RAIN 061220
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TECHNOLOGY | December 20, 2006
Regulator Says Morgan Stanley Withheld E-Mail in Cases
By GRETCHEN MORGENSON
The NASD said Morgan Stanley made false claims that millions of e-mail
messages in its possession had been lost in the Sept. 11 attack on the
World Trade Center.
<<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/20/technology/20email.html?ex=1167282000
&en=adf58108434f5621&ei=5070&emc=eta1>>

Dahl's Gremlins fly again, thanks to historian's campaign
Guardian Unlimited - UK
... The story fell into obscurity, until a historian, Andrew Stephens,
chanced upon a rare copy in the American National Archive last January, 
and
realised he had ...
<http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,1976091,00.html>

GAO: Better access to records would speed VA claims
ArmyTimes.com - Springfield,VA,USA
... Records Research Center that has the historical records has 13
full-time employees and a “steady” backlog of 4,000 requests for
personnel files, the report ...
<http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-2434282.php>

Presidential archivist spotlights history
Ocean Pines Independent - Ocean City,MD,USA
... and when that happened I would be responsible for packing up all 
those
records ... ... had 20 trained archivists spread out at the White House 
to
break the files. ...
<http://www.delmarvanow.com/oceanpines/stories/20061220/2355982.html>

Council on Aging files under lock and key
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News - Waynesville,NC,USA
A mountainous stack of files and records belonging to the Council on 
Aging
were hauled into the courthouse last week where they will be kept under
court custody ...
<http://www.smokymountainnews.com/issues/12_06/12_20_06/fr_council_files.
html>


Outgoing mayors might need to leave files behind
Stamford Advocate - Stamford,CT,USA
... to prevent officials and employees from taking files out of City 
Hall
for personal use. The new section, titled "removal of original records,"
was added after ...
<http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/scn-sa-nor.documents6dec20,0,
2578060.story?coll=stam-news-local-headlines>

Md. Is Buying Washington's Resignation Letter
WJZ - Baltimore,MD,USA
... theatre of Action.". "This is a momentous occasion for the state," 
said
Edward Papenfuse, Maryland's state archivist. The $750,000 ...
<http://wjz.com/topstories/local_story_354140506.html>

Former judiciary clerk indicted fraud case
Newark Star Ledger - NJ, USA
... While working as a judiciary clerk at the Ocean County Courthouse in
Toms River, Nieves allegedly went into the computer records of the state
Administrative ...
<http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-5/116650723219
3680.xml&coll=1>

Opinion: Data destruction -- RIP
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA
... I've written recently about long-term data retention and archiving, 
but
one of the most difficult aspects of the process is making the decision 
to
finally pull ...
<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&
taxonomyName=disaster_recovery&articleId=9006358&taxonomyId=151&intsrc=kc
_feat>

Town recognized for online access to public records
Bedford Minuteman - Concord,MA,USA
... public records and open meeting laws, and forms that will allow the
public to report incidents in which they have been denied public 
documents
or excluded from ...
<http://www.townonline.com/bedford/homepage/8999342471733935071>

IG report: Berger hid Archive documents
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
... WASHINGTON -- Former national security adviser Sandy Berger removed
classified documents from the National Archives in 2003 and hid them 
under
a construction ...
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1152AP_Berger_Documents.html>


AP
Report Says Berger Hid Archive Documents
Dec 20, 7:56 PM (ET)
By LARRY MARGASAK
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Clinton's national security adviser removed 
classified documents from the National Archives, hid them under a 
construction trailer and later tried to find the trash collector to 
retrieve them, the agency's internal watchdog said Wednesday.
<http://apnews.myway.com/article/20061221/D8M4TNVO0.html>
<http://apnews.myway.com/article/20061220/D8M4R7DO0.html>

Historical society archivist puts in time to help others learn ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - MO, United States
... St. Charles County Historical Society. She was driving in from
Springfield, Ill., and wanted to know if anyone could help her. She ...
<http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stcharles/story/98B2E0
52F1BD50938625724A001D4ACC?OpenDocument>

Panel to investigate destruction of court documents
WAVE - Louisville,KY,USA
... include electronic records. The policy is designed to free up space 
and
save money on storage costs, but previously it only called for paper 
court
files to be ...
<http://www.wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=5841796&nav=0RZF>

Panel appointed to investigate destruction of court records
Kentucky.com - Lexington,KY,USA
AP. LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A five-member panel will investigate the 
destruction
of court records in Jefferson County that prosecutors and judges say 
could
harm the ...
<http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/local/16284246.htm>

Monroe County At Work
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal - Tupelo,MS,USA
... Lillian White and Nikki Russell are the “deputies.” They record
deeds, deeds of trust ... file set up, then as the case continues 
various
documents filed with ...
<http://www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=233517&pub=2&div=News>

County Clerk's Office paralyzed
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester,NY,USA
... Customers have been filing deeds, mortgages and other documents this
week. They're being time-stamped and set aside until they can ...
<http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061220/
NEWS01/612200343/1002/NEWS>

Florida Folklife Recordings Available in Podcast Format
Government Technology - Folsom,CA,USA
The Florida State Library and Archives is pleased to announce that
selections from the rich and diverse audio recordings of the Florida
Folklife Collection are ...
<http://www.govtech.net/magazine/channel_story.php/102996>

Morgan Stanley charged with using 9/11 smokescreen to hide vital e ...
Finextra - UK
... many of the e-mails in its posession by overwriting backup tapes 
and by
allowing users of the firm's e-mail system to permanently delete records
over an ...
<http://www.finextra.com/fullstory.asp?id=16301>

Tracking Digital Identities: No Holiday for UPS
Baseline - New York,NY,USA
... with IBM as a consultant, programmed the software so the personnel
records could be ... for former employees, "We used to have to manually
delete [access privileges ...
<http://www.baselinemag.com/article2/0,1540,2070434,00.asp>

Hotline: Doors want Vault archives closed
Boston Herald - United States
Some of rock ’n’ roll’s biggest names have teamed up to sue the owner
of a Web site that specializes in streaming rare concert recordings. ...
<http://theedge.bostonherald.com/musicNews/view.bg?articleid=172910>

Morgan Stanley Used 9/11 As Excuse, NASD Says
Complaint Alleges EmailsLinked to Arbitration Cases
Weren't Lost After Attacks
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116656195830454834-email.html>

ZDNET UK
Case study: Using the web to scale a paper mountain
In a post-Enron world, massive paper archives are unavoidable. Find out 
how
the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs is using 
technology to
manage the process
<http://resources.zdnet.co.uk/articles/casestudy/0,1000001994,39285218,00
.htm>

‘The Little Road’ WIU graduate writes history of the defunct ...
Macomb Eagle - Macomb,IL,USA
... “The quality of the work was phenomenal,” said Jeffrey Hancks, a
WIU Archives and Special Collections archivist. “He’s able ...
<http://www.eaglepublications.com/article.jhtml?DB=articles&DO=display&ID
=1166624342_30441>

Then & Now
Waynesville Smoky Mountain News - Waynesville,NC,USA
... and all the stuff was just sitting here,” said David Brose, 
archivist
at John ... Craft Guild and Qualla Arts and Craft Mutual are adding to 
the
online archives. ...
<http://www.smokymountainnews.com/issues/12_06/12_20_06/art_then_now.html
>

Mondale shares political papers with public
KSTP.com - Saint Paul,MN,USA
The documents will be available for public viewing next month ... The
papers range from Mondale's law school notes to the previously 
classified
transcript of ...
<http://www.kstp.com/article/stories/S20794.html?cat=1>

U students get first shot at Mondale papers
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) - Minneapolis,MN,USA
... A mother lode of documents from the public life of Walter ... The
papers range from Mondale's law school notes to the until-now classified
transcript of 1979 ...
<http://www.startribune.com/587/story/887047.html>

Secrets to Be Declassified Under New Rule at Age 25
New York Times - United States
... old or older will lose their classified status without so ... now 
on,
millions of additional documents will be ... and restricted access to
presidential papers of past ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/21/washington/21declassify.html?hp&ex=116
6677200&en=01b3bc0cee9767ae&ei=5094&partner=homepage>




Peter Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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