 
(EMR)
not only optimize operations, reduce costs and improve care - but also
serve as an ...
<http://www.dmreview.com/article_sub.cfm?articleId=1048527>

LEVELS of Storage and Service
Inside Self-Storage - Phoenix,AZ,USA
... As a provider of records storage in a self-storage environment, you
have options when it comes to your level of service, which depend on 
human
and financial ...
<http://www.insideselfstorage.com/articles/631recor.html>

ELECTRONIC medical records targeted by ID thieves
Scripps Howard News Service - Washington,DC,USA
... As medical and dental offices digitize, patient records also become
easier to steal. Paper files that once occupied 20 feet of 
floor-to-ceiling
file space and ...
<http://www.shns.com/shns/g_index2.cfm?action=detail&pk=MEDICAL-03-01-06>


GUATEMALAN Police Files May Reveal Secrets
Guardian Unlimited - UK
... Security, a non-governmental group helping to analyze and protect 
the
Guatemalan files. ``They detail everything, not like US declassified 
documents
that come ...
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5656209,00.html>

SAFEGUARDING Data Has Companies Locking Digital Files
Engineering News-Record - New York,NY,USA
... security advisor. RMS controls can be applied to Microsoft Office 
documents,
including PowerPoint, Excel and Word files. Third-party ...
<http://enr.ecnext.com/coms2/summary_0271-25285_ITM>

STOLEN computer contained state workers' Social Security numbers
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
... The laptop was stolen Dec. 28 from a Medco employee doing a routine
audit of prescription drug transactions while out of the office ...
<http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--stolencompute
r0228feb28,0,679708.story?coll=ny-region-apnewjersey>


CAN Legislation Stop Identity Theft?
TechNewsWorld - Sherman Oaks,CA,USA
... The recent US$15 million settlement between ChoicePoint and the 
Federal
Trade Commission (FTC) signals regulators have cranked up the heat on
companies that ...
<http://www.technewsworld.com/story/49099.html>

INTERNATIONAL Evaluation of Finland's National Archives Service
eFinland - Finland
... 1 March, 2006 -- An international expert Panel has evaluated the 
Finnish
National Archives Service (NAS), which comprises the National Archive
and seven ...
<http://e.finland.fi/netcomm/news/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=48426>

YAHOO! Sues Mforma Over Trade Secrets
GameDAILY BIZ - USA
... These trade secrets apparently involved technology that enables 
content
to be easily transferred to ... we felt compelled to do in order to stop
the theft and make ...
<http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/feature/?id=11985>

PRIVACY Rights in Self-Storage
Inside Self-Storage - Phoenix,AZ,USA
... unauthorized access or use. He can handle the disposal himself or 
hire
a third-party document-destruction service. In most instances ...
<http://www.insideselfstorage.com/articles/631feat9.html>

MUG Shot Archives: Library Unearths Criminal History
Style Weekly - Richmond,VA,USA
... Both her image and her story would have been forgotten if Roger 
Christman,
a senior archivist with the Library of Virginia, hadn't taken an 
interest
in ...
<http://www.styleweekly.com/article.asp?idarticle=11866>

ARCHIVES for Africa and beyond
RSC - London,UK
The launch of the programme Archives for Africa in London, UK, was 
preceded
last week by an announcement by RSC president Simon Campbell at the 
inaugural
<http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2006/March/01030602.asp>


LIBRARY escapes near-disaster
Michigan Technological University Online Lode - Houghton,MI,USA
... She added though, that the water did come perilously close to some
very valuable materials. "There was some dripping in the Archives, but
it was in the ...
<http://www.mtulode.com/index.php?issuedate=&section=12&artid=5181>

LAWRENCE Walsh: Record-keeping snafus costly as well as ...
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
... the documentation to a clerk in the recorder of deeds office. 
Unfortunately,
she didn't notice the envelope contained two original documents from the
SBA that ...
<http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06060/662758.stm>

THE Price of Privacy
Government Technology - Folsom,CA,USA
... heard civil complaints about numbers appearing on public documents
-- especially veterans ... "The Social Security numbers are right there
on mortgages and deeds.". ...
<http://www.govtech.net/magazine/story.php?id=98593>

HITTING delete isn't enough
Metro Toronto - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
... Shredding machines may be enough to permanently destroy physical 
documents.
... "Anyone that has any experience with computers can re-establish the
files and get ...
<http://www.metronews.ca/worksmart_news.asp?id=14360>




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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