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Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories
related to records and archives management.
The Real Implications of the New Rules on EDD
Special to Law.com
The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were amended to provide
definition, structure and predictability to electronic discovery. While
the objectives of the new rules are clear, the steps necessary to
comply with them are not. Scott Oliver, a partner at Pooley and Oliver,
examines the major FRCP changes and their real implications. He
provides a road map for becoming compliant while controlling business
risks and understanding how the new rules can be leveraged in the
courtroom.
<<http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLT.jsp?id=116902815309
9>>
Ubiquitious Computing from Beyond the Grave
Scientific American - USA
The "Immortal Information Storage and Access Platform" is an attempt to
address the serious problem of the obsolescence of digital storage
media..
<http://blog.sciam.com/index.php?title=ubiquitious_computing_from_beyond_
the_gr&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1>
Ex-mayor destroyed papers concerning Kuwaiti contact
Asbury Park Press - Asbury Park,NJ,USA
After a reporter questioned Chiaravallo's legal right to destroy what
could be considered public documents, the former mayor said he had been
speaking "off ...
<http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070123/NEWS01/701230393/
1004>
Court Rejects Orphan Works Appeal
InternetNews.com - USA
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco rejected a
challenge to the law by Brewster Kahle of the Internet Archive and film
archivist Richard ...
<http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3655536>
Internet makes it easier to access court files
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - St. Louis,MO,USA
The law governing circuit clerks says, "All records, dockets and books
required by law to be kept by such clerks shall be deemed public
records, ...
<http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/metroeast/story/1A433D
FF7A37E5178625726C00016621?OpenDocument>
Glasscock now concerned about sensitive information on county ...
The Decatur Daily - Decatur,AL,USA
"I don't understand why the chairman and the other commissioners are
trying to block access to these public records. After learning about
Mr. Glasscock's ...
<http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/070123/emails.shtml>
Liberia: LIPA Begins Seminar On Public Records Management
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
Addressing the opening session, the Deputy Director General of the
Liberia Institute of Public Administration (LIPA), Mr. P. Emmersyn
Harris, ...
<http://allafrica.com/stories/200701230571.html>
Bill seeks to increase public access to records
The Coloradoan - Fort Collins,CO,USA
Senate Bill 45 seeks to reduce the per-page cost of copies of public
records and cap the hourly fee charged for retrieving such material. ...
<http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070123/OPINION01/
701230320>
Former State Official Gets 1 Year Over Documents
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
A former high-level State Department official was sentenced to a year
in prison yesterday for keeping more than 3500 classified documents at
his Fairfax ...
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/22/AR200701
2201139.html>
COKE CONSPIRACY TRIAL STARTS
New York Post - New York,NY,USA
Joya Williams, 41, is charged with conspiracy under the Corporate
Espionage Act. Her two alleged accomplices, Ibrahim Dimson and Edmund
Duhaney, ...
<http://www.nypost.com/seven/01232007/business/coke_conspiracy_trial_star
ts_business_.htm>
Court records purge defied order
Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville,KY,USA
... then-interim Jefferson Circuit Court Clerk Michael Losavio gave the
state permission to seize and destroy misdemeanor microfilm and
electronic records. ...
<http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070123/NEWS0
1/701230408/1008/NEWS01>
RI slashes physical records costs by 70%
Providence Business News - Providence,RI,USA
... spurred seven companies to vie for the contract just awarded and
another 13 for the similar electronic records contract now under
consideration. ...
<http://www.pbn.com/contentmgr/showdetails.php/id/125123>
Lawyer for former Coca-Cola secretary grills key witness in trade ...
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA
ATLANTA – A key witness against a former Coca-Cola secretary charged
with conspiring to steal trade secrets from the beverage giant to sell
to rival Pepsi ...
<http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20070123-1006-coca-cola-trad
esecrets.html>
Former boyfriend tells court Coke theft suspect wanted him to lie ...
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA
The government has alleged that Williams took confidential documents and
samples of products that Coca-Cola was developing and gave them to
Dimson
and ...
<http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20070123-1349-coca-cola-trad
esecrets.html>
Digital-camera ban aims to keep Brown Co. files secure
Green Bay Press Gazette - Green Bay,WI,USA
She said the prevalence of cameras on cellular phones is a growing
problem for secure areas where people search vital records like birth
certificates. ...
<http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070123/
GPG0101/701230584/1207/GPGnews>
Bad Arolsen Holocaust Insurance and Corporate Revelations
Baltimore Jewish Times - Baltimore,MD,USA
At the forefront of the campaign to open the ITS files has been a
passionate group of senior officials of the United States Holocaust
Museum and Memorial. ...
<http://www.jewishtimes.com/News/6236.stm>
Feds: Details of ISP snooping haven't been decided
ZDNet - USA
But he categorized the lack of consistent data retention by ISPs as a
"road block" to some investigations. He described, for example, a
situation in which ...
<http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6152598.html>
Two city archives sites up for vote
Ottawa Citizen (subscription) - Ottawa,Ontario,Canada
The thousands of historical artifacts watched over by the City of
Ottawa Archives took another step closer to finding a new home Monday
night, ...
<http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/story.html?id=6224e605-d885-4e4f-916
9-d4dbbc5cf27d&k=0>
Rethink on archives switch options
Yorkshire Post Today - Leeds,Yorkshire,UK
... in Heslington on the outskirts of York has proved so contentious
that some people threatened to remove documents they had placed with
the city archives. ...
<http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=1084&Article
ID=1986714>
Birmingham move ruled out for York archive
York Press - York,UK
But all of those were rejected as too costly, including one from Iron
Mountain Ltd, which wanted to store the files in Birmingham, and allow
York residents ...
<http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/yorknews/display.var.1140252.0.birmingha
m_move_ruled_out_for_york_archive.php>
BC Sports Hall of Fame and Museum Open to the Public
Hall Of Fame Magazine - New Bedford,MA,USA
... have been inducted to the Hall of Fame. The collection represents
over 100 years of BC sport history with over 20000 artifacts and 25000
archival items.
<http://www.hofmag.com/content/view/566/190/>
Rocha named interim library/ archives administrator
Nevada Appeal - Carson City,NV,USA
Guy Rocha has been named interim division administrator of the Nevada
State Library and Archives. Rocha has been assistant administrator of
the division or ...
<http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20070123/NEWS/101230084>
Original Archive Documents of Krastyu Misirkov to be Presented at ...
Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria
The chair of the General Department of Archives at the Council of
Ministers Dr. Boryana Buzhashka and the director of Macedonia’s State
Archives Dr. Zoran ...
<http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n104005>
First official copy of Declaration of Independence
News-Daily.com - Jonesboro,GA,USA
It will remain in a vault at the state archives until Georgia Day on
Feb. 12, when it will be displayed along with the state’s Charter at
the state capitol. ...
<http://www.news-daily.com/homepage/local_story_019232409.html?keyword=le
adpicturestory>
Cultural Center needs $2.6 million for fire safety
Daily Mail - Charleston - Charleston,WV,USA
West Virginia's Cultural Center, home to the state's archives and its
still-being-renovated museum, needs nearly $2.6 million in long-sought
improvements to ...
<http://www.dailymail.com/story/News/+/2007012317/Cultural-Center-needs-$
2.6-million-for-fire-safety/>
Washington State's Digital Archives Preserves More Than 10 Million ...
Government Technology - Folsom,CA,USA
The Washington State Digital Archives has now placed more than ten
million critical Washington records online. These records are
accessible to the public ...
<http://www.govtech.net/news/news.php?id=103478>
Sending files via computer works well
Prescott Daily Courier - Prescott,AZ,USA
Fenton said the clerk's office uses the electronic document scanning
system to enter court documents into the database. Using the case
number, ...
<http://prescottdailycourier.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&Arti
cleID=42616&TM=25274.28>
Today's cameras will be tomorrow's museum pieces
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
Many of the glass negatives in our archives have varying amounts of
caption information written directly onto the glass - I guess that was
the way it was ...
<http://blogs.smh.com.au/photographers/archives/2007/01/todays_cameras_wi
ll_be_tomorro.html>
Cost of storing RI records cut
Providence Journal - Providence,RI,USA
After the fire, the state looked to house its files in a more secure
facility. Capital Records was hired at the time to recover
water-damaged documents. ...
<http://www.projo.com/news/content/capital_records_01-24-07_E242S39.1837a
98.html>
Longo waging war over records
Biloxi Sun Herald - Biloxi,MS,USA
Longo said Tuesday the files belong to the Waveland Citizens Fund and
Johnson took them from a trailer at the city complex on Coleman Avenue.
...
<http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/16531211.htm>
Criminal case files go online
Hernando Today - Brooksville,FL,USA
The database also protects against floods or other natural disasters
wiping out the records. The database is closed to the public because
some of the files ...
<http://www.hernandotoday.com/news/MGBN9RB3BXE.html>
Meeting called to review progress on opening long-secret Nazi archive
International Herald Tribune - France
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands: Eleven nations controlling a long-secret
archive of Nazi documents will hold an unscheduled meeting to assess
how quickly the files ...
<http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/24/europe/EU-GEN-Netherlands-Nazi
-Archive.php>
Information Management - the quart and the pint pot
IT Directors - USA
Sure, we need records management and retention management, archiving,
backup and continuous data protection, document and content management,
...
<http://www.it-director.com/blogs/Freeform_Comment/2007/1/information_man
agement_the_quart_a_.html>
Businesses destroy documents, worry
St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
Alan Ball has been in the paper shredding business for a dozen years,
but he's never seen anything like this before. "This little old lady
comes to the door ...
<http://www.sptimes.com/2007/01/24/Neighborhoodtimes/Businesses_destroy_d
o.shtml
How to Absolutely, Positively Destroy Your Data: DIY Tech
Popular Mechanics - USA
... by those files available for overwriting. To completely destroy a
file, use a data-shredding program such as Digital File Shredder from
StompSoft ($30). ...
<http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/how_to/4212242.html>
Willamette Week Online
Scoring Controversy
State contract prompts protests over bidding and judging practices.
<http://www.wweek.com/editorial/3311/8472/>
Are You Ready for E-Discovery?
E-Commerce Times - USA
Specifically, the FRCP recognize that some firms delete data after a
period of time as a normal course of business. In these cases,
companies that have a ...
<http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/55323.html>
Historical society sheds light on vault updates
Grand Traverse Herald - Traverse City,MI,USA
"The Historical Society inherited a large part of the collection from
the Pioneer Study Center, connected with Pathfinder School, back in the
mid '80's. ...
<http://www.gtherald.com/herald/2007/jan/24vault.htm>
InformationWeek, Tue, 23 Jan 2007 2:47 PM PST
Appeals Court Shoots Down Copyright Challenge
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=19690304
0&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_All
The case impacts how out-of-print and orphaned works may, or may not,
be viewed online.
Meeting Called On Opening Nazi Archive
Guardian Unlimited - UK
The preparatory meeting was unusual, and reflected impatience among
some delegations at the prospect of a lengthy legal process before the
files become ...
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6369034,00.html>
Recording of Reagan's Fair speech found
Philadelphia Neshoba Democrat - Philadelphia,MS,USA
Celia Tisdale, audio-visual curator for the state Archives and History
called the tape an incredible find. "This is an incredible find and
will be a ...
<http://www.neshobademocrat.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=297&Art
icleID=13920&TM=65091.34>
Ellen Gets Tough On Archives Boss
Liberian Daily Observer - Silver Spring,MD,USA
In a Memorandum dated 22 January 2007, the Archives Director General,
Dr. Sam Pittee-Polkah Toe, sent all of the CNDRA administrators and
employees on a ...
<http://www.liberianobserver.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/5579/Ellen_Gets_T
ough_On_Archives_Boss.html>
Open Access: Footnote.com and the National Archives
Agoravox - Paris,France
Many archives I have visited now ask visitors to sign a “license
agreement” which, if you read it closely, restricts the freedom of the
visiting researcher. ...
<http://www.agoravox.com/article.php3?id_article=5497>
St. Vincent & the Grenadines Genealogy Website Changes URL ...
Caribbean PressReleases.com (press release) - Christ Church,Barbados
The records focus mainly on the island group's early history, simply
because those have been the easiest to locate for the website’s
American archivist and ...
<http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com/articles/1182/1/St-Vincent--the-Gr
enadines-Genealogy-Website-Changes-URL-Prepares-to-Offer-Subscription-Dat
abase/Many-records-in-poor-condition.html>
City readies for new storage shed
Newszap Florida - FL,USA
The City Clerk's office has been overrun by boxes upon boxes of files
with the current requirements by state legislation for document
retention. ...
<http://www.newszap.com/articles/2007/01/24/fl/lake_okeechobee/aok04.txt>
New USB memory stick lost
Expatica - Netherlands
The Foreign Ministry said the data did not include "officially
confidential documents", but also stressed that the loss is
"exceptionally annoying". ...
<http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=19&story_id=357
22>
Experts Say Email Will Be Default Communication For Confidential ...
BizReport - USA
They also predicted that the ability to provide secure, encrypted email
services for confidential documents and communications will become an
essential ...
<http://www.bizreport.com/2007/01/experts_say_email_will_be_default_commu
nication_for_confidential_data_by_2009.html>
Hollifield: It would be a mistake to reject Bush library
Austin American-Statesman (subscription) - Austin,TX,USA
At Duke more than 20 years ago and at Southern Methodist today,
opponents of such libraries have said that by building a presidential
library and creating ...
<http://www.statesman.com/opinion/content/editorial/stories/01/24/24holli
field_edit.html>
Faculty should welcome debate with conservatives
smudailycampus.com - Dallas,TX,USA
Several of my colleagues in the history department at SMU have publicly
expressed their passionate opposition to the presence of a presidential
library, ...
<http://www.smudailycampus.com/home/news/2007/01/24/Opinion/Faculty.Shoul
d.Welcome.Debate.With.Conservatives-2670434.shtml>
Bill relegates meeting records to Net only; 2nd lets more ...
Arizona Daily Star - Tucson,AZ,USA
The Mesa Republican isn't the only senator trying to curb public
records. Sen. Linda Gray, R-Glendale, is moving to expand the list of
people who can bar ...
<http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/165928>
GOP urges Berger lie test
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
Mr. Berger pleaded guilty in April 2005 to a misdemeanor charge of
unauthorized removal and retention of classified material, including
documents outlining ...
<http://washingtontimes.com/national/20070124-121614-2703r.htm>
The Idaho Statesman, Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:19 PM PST
Historians fault Jackson's BSU remark
http://www.idahostatesman.com/164/story/68477.html
The Rev. Jesse Jackson's remarks to a Boise State University audience
Friday that black football players weren't welcome in the 1950s and
1960s prompted a flurry of questioning by local historians.
Peter Kurilecz
Richmond Va
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