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

E-Discovery Equations: In-House or Outsourced?
Special to Law.com

As firmwide litigation technology manager for Morrison Foerster,
columnist James E. McKenna has often heard some big questions: "What's 
the best way to
handle e-discovery? Specifically, which aspects of it should you handle
yourself and which should you pay someone else to worry about?" The 
many answers
result from equations involving various amounts of money, talent, time 
and, believe
it or not, the attention spans of those involved. For tips on how to 
operate
in this gray area, read on.
http://www.law.com/jsp/ltn/pubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1144672793084

ARE YOUR SOFTWARE SERVICES COMPLIANT?
In case you haven't noticed, just about every part of the IT
infrastructure must comply with some regulation or other.
http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=11F4C55:1F3E570

Old records reveal tidbits from Waco's past
Waco Tribune Herald - Waco,TX,USA
... deeds, birth certificates and other dusty documents of days ... 
buffs
heard tales from the files and were ... conducted in the McLennan County
Records Building next ...
<http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/news/stories/2006/04/28/04282006wac
records.html>

Jewish history buffs mine Rutgers libraries special collection
New Jersey Jewish News - Whippany,NJ,USA
... of the synagogues are represented by copies of documents only, like
... in New Brunswick but are unaware of the records available at ... I
looked up case files of the ...
<http://www.njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/042706/sxJewishHistoryBuff.html>

Tiered storage is only one part of ILM
Infostor magazine - Tulsa,OK,USA
Information lifecycle management (ILM) requires tools for tasks such as
information classification, data classification, and data movement in
conjunction with ...
<http://www.infostor.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ARTCL&ARTIC
LE_ID=253698&VERSION_NUM=2&p=23>


Data storage firm apologizes for loss of railroad data tapes
Boston Globe - United States
... In February 2005, Bank of America Corp. said it had lost tapes 
containing
personal financial information for 1.2 million accounts of federal 
employees.
<http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2006/04/28/data_storage_fi
rm_apologizes_for_loss_of_railroad_data_tapes>

National Archives weighs Great Park site
OCRegister - Orange County,CA,USA
By JEFF ROWE. IRVINE — The National Archives is looking into moving its
regional offices and materials to the Great Park. The office ...
<http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1121301.php>

Orange County records 13 millionth Official Records document
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
Orange County Comptroller Martha O. Haynie and her staff hit an unusual
milestone on Thursday as they recorded the 13 millionth document in the
Official ...
<http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/stories/2006/04/24/daily44.html>

The National e-Governance Plan
Express Computers - Bombay,India
... will cover 10 main areas—including land records, property 
registration
... such as record keeping, revenue collection and data storage,” 
recalls
Chandrashekhar. ...
<http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20060501/market01.shtml>

Loss of critical data not new for company
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
... lost computer tapes containing the Social Security numbers of 
600,000
past and present Time Warner Inc. workers, according to published 
reports.
<http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-lilirr0428,0,6433071.sto
ry?coll=ny-top-headlines>

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Wed, 26 Apr 2006 8:48 PM PDT
VCU's iconic images fill book, while disappearing from campus
http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD

_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1137835618259&path=!news&s=1045855934842
They tore up the cobblestones at Virginia Commonwealth University's
Shafer Court yesterday. There was no ceremony, and there were probably 
no tears shed
for the bumpy old stones, which will be replaced by the 
pedestrian-friendly
bricks and concrete that are overtaking VCU.


Some Archives Files Wrongly Kept Secret
Washington Post - United States
The CIA and other agencies wrongly kept secret about a third of the 
records
they pulled from public shelves at the National Archives during 
reclassification
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/26/AR200604
2602387.html>

Electronic storage can help clear clutter
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - MO, United States
... Blum’s firm suggests keeping a variety of legal documents 
permanently:
contracts, deeds, mortgages, bills of sale, trademarks, patents and 
copyrights.
<http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/0/67CC1D9542044FC4
8625715D007D6EBF?OpenDocument>

Vermont Loses Laptop Loaded with Student & Faculty Data
Consumer Affairs - USA
... to another data breach when a hacker used a stolen information 
technology
employee's password to send out a campus-wide e-mail describing the 
laptop
theft. ...
<http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2006/04/vt_laptop_theft.html>

City history may get boxed
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
Anna Uremovich, the archivist in the Mesa Room at the Mesa Library, is
used to handling strange and difficult requests. Uremovich ...
<http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/mesa/articles/0428mr-mesaroom04
28Z11.html>

Barnabas hosts island treasures
Guernsey Weekly Press - Vale,Guernsey,UK
... ready to share our treasures with the public,’ said island archivist
Darryl Ogier ... last day with it yesterday, co-ordinated the transfer
of archives from its ...
<http://www.thisisguernsey.com/code/shownewsarticle.pl?ArticleID=000540>




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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