RAIN 061005
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories
related to records and archives management.

Dumped files a 'break of faith'
The Canberra Times - Canberra,Australian Capital Territory,Australia
... acting Commissioner Roxane Shaw would not disclose where the files had
come ... said 28 folders - including two containing sensitive health
records and personal ...
<http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=news&subclass=general&story_id=514600&category=General&m=10&y=2006>

Judge orders city police employees to tell role in document ...
Baltimore Sun - United States
... provide written statements about their roles in shredding internal
documents ... more information justifying the future destruction of
internal disciplinary files. ...
<http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.hopson05oct05,0,5603950.story?coll=bal-local-headlines>

School sues to stop onslaught of open records requests
KSWO - Lawton,OK,USA
... officials in Central Texas are suing a student's parents -- claiming
the couple has buried the district's staff with more than 22-hundred open
records requests ...
<http://www.kswo.com/Global/story.asp?S=5491918>

Iron Mountain's Guidance In Line
TheStreet.com - USA
Iron Mountain (IRM - commentary - Cramer's Take), an information-protection
and storage company, provided in-line guidance for the third quarter and
for the ...
<http://www.thestreet.com/_googlen/newsanalysis/techsoftware/10313291.html?cm_ven=GOOGLEN&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA>

Smoke Clears for Iron Mountain
Byteandswitch.com - New York,NY,USA
NEW YORK -- Iron Mountain gave financial updates and revealed new product
plans at its annual investor meeting today. (See Iron Mountain Hosts
Analyst Day.). ...
<http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=106700&WT.svl=news2_1>

Researcher's 'middle age' goes back 800 years
West Roxbury &amp; Roslindale Transcript - Needham,MA,USA
... Anne finds the main documents, called "the complaints," in Paris, but
she also travels to the two southern cities where she looks for deeds,
wills, acts of ...
<http://www2.townonline.com/roslindale/opinion/view.bg?articleid=586468>

IM Conversations Can Linger for Years
Washington Post - United States
... "Delete does not mean delete, and a hard drive by its very function is
... The Justice Department has ordered House officials to preserve all
records in the case. ...
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/05/AR2006100501046.html>

Archive-It 2: Internet Archive Strives to Ensure Preservation and ...
EContent (press release) - Wilton,CT,USA
... Hanna says Archive-It was designed mainly for institutions (state
archives, state libraries, and university libraries) that have a mandate to
archive their web ...
<http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/ArticleReader.aspx?ArticleID=18132>

Ancient Wymondham letter sold for £5520
The Wymondham and Attleborough Mercury - Wymondham / Attleborough,Norfolk,UK
... ago. Town archivist Janet Smith was unable to persuade him not to sell
it. So she made a copy of the document for the archives.
<http://www.wymondhamandattleboroughmercury.co.uk/content/wam24/news/story.aspx?brand=WAMOnline&category=news&tBrand=WAMonline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED05%20Oct%202006%2008%3A47%3A10%3A897>

GW gets Riggs' historic bank accounts
Washington Business Journal - Washington,DC,USA
... Journal reported in mid-June that PNC was trying to decide what to do
with archives after inheriting them. The bank had an archivist cataloging
everything from ...
<http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2006/10/02/daily43.html?jst=b_ln_hl>

Suspects in Coke Case Want Details
Houston Chronicle - United States
... Edmund Duhaney were indicted July 11 on a federal conspiracy charge
that accuses them of stealing new product samples and confidential
documents from Atlanta ...
<http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/4239225.html>

Technician convicted for stealing trade secrets
Lufkin Daily News - Lufkin,TX,USA
... "I trusted him," Didrikson testified, referring to McClain. An Angelina
County grand jury indicted McClain in July 2005 for theft of trade secrets.
<http://www.lufkindailynews.com/news/content/news/stories/2006/10/06/McClain_verdict.html>


The Canton Repository, Thu, 05 Oct 2006 1:05 AM PDT
Court: Oriana House doesn't have to open its private records
http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=311561
COLUMBUS Private companies that get money from the government are not
subject to
the state's public records law unless they are the 'functional equivalent' of a
public office, a divided Ohio Supreme...