RAIN 070112
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories
related to records and archives management.
Restore online records
Utica Observer Dispatch - Utica,NY,USA
About 3 million public records were placed on the Internet more than a
year ago by then-County Clerk Richard Allen, and it was later learned
that some
.
<http://www.uticaod.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070111/NEWS05/701110
316/1013>
Regional archives vital to preserve diverse heritage
Hindu - Chennai,India
"The National Archives in Delhi has been doing well, but it still
cannot be said to be complete in the absence of good regional archives
in the states," ...
<http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200701111142.htm>
Check His Pants
Human Events - Washington,DC,USA
In other words, the National Archives blundered badly when it gave
Berger access to documents that were unrecorded and uncopied. Berger,
an admitted liar, ...
<http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=18883>
Judgment At Frankfurt
New York Jewish Week - New York,NY,USA
... Rolf Bickel and Dieter Wagner discovered that there were over 450
hours of audiotape of the trial sitting in the basement of the state
archive. ...
<http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=13520>
Arrest made in Altria laptop case
Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond,VA,USA
... to many of its 6300 area employees whose names, social security
numbers and other pension-related information were found on the stolen
computers....
<http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RT
D_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149192605701>
Compliance, Archive Categorization and Policy Enforcement for ...
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Journal - Fairfield,NJ,USA
“Combining AXS-One’s records compliance management technology with
MessageGate’s policy-based categorization meets the market need for
proactive management ...
<http://www.s-ox.com/news/detail.cfm?articleID=2265>
Imminent Conversion of EU Directive on Data Retention Into Law ...
Public CIO - Folsom,CA,USA
The EU Directive on Data Retention, approved in the spring of 2006,
requires communication service providers and network operators to
retain traffic and ...
<http://www.public-cio.com/newsStory.php?id=2007.01.11-103257>
Data headache looms for mobile operators
ZDNet Asia - Asia
The EU (European Union) Directive on Data Retention requires
communication service providers and network operators to retain traffic
and location data to ...
<http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/communications/0,39044192,61980050,00.htm>
How To Destroy Data On Mobile Devices
Processor.com - Lincoln,NE,USA
There are several options for data shredding. “For most applications,
the US DoD [Department of Defense] standard is pretty good,” says Eddy
Kurms,...
<http://www.processor.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/P2902/32
p02/32p02.asp&guid=>
ArchivesOne acquires yet another firm
Waterbury Republican American - Waterbury,CT,USA
ArchivesOne secured its first foothold in the Keystone state in May
2004, when it acquired Alliance Records Management of Lancaster. ...
<http://www.rep-am.com/story.php?id=17998>
History a passion, not profession, for new historical society director
Bay Area Reporter - San Francisco,CA,USA
The historical society currently rents space in a building located near
the Yerba Buena cultural district a block away from where the new
Jewish and Mexican ...
<http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=1481>
Government to close 551 websites
BBC News - UK
However I trust the National Archive is taking static copies of these
closed sites before they go offline. These sites should be kept for
historical ...
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6247703.stm?ls>
Our Legacy Take time to preserve our history
Annapolis Capital - Annapolis,MD,USA
There are numerous families who reserve collections through our
Maryland State Archives. In your own family collection, not only will
you save your family ...
<http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2007/01_11-47/CAN>
Why Does Trousergate Go Ignored?
Investor's Business Daily (subscription) - USA
Scandal: A House Oversight Committee report details the real and
potential damage to national security of Sandy Berger's theft and
destruction of classified ...
<http://www.investors.com/editorial/editorialcontent.asp?secid=1501&statu
s=article&id=253413005425555>
Genealogy website publishes immigrants' documents
CBC News - Canada
... other documents listing travellers' names and destinations that
until now were only available in dusty boxes deep inside Britain's
National Archives. ...
<http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/01/11/ancestors-online.html>
Iron Mountain promotes Connors
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA
Iron Mountain Inc. promoted John Connors, executive vice president of
sales and marketing, to the role of president, Americas. ...
<http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2007/01/iron_mountain_p_3.html>
Watson: Alachua will be a model city for public records
High Springs Heralds - High Springs,FL,USA
In a written request to the city, he asked for all documents and
records related to each site, all budget records or financial documents
that reference any ...
<http://www.highspringsherald.com/articles/2007/01/11/news/news03.txt>
Managing Your Email Records
Processor.com - Lincoln,NE,USA
For legal discovery, NearPoint data collection leverages the Exchange
transaction log files to provide full message content, context, and
life cycle ...
<http://www.processor.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/P2902/42
p02/42p02.asp&guid=>
New York Times
TECHNOLOGY | January 11, 2007
Firms Fret as Office E-Mail Jumps Security Walls
By BRAD STONE
More Internet-literate workers are forwarding their office e-mail to
free Web-accessible personal accounts.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/11/technology/11email.html?ex=1169182800&
en=3c38930380c30dce&ei=5070&emc=eta1>
Berks County Recorder of Deeds Implements eRecording
Central Penn Business Journal - Harrisburg,PA,USA
... Berks County Recorder of Deeds, announced today that her office has
implemented electronic recording of documents also referred to as
eRecording. ...
<http://www.centralpennbusiness.com/view_release.asp?aID=346>
Deeds scheme seeks to ease Ivorian farmland fights
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
He estimated around seven in every 10 farmer landowners had no
documents to prove the land they worked was their own. Adjoumani said a
burgeoning population ...
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L10926417.htm>
Debates at Southern Methodist Persist Over Bush Library Site
Christian Post - USA
The home of the next presidential library may be on the campus of the
First Lady’s alma mater and an institution affixed with budding ties to
President ...
<http://www.christianpost.com/article/20070111/24906.htm>
Concordia scores rare hockey book
Concordia Journal - Montreal,Quebec,Canada
Examining the book are University Archivist Nancy Marrelli and the
director of the Centre, Michael Kenneally. Behind them are the captains
of the Concordia ...
<http://cjournal.concordia.ca/journalarchives/2006-07/jan_11/008402.shtml
>
Public Access Denied
Modesto Bee - Modesto,CA,USA
Based on openness, timeliness and other factors, California law
enforcement agencies averaged an F+ when graded on how they comply with
state open records ...
<http://www.modbee.com/local/story/13189694p-13830989c.html>
Federal funds end, but ND Veterans History Project continuing
Minot Daily News - Minot,ND,USA
... but a limited version of the project is continuing, said State
Archivist Jerry Newborg, with the State Historical Society of North
Dakota in Bismarck. ...
<http://www.minotdailynews.com/news/articles.asp?articleID=8036>
Audit: Cops deny records access
Oakland Tribune - Oakland,CA,USA
... request and it wasn't forwarded to the right people, he said,
adding that he has instructed the records manager to "make sure it
doesn't happen again." ...
<http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/ci_4999581>
Think before you delete records
Bucyrus Telegraph Forum - Bucyrus,OH,USA
"The trend has been that courts are very sensitive to the destruction
of information," said Herr, who took part in a Louisville Bar
Association panel ...
<http://www.bucyrustelegraphforum.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070112
/LIFESTYLE/701120314/1024>
FOI requests costs hit $24.9 million
The Australian - Sydney,Australia
The annual report of the Freedom of Information Act 1986 showed that
government agencies received a total 41430 requests in 2005/06, of
which 94 per cent ...
<http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21048564-1702,00.html
>
E-mails belong in the public record
Daily Press - Newport News,VA,USA
... Department of Information Technology, I also dealt with the issue
of e-mails as part of the public record and many Freedom of Information
Act requests. ...
<http://www.dailypress.com/news/opinion/dp-22013sy0jan12,0,4173498.story?
coll=dp-opinion-editorials>
Archival Sleuth Digs for Andrew Jackson
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA
Two centuries after he lived, historians are still getting to know
Andrew Jackson through the work of archival sleuths such as Dan Feller.
...
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/01/12/entertainmen
t/e115732S36.DTL>
Website of the Week — National Archives
Voice of America - USA
The National Archives is the US government's record keeper. From census
forms to presidential letters and the nation's founding documents, the
Archives has ...
<http://www.voanews.com/english/Science/2007-01-12-voa40.cfm>
Yale University Press mines data from Soviet archives
Juneau Empire (subscription) - Juneau,AK,USA
In January 1992, he traveled to Moscow for his first foray into Soviet
archives. Mark von Hagen, who teaches Russian, Ukrainian and Eurasian
history at ...
<http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/011207/boo_20070112018.shtml>
Holden on for dear life: Secret of an Aussie icon
Canberra City News - Canberra,Capital Territory,Australia
It’s also a discovery that speaks volumes about Australia’s finding
itself as a nation, says Archives curator Johanna Parker. The National
Archives has ...
<http://www.citynews.com.au/news/Article.asp?id=5635>
King County recorder reposting lost online files
Seattle Times - Seattle,WA,USA
The records include mortgage and marriage documents, surveys,
easements, excise-tax affidavits and maps. By Thursday, workers had
restored all or nearly all ...
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003521522_website12m.ht
ml>
Document management at an estate office
Express Computers - Bombay,India
In the past it was dependant upon physical files containing documents
regarding properties, payments, transactions, ownership details,
violations and ...
<http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20070115/management02.shtml>
Experience a real eye-opener
Bakersfield Californian (subscription) - Bakersfield,CA,USA
These laws state that the requester does not have to reveal any
personal information to receive public documents. Yet, when I asked for
the reports,
<http://www.bakersfield.com/102/story/94035.html>
Audit exercise enlightening, awkward
TheReporter.com - Vacaville,CA,USA
We should not be made to feel as if we are doing something wrong by
requesting public documents. Nor should we feel the need to trade
information for ...
<http://thereporter.com/news/ci_5000098>
Public records kept in the dark
San Gabriel Valley Tribune - West Covina,CA,USA
A written request for several public documents was not accepted. Capt.
Steve Schuster said he didn't think the audit results were a fair
representation of ...
<http://sgvtribune.com/news/ci_4998601>
A case of ready, shreddy – doh!
this is hampshire.net - Winchester,Hampshire,UK
... of the biggest problems facing consumers these days and everyone in
the industry is imposing on people the need to shred their confidential
documents. ...
<http://www.thisishampshire.net/news/hampshirenews/display.var.1118774.0.
a_case_of_ready_shreddy_doh.php>
Law firm serving as town attorney subject to records law
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press - Arlington,VA,USA
A state appeals court has ruled that a private law firm under contract
with a town must turn over documents that are public records under
state law.
<http://www.rcfp.org/news/2007/011-foi-lawfir.html>
Data Breach Law Back in Senate
InternetNews.com - USA
Since the now infamous ChoicePoint data breach two years ago, lawmakers
have introduced bills to notify consumers of a breach, but no national
laws have ...
<http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3653856>
Plugging Financial Data Leaks
CRM Buyer - USA
It's also relatively easy to send out thousands of e-mails to customers
of large financial institutions, such as Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) or
Wells Fargo ...
<http://www.crmbuyer.com/story/KW2fbtf8hFy6sK/Plugging-Financial-Data-Lea
ks.xhtml>
Guarding the exit
SC Magazine - London,UK
(Almost ironically, Silicon Valley is now considered America's home
base for corporate espionage). "More and more customers are saying that
it's not just ...
<http://scmagazine.com/us/news/article/625761/guarding-exit>
Cyber sleuthing leads to charge in laptop larceny
MyWebTimes.com - Ottawa,IL,USA
The company was told the laptop had been stolen and so when the laptop
was used to log onto the Internet in the fall, the company told police.
...
<http://mywebtimes.com/ottnews/archives/ottawa/display.php?id=290112>
Computers with employee data stolen from Towers Perrin
Pensions & Investments - Chicago,IL,USA
Towers Perrin had five laptop computers containing information on
clients’ employees stolen from its Manhattan office, confirmed Joseph
Conway, ...
<http://www.pionline.com/news.cms?newsId=4563>
On the trail of telly's treasures
Times Online - UK
“There is always something new worth showing,” says the archivist Dick
Fiddy. In December this included a lost Nigel Kneale play and Down From
the Trees, ...
<http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,14934-2538150,00.html>
UI announces data theft
The Spokesman Review - Spokane,WA,USA
Murray and UI officials said that Idaho is reviewing its data storage
procedures and looking for ways to improve it. “We’re using this as a
way to say to ...
<http://www.spokesmanreview.com/breaking/story.asp?ID=8405>
Peter Kurilecz
Richmond Va
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