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

DEQ program puts records online
2TheAdvocate - Baton Rouge,LA,USA
By ADVOCATE STAFF REPORT. A year’s worth of public records from the 
state
Department of Environmental Quality is available to the public via 
computer.
<http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/3473046.html>

Paper records belong to the past
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
... These numbers are far higher than in Canada, where the proportion of
physicians who report having office access to electronic medical records
or technology for ...
<http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/A
rticle_Type1&c=Article&cid=1154470209201&call_pageid=968256290204&col=968
350116795>

Her jeans come broken in
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
... The archives, open to company employees only, are lined with large
filing cabinets containing old retail catalogs and company newsletters,
as well the rare ...
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/08/02/BUG94K9ET51.
DTL>

David Hendricks: Archives depict a rather familiar Alamo City
San Antonio Express (subscription) - San Antonio,TX,USA
An artist, archaeologist and historian, Nelson finds many contemporary
themes among the 250,000 handwritten pages called the Bexar Archives,
which record the ...
<http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/stories/MYSA080206.01E.BIZhendricks
.nelson.fbd952.html>

German archives open communist file on Brandt
Expatica - Netherlands
BERLIN - The official German archives released Wednesday a communist 
file
that describes former West German leader Willy Brandt as an intelligence
source, but ...
<http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=52&story_i
d=32010&name=German+archives+open+communist+file+on+Brandt>

Grant will aid effort to catalog manuscripts
Kennebec Journal - Augusta,ME,USA
... eight months. The grant was awarded by the Maine Historical Records
Advisory Board through the Maine State Archives. Funding is ...
<http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/2976453.shtml>

Archive releases Stasi's secret files on MPs
Times Online - UK
The files on 16 members of West Germany’s parliament ... The records,
given to researchers and journalists who requested ... We are today 
publishing
documents on 16 ...
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2296829,00.html>

Stasi files on West German lawmakers released
MSNBC - USA
The former Stasi files on 16 members of West Germany ... The records, 
given
to researchers and journalists who requested them ... We are today 
publishing
documents on 16 ...
<http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14152484/>

Long Beach Press-Telegram, Tue, 01 Aug 2006 11:00 PM PDT
Council to better maintain records
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_4124030
Action follows complaint that Kell didn't transfer her files to 
Schipske.
  LONG BEACH - It's now a matter for the records. The City Council on 
Tuesday unanimously agreed to take steps to adopt state record 
management guidelines and to ensure public records survive the 
transition of elected officials.

E-Mail Retention: The High Cost of Digging Up Data
Baseline - New York,NY,USA
... Banc of America Securities, a brokerage arm of Bank of America, 
"repeatedly
failed promptly to ... in violation of a court order and couldn't 
produce
backup tapes. ...
<http://www.baselinemag.com/article2/0,1540,1997235,00.asp>

Personal info coming off online records
Madison County Journal - Ridgeland,MS,USA
... made a move to protect the privacy of certain property records which
are ... that the Social Security numbers, if placed in easily-accessible
files online, could ...
<http://www.onlinemadison.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&Article
ID=17306&TM=63698.09>

Germany Releases Stasi Files on Cold War Politicians
Deutsche Welle - Germany
... files, which were given to Birthler's office by the United States in
2003, contain microfilm versions of some 317,000 personal records and
77,000 files of GDR ...
<http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2116732,00.html>


Top Four Reasons for Email Archiving
eBCVG - USA
... Email archival offers companies a solution to these challenges with
dramatic and immediate cost savings. A state-of-the-art email ...
<http://www.it-observer.com/articles/1198/top_four_reasons_email_archivin
g/>




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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