RAIN 070306
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories
related to records and archives management.
Report: Plugging Data Leaks Is High Priority
eWeek - Woburn,MA,USA
Protecting PII (personally identifiable information) such as the credit
card numbers, Social Security numbers and other pieces of user and
customer data are
...<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2098748,00.asp>
Texas counties illegally posting Social Security numbers online ...
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA
23, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbot ruled that such disclosure of
Social Security numbers in public documents is a violation of both
state and federal ...
<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&
articleId=9012221>
Wilson seeks funds to black out numbers
Rosenberg Herald Coaster - Rosenberg,TX,USA
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott recently wrote a formal opinion
stating that state and federal law requires Social Security numbers to
be redacted from
...<http://www.herald-coaster.com/articles/2007/03/05/news/top_story/tops
tory.txt>
Historical society works on Berkeley radio museum
Contra Costa Times - CA,USA
By Doug Oakley. A group of radio buffs is transforming a 1930s radio
station in Berkeley from a building of a bygone era into a museum
housing radio
<http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/state/16832406.htm>
Historical society preserving copies of long-defunct paper
McKeesport Daily News - McKeesport,PA,USA
With a little help from a state representative, the Elizabeth Twp.
Historical Society is working to preserve a piece of the Mon Valley's
journalistic past. ...
<http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18039089&BRD=1282&PAG=461&dept
_id=182121&rfi=6>
Why we hate lawyers in IT: Reason No. 1997
Techworld.com - London,UK
Iron Mountain has all the tapes anyhow, so they have been providing
enormously profitable services to companies that need stuff by taking
all the tapes and ...
<http://www.techworld.com/storage/features/index.cfm?featureid=3203&pagty
pe=all>
Imation Tags and Tracks Tape with RFID, GPS
Computer Business Review - UK
As for the GPS system, Shulz said: "Companies like Iron Mountain are
probably going to look at this and think hallelujah! It will take the
pressure off them ...
<http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=881E6EE1-0130-405A-AF88-6
50F03938D61>
Special Report: Wolfgang's Vault Files Countersuit Over Concert ...
411mania.com - Sugar Land,TX,USA
... claiming that the site violates intellectual property rights by
selling merchandise and streaming concert archives belonging to the
musicians. ...
<http://www.411mania.com/music/news/51478/Special-Report:-Wolfgang%5C%5Cs
-Vault-Files-Countersuit-Over-Concert-Archives.htm>
Legal Barriers Hamper Scholars' Access to Papers of Recent Presidents
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) - USA
If Mr. Mieczkowski wants to search for material in unprocessed
documents, he can file a request under the Freedom of Information Act,
but the average wait
...<http://chronicle.com/weekly/v53/i27/27a02101.htm>
Information of public interest remains locked in the Cabinet
Malta Today - San Gwann,Malta
Castille insiders say the upcoming Freedom of Information Act will not
make any difference whatsoever as government is keen on retaining a
complete ban on ...<http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/2007/03/04/t8.html>
Time for a Digital Spring Cleaning
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA
At $20000 per terabyte a year for enterprise-class storage, information
life-cycle management and backup, I can’t afford to offer infinite free
centralized ...
<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&
articleId=282881>
University archivist dies
Towerlight - Towson,MD,USA
Gonce left her position as University archivist in November due to
illness. She had worked in various positions at Cook Library since
1988, ...
<http://www.thetowerlight.com/news/2007/03/05/News/University.Archivist.D
ies-2756108.shtml>
Mote not planning slavery apology
Diamondback Online - College Park,MD,USA
Archivist Anne Turkos, the university's chief historian, said in a
university press release that researchers have not been able to confirm
the assertion ...
<http://www.diamondbackonline.com/news/2007/03/05/News/Mote-Not.Planning.
Slavery.Apology-2756641.shtml>
Further up the trail with Texas Rangers
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - TX,USA
Because, shamefully, key records have been lost from the state
archives, his analysis is reliant on deduction and, to some extent,
speculation.
...<http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/DN-bk_lonesta
ar_0304gl.ART.State.Bulldog.43f97aa.html>
Rock archive website countersues bands, labels
Stuff.co.nz - Wellington,New Zealand
Graham died in a helicopter crash in 1991, and his archive was sold to
SFX Entertainment, which was sold to Clear Channel Entertainment in
2000. ...<http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/3982734a4500.html>
E-mail Archiving is for Small Firms, Too
Small Business Computing - USA
While many small businesses can get by without a SAN, if they have any
kind of server on the premises to handle e-mail, they better offload
and archive the ...
<http://www.smallbusinesscomputing.com/news/article.php/3663571>
A Scholarly Salesman Takes Over the Nixon Library
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) - USA
As a result of that lawsuit, settled in 1996, some 2019 hours of tape
have been released, according to John Powers, supervisory archivist at
the Nixon ...<http://chronicle.com/weekly/v53/i27/27a01801.htm>
Moravian history online
The Express Times - Easton,PA,USA
Pauline Fox, the archivist who has been processing all of the
documents, said she finds the information fascinating because it
chronicles the life of ...
<http://www.nj.com/news/expresstimes/pa/index.ssf?/base/news-10/117307087
597300.xml&coll=2>
Editorial_SMU has difficult decision to make
SFA The Pine Log Online - Nacogdoches,TX,USA
Southern Methodist University, the school favored to host the George W.
Bush Presidential Library, can take a stand against the limitations
placed on ...
<http://www.thepinelog.com/home/news/2007/03/05/Opinion/Editorialsmu.Has.
Difficult.Decision.To.Make-2756049.shtml>
IP Theft Plagues Third of Surveyed Companies
Cellular-News - UK
... contracts and agreements, source code, and competitive intelligence
to design specifications, internal research data, trade secrets, and
more. ... <http://www.cellular-news.com/story/22385.php>
Computer dispute in Castroville heating up
San Antonio Express - San Antonio,TX,USA
Claims that city computer records were copied without authorization or
deliberately deleted and that officials' e-mails were read and diverted
are among ...
<http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA030407.01B.castrovill
e_computer.386c917.html>
Rare documents going online in Bethlehem
NEPA News - PA,USA
AP. The Bethlehem Area Public Library received a $25000 federal grant
to expand the Bethlehem Digital History Project Web site. ...
<http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18038798&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept
_id=465812&rfi=6>
Creating a paperless trail
Daily Record - Ellensburg,WA,USA
Houck, the NextGen project manager, is helping local doctors with the
transition to electronic medical records. Photo by Joe Whiteside/Daily
Record ...
<http://www.kvnews.com/articles/2007/03/05/news/doc45ec89059dbbb823522722
.txt>
Agencies bound by records law
Newszap Arizona - AZ,USA
Police records requested for commercial purposes first need to be
reviewed by the records manager and in some cases the department’s
legal advisor.
...<http://www.newszap.com/articles/2007/03/05/az/east_valley/gi01.txt>
Court documents reveal Intel data slated for retention is ...
DailyTech - Chicago,IL,USA
Intel's letter to Judge Joseph Farnan also explains that layoffs and
corporate restructuring in 2006 caused some oversight in the data
retention. ...
<http://www.dailytech.com/AMD+Intel+Destroyed+Evidence+in+Antitrust+Case/
article6352c.htm>
Intel admits lapse in document preservation
ZDNet - USA
"Through what appears to be a combination of gross communication
failures, an ill-conceived plan of document retention and lackluster
oversight by outside
...<http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6164547.html>
Intel admits to not preserving required e-mails in AMD antitrust case
Ars Technica - Boston,MA,USA
This accusation came after Intel submitted its own letter to Judge
Farnan yesterday, acknowledging the document-retention lapses. Ars has
obtained a copy of
<http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070306-intel-admits-to-not-preser
ving-required-e-mails-in-amd-antitrust-case.html>
Intel Loses Emails in AMD Case
Red Herring - CA,USA
Intel admitted it also failed to notify many of its employees about its
document retention policy. The company tried to implement a backup tape
strategy ...
<http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=21538&hed=Intel+Loses+Emails+in
+AMD+Case>
So much data, relatively little space
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
... effects of the factors behind the information explosion—such as the
profusion of surveillance cameras and regulatory rules for corporate
data retention. ...<http://origin.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_5360792>
Protecting and Recovering Vital Records from Disaster
Retail Bulletin - Croydon,UK
You also need a clear definition of responsibilities between records
management, business continuity, risk management, and emergency
preparedness. ...
<http://www.theretailbulletin.com/index.php?cat=news&page=5&tag=b8f3ddac6
bf90e1b80cb961f2be0db5c>
New rules govern your company’s electronic files.
Entrepreneur - USA
Electronic document retention policy: Have a plan for how long and
where e-mails and IMs are stored. Information technology: Various
companies
offer...<http://www.entrepreneur.com/management/legalissues/article174754
.html>
Wolfgang's Vault Files Countersuit Over Archives
Billboard - New York,NY,USA
In December, Led Zeppelin, the Grateful Dead, Santana and the Doors
sued Wolfgang's Vault claiming that the Bill Sagan-owned Web site
violates intellectual ...
<http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1
003553699>
Northern California District Court Expands Information Retention ...
Mondaq News Alerts (subcription) - London,UK
The requirement that routine record retention programs be suspended
when litigation is reasonably anticipated or pending (commonly referred
to as a <http://www.mondaq.com/i_article.asp_Q_articleid_E_46660>
Legislature Poised To Declare Social Security Numbers 'Not ...
FortBendNow - Richmond,TX,USA
But, under provisions of the bill, Social Security numbers would not be
considered confidential under provisions of the Texas Public
Information Act, ...
<http://www.fortbendnow.com/news/2649/legislature-poised-to-reverse-abbot
t-declare-ss-numbers-not-confidential>
Data breaches are all around us
NetworkWorld.com - Southborough,MA,USA
In March 2006, the Connecticut Technical High School System
inadvertently sent the Social Security numbers for 1250 faculty and
students through e-mail. ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/gwm/2007/0305msg1.html>
Historical document collection now available
Saipan Tribune - Saipan,Northern Mariana Islands,Micronesia
These documents include records associated with the election of
delegates and the organization of each convention, briefing materials
prepared for delegates ...
<http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?cat=1&newsID=66305>
Intel's Missing Memos
Forbes - NY,USA
Intel has good reason to track the documents down. If the documents
aren't found, Intel could be slapped with heavy fines. And the fact
that files are...
<http://www.forbes.com/home/technology/2007/03/06/amd-intel-lawsuit-tech-
cx_bc_0306intel.html>
Missing E-mails, More Questions in AMD, Intel Case
InternetNews.com - USA
In its statement to the court, Intel also said that it is reviewing its
document-retention efforts related to terminated employees, as there
"may be some
...<http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3663946>
Intel deletes e-mails crucial to AMD's anti-trust case
Geek.com - USA
... [which] allowed documents--mainly e-mails--to slip through the
cracks of a document-retention system put in place after AMD sued Intel
in June 2005." ...
<http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2007Mar/bch20070306003261.htm>
Open up the Holocaust archives, before it's too late.
Slate - USA
Anyone who has ever had the good luck to work in old archives knows how
surprising they can be. A thick and unappetizing file might, with
patience,...<http://www.slate.com/id/2161255/>
Visual histories of Holocaust survivors move on campus
Minnesota Daily - Minneapolis,MN,USA
The archives date back to the early 1990s when director Steven
Spielberg was filming "Schindler's List" and he came up with the idea
to seek out Holocaust
...<http://www.mndaily.com/articles/2007/03/06/71060>
National Archives mounts slave trade exhibit
AntiguaSun - St' John's,Antigua and Barbuda
In giving an overview of the display, Archives Director Dr. Marion
Blair explained that the depictions sought to aptly represent pivotal
turning points in ...
<http://www.antiguasun.com/paper/?as=view&sun=400015087103062007&an=50401
4077003062007&ac=Local>
EP spared expenses as records rule reversed
El Paso Times - El Paso,TX,USA
He said it would cost the county between $3 million and $5 million to
buy software that would comb through millions of county records and
remove Social ...<http://origin.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_5364131>
Commission discusses records storage, jail plans
Daily Home Online - Talladega,AL,USA
By David Mackey. TALLADEGA — The County Commission discussed a variety
of matters at a lengthy work session Monday, including a lack of
storage space for ...
<http://www.dailyhome.com/news/2007/dh-talladega-0306-dmackey-7c05v4144.h
tm>
Film row: archive staff told to keep quiet or else
The Canberra Times - Canberra,Australian Capital Territory,Australia
Staff at the National Film and Sound Archive have been threatened with
disciplinary action after revelations that director Paolo Cherchi Usai
has been ...
<http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=news&subclass=general&
story_id=563454&category=General>
UC library collections at heart of digital archive projects
Contra Costa Times - CA,USA
Sitting under black tents that keep out extraneous light, employees of
San Francisco-based Internet Archive photograph page after page of
books borrowed ...
<http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/16843158.htm>
Opening of the Lupe Anguiano Archive at UCLA Celebrates a Life ...
UC Los Angeles - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Anguiano's colleagues, friends and family will be on hand at UCLA on
Monday, March 12, to celebrate the opening of her archive, the first
addition to the ...<http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/page.asp?RelNum=7770>
AMD's lawyers go ballistic as Intel's e-mails disappear
Register - London,England,UK
AMD goes on to question some of Intel's clunky data retention policies
such as instituting an "honor system" for certain employees to have
them store key ...
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/06/amd_intel_missingemails/>
AMD Accuses Intel of Mishandling Evidence
TechNewsWorld - Sherman Oaks,CA,USA
In response, AMD accused the leading chipmaker of apparently destroying
evidence. In a letter to US District Court Judge Joseph Farnan Jr.,
Intel said some ...<http://www.technewsworld.com/story/56126.html>
NY's FOIL laws can frustrate those who seek records
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
New York is not among states with laws that include fines for denying
public records. In neighboring New Jersey, for instance, public
officials who
...<http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--sunshineweek
-ny0306mar06,0,7631101.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork>
AP NewsBreak: Rendell to seek drastic rewrite of open-records law
Centre Daily Times - Centre County,PA,USA
The current law's 50-year-old language defines public records as
accounts, vouchers or contracts; or minutes, orders or decisions.
...<http://www.centredaily.com/129/story/33202.html>
Record savings
Loudoun Times-Mirror - Leesburg,VA,USA
"Tied up in red tape," enlightened John Fishback, the court's
historical records manager, while holding one of the clumps of folded
papers.
...<http://www.timescommunity.com/site/tab1.cfm?newsid=18047395&BRD=2553&
PAG=461&dept_id=506035&rfi=6>
Rusk clerk concerned about mandate
News Journal - Longview,TX,USA
Abbott's original order two weeks ago required immediate compliance to
have Social Security numbers removed from all types of public documents
on file in ...
<http://www.news-journal.com/news/content/news/stories/03062007_rusk_coun
ty.html>
Bill filed to keep public records open
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
... law that Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott says requires county
clerks to remove Social Security numbers from public documents -- or
face jail time.
...<http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2007/03/05/daily10.html>
Digital storage needs to soar
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Seattle,WA,USA
That's good news for storage companies, including Seattle's Isilon
which has made a name for itself by providing digital storage to
companies such as Kodak, ...
<http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/venture/archives/112381.asp>
Days of officially drowning in data almost upon us
USA Today - USA
By Michelle Kessler, USA TODAY. When tech analyst John Gantz at
researcher IDC began tallying up all the digital information generated
annually, ...<http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2007-03-05-data_N.htm>
Old Maps of Mongolia in Searchable Website
Mongolia Web News - Ulaanbaatar,Mongolia
(http://mongol.tufs.ac.jp/landmaps/) It contains 16 precious maps which
are stored at the state archive for academic use. The oldest map was
estimated being ...<http://www.mongolia-web.com/content/view/927/119/>
Creating A Records Management Policy That Is Right For Your ...
ECM Connection (press release) - Erie,PA,USA
Regulatory compliance, and the fear of litigation that accompanies it,
have provided the necessity for records management to move up the
organizational...
<http://www.ecmconnection.com/content/news/article.asp?DocID=%7BF19F4A7C-
DCAB-4CBC-9D22-CF85BD03E93F%7D&Bucket=Supplier+News>
Peter Kurilecz
Richmond Va
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