RAIN 060531
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories 
related to records and archives management.

Frustrations Abound for Corporate Spycatchers
Pamela A. MacLean
In 1997, the FBI videotaped the chairman of a Taiwanese company, Four 
Pillars Enterprise Co., in an Ohio hotel accepting secret documents 
about Avery Dennison Corp.'s formulas for its adhesive products. Agents 
watched as he cut the company's confidential markings off the papers 
and then discussed what an Avery scientist should steal next, according 
to court records.
<http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1148720725637>

News and Views From Europe
Jewish Press - Brooklyn,NY,USA
... Despite growing pressure to open the archive, Germany has 
continually
refused more ... Udo Jost, an archivist at the International Tracing 
Service,
said that there ...
<http://www.jewishpress.com/page.do/18305/News_and_Views_From_Europe.html
>

Florida data center prepares for hurricane season
SearchDataCenter.com - Needham,MA,USA
... grade K -12 schools with services such as email, data storage, and
a 100 ... downloading files from anywhere on the network;, data 
warehousing
records, like report ...
<http://searchdatacenter.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid80_gc
i1191167,00.html>

Council reacts to mayor's actions, reiterates policy
Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson,MS,USA
... At first, Melton denied shredding the documents, instead alleging 
that
an assistant ... Ledger has been seeking a variety of public records,
including Melton's ...
<http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060531/NEWS/60
5310369/1002>

Keep prying eyes off your files
The Sunday Times - UK
... string of ID theft cases, brings into stark focus the vulnerability
of your personal records. ... I realise that the idea of turning your
files into indecipherable ...
<http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,20411-2205269,00.html>

Paper files suit vs. city
Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson,MS,USA
The Clarion-Ledger filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the city of Jackson
for failing to respond to requests for public records involving crime
statistics, the ...
<http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060531/NEWS/60
5310382/1002/NEWS01>
Iran buys manuscript, lithographic historical books from collector
MehrNews.com - Tehran,Iran
... Last February, the organization made 10,000 microfilms of Iranian 
documents
and handwritten books, which are kept in the state archives and 
libraries
of the ...
<http://www.mehrnews.ir/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=334144>

NARA: Better approach needed for records
Washington Technology - Washington,DC,USA
The federal government needs to apply a more integrated approach to 
declassifying
records, a new report from the National Archives and Records 
Administration
...
<http://www.washingtontechnology.com/news/1_1/daily_news/28672-1.html>

Feds charge Fumo aides with deleting e-mail to thwart probe
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
... Senate records indicate that, as of January, Luchko earned $64,000
and Eister $62,000. ... files may be found _ is erased seven times to
ensure its destruction. ...
<http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_456155.html>

Managing More Kinds of Paper: EMC Document Archive Services for ...
IT Directors - USA
... EMC DAS software, this offering employs a holistic set of retention,
storage and security policies and access tools for archiving not just
document images, but ...
<http://www.it-director.com/article.php?articleid=13306>

REGION: Digital Conversion A Challenge For Developing Island ...
Pacific Magazine - Honolulu,HI,USA
... revealed during the summit by a world renowned audio archivist 
FIAT/IFTA
where they concluded. “The current state of radio and television 
archives
around the ...
<http://www.pacificislands.cc/pina/pinadefault2.php?urlpinaid=22351>

The Industrious Spies
Global Politician - Brooklyn,NY,USA
... Steven Louis Davis pleaded guilty on January 1998 to stealing trade
secrets and designs ... Bic claims to have immediately informed Gillette
of the theft and to ...
<http://globalpolitician.com/articledes.asp?ID=1824&cid=1&sid=27>


Keeping up with the paper chase
Roseville Press Tribune - Roseville,CA,USA
... storage of documents, Fensel said. Businesses can arrange one-time
trips to have document destruction done onsite. That was the option ...
<http://www.thepresstribune.com/articles/2006/05/31/news/business/01busin
ess.txt>

Mersey mission saves council from backlogs
VNUNet.com - UK
... was that all Liverpool’s revenues and benefits records were stored
on paper, in files that took ... central mail room was created to feed
documents to a ...
<http://www.vnunet.com/computing/analysis/2157266/mersey-mission-saves-co
uncil>

Lautner receives historian honor
Grand Traverse Herald - Traverse City,MI,USA
... Steve Harold, the Historical Society's archivist emeritus, said he
counted on Lautner for projects large and small, routine and crucial.
<http://www.gtherald.com/herald/2006/may/31historian.htm>

NARA report calls for streamlining of classified records ...
GCN.com - Washington,DC,USA
The federal government needs to apply a more integrated approach to 
declassifying
records, a new report from the National Archives and Records 
Administration
<http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/40892-1.html>

Air data ruling could affect data retention law dispute
EUobserver.com - Brussels,Belgium
... competencies on the transfer of passenger data to the US is likely
to boost opponents of another contentious issue – the bloc's disputed
data retention issue ...
<http://euobserver.com/22/21727>

Industry, others object to data retention
ZDNet - USA
... reported by CNET News.com, Gonzales and FBI Director Robert Mueller
said the war on terror would be aided by two years' worth of data 
retention,
a requirement ...
<http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6078689.html>




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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