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Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories 
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What You Need to Know About Security Breaches and European Legislation
Jonathan Armstrong
Friday, November 17, 2006
The last installment discussed corporate security practices, the 
legislative background in Europe and mandatory reporting provisions. 
Part two addresses additional reporting obligations, prior 
registration, the possibility of civil actions and manually held data.
<<http://www.law.com/ltn/pubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1163671526352>>

Index Engines Addresses Electronic Discovery Challenges Posed by ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... data located on file systems and applications on primary data 
storage
systems, backup ... to be a significant challenge when producing 
electronic
records while 50 ...
<http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news
_view&newsId=20061121005039&newsLang=en>

Mattel claims rival toy maker stole trade secrets
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
... stole its concept for the lucrative Bratz doll line and other trade
secrets by luring away Mattel employees who fed confidential 
information to
their new ...
<http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/
northern_california/16068041.htm>

USA Today, Sun, 19 Nov 2006 7:35 AM PST
Largest archive of Holocaust records to open
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-11-19-holocaust-papers_x.htm?csp=
34
A vast archive 16 miles of files in six nondescript buildings in a 
German spa town contains the fullest records of Nazi persecutions in 
existence. But because of concerns about the victims' privacy, the 
files have been closed to the public for half a century, doling out 
information in minimal amounts to survivors or their descendants on a 
strict need-to-know basis. This policy, which has

USA Today, Sun, 19 Nov 2006 11:09 AM PST
More people back up files in virtual vaults
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2006-11-19-virtual-vau
lts_x.htm?csp=34
The only protection against losing critical information on your PC is 
to back up important files on a regular basis. This can be handled in a 
number of ways. One of the newest and increasingly popular solutions 
for consumers: Uploading files to an online storage company.


CentralOhio.com, Mon, 20 Nov 2006 10:15 AM PST
Courts moving to paperless system
<<http://www.centralohio.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/BB/20061120/NEWS0
1/611200306/1002>>
Thousands of papers being scanned in Sandusky Co. In a small white room 
in the basement of the Sandusky County Courthouse, two part-time 
employees are scanning thousands of court records, many of which are 
more than 100 years old.

Tower Software wins multi-million dollar NT Government contract
iTWire - Australia
... of the Northern Territory Archives Service with the Department of
Corporate and Information Services, which manages licensing for records
management and ECM ...
<http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/7331/49/>

GSA close to SmartBuy deal for document, records management ...
GCN.com - Washington,DC,USA
... FedBizOpps.gov yesterday, GSA is putting agencies on notice not to
renew or purchase new Meridio software licenses for document or records
management products. ...
<http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/42646-1.html>

Too awful an image of war
Helsingin Sanomat - Helsinki,Uusimaa,Finland
... The box has been stored along with numerous plastic folders in a 
tall
safe at the Finnish Defence Forces picture archives, in the Santahamina
garrison in ...
<http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Too+awful+an+image+of+war/1135223124092
>

Carmakers Fight Opening of Secret Safety Files: Cindy Skrzycki
Bloomberg - USA
... Businesses filing information with public safety agencies often ask 
for
exemptions from disclosure under terms of the Freedom of Information Act
and agencies ...
<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=aWkUkBglVyEA&refer=h
ome>

Leeds Today - UK
... enlisted from the radio and television rugby league commentator Dave
Woods, who also lectures at the university, and the official RFL 
archivist
and historian ...
<http://www.leedstoday.net/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=39&ArticleID=18887
93>


Archivist achieves success in 1st year
Ann Arbor News - Ann Arbor,MI,USA
BY JENNY RODE. National Archive Publishing Co., which was spun off from
ProQuest Co. a year ago, is calling its first year as an independent
company a success. ...
<http://www.mlive.com/business/aanews/index.ssf?/base/business-4/11641237
0416730.xml&coll=2>

New Storage Challenges, Old-School Archiving
Enterprise IT Planet - Darien,CT,USA
... city needed a half-million paper records transferred in ... in handy
for large, non-standard documents such as ... microfilm as well as
searchable PDFs files for an ...
<http://www.enterpriseitplanet.com/storage/features/article.php/3645246>

SMBs Budget for ILM and Data Classification
Market Wire (press release) - USA
reveals that SMBs dedicate up to 30% of their IT budget to deploy or
improve upon an Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) process, viewing 
it
as a solution ...
<http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=186830>

NATIONAL   | November 21, 2006
In New Orleans, Rust in the Wheels of Justice
By CHRISTOPHER DREW
After Hurricane Katrina, as many as 500 defendants have been freed 
because of problems with evidence.
<http://shrinkster.com/k8x>

Some colleges try charging fee to give public records
NewsOK.com (subscription) - Oklahoma City,OK,USA
... Requests for public documents from state colleges and universities
brought surprising responses when a number of documents related to 
budgets
and student fees ...
<http://www.newsok.com/article/2974826/>

British World War II gunner to make second donation to Malta
Malta Independent Online - Malta
World War Two Gunner Stan Fraser is donating a digital copy of his photo
and film collection to the National Archives of Malta. ...
<http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=42240>


The Paper Mountain
Corante - Boston,MA,USA
... Things like printed NMR spectra used to be in a special category,
because back in the days of expensive digital storage the hard copy was 
all
you had. ...
<http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/2006/11/21/the_paper_mountain.php>

Life Members Honored by Polish Museum
Polish News - Chicago,IL,USA
... and the music collection; Julita Siegel talked about the Photo
Collection and Archivist, Halina Misterka described the latest work 
being
done in the Archives. ...
<http://www.polishnews.com/text/news_from_chicago/pm_03_10_2006.html>

Google As News Archivist
Search Engine Watch - USA
... That's changed in a big way with the advent of Google's News Archive
search. ... Note, too, that Google's claim for a "200-year archive" is a
bit, um, generous. ...
<http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3624012>

Russian State History Archive moved to new building
ITAR-TASS - Moscow,Russia
The transfer of the archive funds from the Senate and Synod Building, 
where
the State Archive was historically housed, to a new, specially built
structure had ...
<http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=11005685&PageNum=0>

Qing dynasty archives contain information about Sino-Kazakh early ...
Kazinform - Astana,Kazakhstan
... The deputy director of the first Chinese State Archive told
participants of the presentation it stores written testimonials of 
contacts
between the Chinese ...
<http://www.inform.kz/showarticle.php?lang=eng&id=146100>

San Antonio Express News, Sun, 19 Nov 2006 9:26 PM PST
Collection of funeral programs saving memories
<<http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA112006.01A.genealogy
project.30df23b.html>>
More than 614 funeral programs, dating from the 1940s to the present, 
are preserved in the Texana Room at the San Antonio Public Library, and 
the women responsible for the collection say it gives a glimpse into 
the culture and past of African Americans in East San Antonio.
<http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA112006.01A.genealogyp
roject.30df23b.html
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The Washington Times, Tue, 21 Nov 2006 10:02 PM PST
Inside the Beltway (John McCaslin)
<<http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Nation-TheWashingtonTimesAmericasNewspap
er/~3/52542002/20061122-121957-2403r.htm>>
' Not this week' Archivist of the United States Allen Weinstein stood 
at the podium last year to salute legendary archivist John E . Taylor 
on the occasion of his 60th anniversary with the National Archives.




Peter Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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