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U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News, Tue, 13 Jun 2006 12:13 PM PDT
Michael Kurtz to Discuss America and Return of Nazi Contraband: The
Recovery of Europe's Cultural Treasures at National
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20060613/pl_usnw/michael_kurtz_to_discuss_am

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On Wednesday, June 28, at noon, the National Archives will host a
lecture by Dr. Michael J. Kurtz, Assistant Archivist for Records
Services at the
National Archives. Dr. Kurtz will discuss the topic America and the
Return of
Nazi Contraband: The Recovery of Europe's Cultural Treasures. This
program
is free and open to the public, and will take place in the William G.
McGowan
Theater of the
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Fascinating detail revealed by cache of old documents
Phuket Gazette - Phuket,Thailand
Suntree Sungayuth, Chief Archivist at the National Archives in Trang,
told
the Gazette that some of 70,000 pages of official documents date back
a century or so ...
<http://www.phuketgazette.net/news/index.asp?fromsearch=yes&Id=5045>

School district hooks up affordable compliance archive
Search Storage - USA
... Most of the school's records are still kept on paper, under a filing
system ... retention, the setting can be easily changed so that TISD can
delete email data ...
<http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid5_gci119
4091,00.html>

Unifying Culture
Mount Vernon Gazette - VA,USA
... Jackie Cohan, Alexandria’s archivist, said she played only a small
role in the collaboration, compiling lists of research for other
researchers.
<http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=67188&paper=69&c
at=115>

NMU Receives Large Donation
WLUC-TV - Negaunee,MI,USA
... from around the country and will be one more piece that will
distinguish
Northern as a growing educational facility," says university archivist
Marcus Robyns. ...
<http://www.wluctv6.com/Global/story.asp?S=5039408&nav=81AX>


Allegheny County sheriff's sale records are chaotic, audit shows
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
... A private consultant is moving all information in paper files to a
computerized ... The office didn't have records for eight voided cash
register transactions ...
<http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06167/698740-85.stm>

Confidential jobseekers' files found in junkyard
Scotsman - United Kingdom
CONFIDENTIAL records giving the personal details of jobseekers in the
Capital
were found lying around in an old junkyard. A man ...
<http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh.cfm?id=885152006>

Computer breach exposes WIU students' data
Peoria Journal Star - Peoria,IL,USA
... In a release issued Thursday, school officials said an investigation
doesn't show evidence that any records were copied from the school's
files.
. <http://www.pjstar.com/stories/061606/REG_BA4963CQ.033.shtml>

Mortgage information to be revealed at Land Registry
Firstrung - London,UK
... registered after this date will be electronically scanned, adding
some
10,000 documents daily to the existing database of over 12 million
electronic
deeds. ...
<http://firstrung.co.uk/articles.asp?pageid=NEWS&articlekey=2180&cat=47-0
-0>

Open Records: Recorder says employees just uninformed
Rogersville Review - Rogersville,TN,USA
By Jim Zachary. ROGERSVILLE—Lakeview Utility District General Manager
Tim Carwile gave the Town of Rogersville copies of its own ...
<http://hawkins.xtn.net/index.php?template=news.view.subscriber&table=new
s&newsid=131580>

UTPB archives hold treasure trove of information
MyWestTexas.com - Midland,TX,USA
... The archives exist because of the late Betty Orbeck, a largely
self-trained
archivist, and Bobbie Klepper, who was in charge of the UTPB archives
from 1977 ...
<http://www.mywesttexas.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16799025&BRD=2288&PAG=46
1&dept_id=475626&rfi=6>


Park's information-policy reversal is welcome
Great Falls Tribune - Great Falls,MT,USA
... Glacier officials decided to clamp down on the flow of information,
based on an Interior Department ruling last fall on a Freedom of
Information
Act request in ...
<http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060616/OPI
NION01/606160321/1014>

CA Makes Records Management Play
Enterprise Storage Forum - Darien,CT,USA
CA made a move into enterprise records management Tuesday with the
acquisition
of MDY Group International. MDY's software and services ...
<http://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/management/news/article.php/361303
1>

CA Storage Gains Records Management with MDY Buy
CIO India - Bangalore,Karnataka,India
"Records management is a very critical component of what we're doing in
the storage business," Bob Davis, senior vice president and general
manager
of CA's ...
<http://www.cio.in/news/viewArticle/ARTICLEID=1564>




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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