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Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories 
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Washington Post
Oliver North and Smithsonian Clash Again Over Access
By Jacqueline Trescott
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, March 16, 2007; Page C03
Oliver North's plan to film at the Smithsonian Institution for his "War 
Stories" series on Fox News Channel has hit another snag.
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/15/AR200703
1501895.html?referrer=emailarticle>

Charges in Archives theft
Philadelphia Daily News - Philadelphia,PA,USA
Denning McTague tried to turn his unpaid intern job in the National 
Archives here into a moneymaker last summer by stealing some documents 
and selling them ...
<http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20070316_Charges_in_Archives_theft
.html>

Crucial arctic map missing
National Post - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
But when Mr. Hayes asked for them, he triggered an extensive search at 
the National Archives that came up empty-handed. In the years since the 
purchase, ...
<http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=5569b1be-64c5-48f6
-8587-75596b554fa5>

Keeping secrets becoming corporate growth industry
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA
Companies need to take pro- active steps to protect trade secrets," 
Springer said. "Reputation is everything. Companies have to use 
technology to stay ahead ...
<http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/4638909.html>

Backup now big business
The Daily Advertiser - Lafayette,LA,USA
Data storage has been offered by countless companies online during the 
past few years. Co-partner Joey Guidry said he thinks it's comforting 
to know a local ...
<http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070317/BUSINES
S/703170309/1046>

Agency probed on corporate espionage allegations
MSNBC - USA
"The article [in Business Week] alleges that Diligence engaged in 
corporate espionage against Ipoc and its auditor, KPMG...through an 
operation it referred ...<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17652487/>

FBI papers 'reveal Marilyn secrets'
Burnley Today - Burnley,East Lancashire,UK
Philippe Mora, writing in The Sydney Morning Herald, said he found the 
FBI report among thousands of formerly classified documents that have 
recently been ...
<http://www.burnleytoday.co.uk/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=2129743&section
id=4070>

Sheriff wants his e-mails on own server
The Decatur Daily - Decatur,AL,USA
The judge said the county's new policy on electronic records passes the 
responsibility for releasing sheriff's records to the sheriff. 
<http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/070317/own.shtml>

Recordkeepers hope for legislative relief
Brenham Banner Press - Brenham,TX,USA
21, a Texas-wide firestorm was created - because it seemed few, if 
anyone, in authority realized people's Social Security numbers had 
routinely been part of 
...<http://www.brenhambanner.com/articles/2007/03/17/news/news04.txt>

John Hancocks of Queens: The Search for Kin
New York Times - New York,NY,USA
... Remonstrance for the borough’s public schools, and arranging for 
the display of the document, which is currently kept in Albany in the 
State Archives. ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/18/nyregion/thecity/18ance.html?ref=theci
ty>

Archive.org Sued By Colorado Woman
Slashdot - USA
An anonymous reader writes "The Internet Archive is being sued by a 
Colorado woman for spidering her site. Suzanne Shell posted a notice on 
her site saying 
...<http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/17/1455214>

Infoweek
Colorado Woman Sues To Hold Web Crawlers To Contracts
Web site owner Suzanne Shell's lawsuit against the Internet Archive 
poses a question: "Can software programs be held liable for their 
actions?"
<http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=19800167
4>

Grover Cleveland’s grandson boosts supporters of presidential museum
Buffalo News - Buffalo,NY,USA
... funds to purchase the vacant, former Fairfield Library at 1659 
Amherst St. and transform it into the Grover Cleveland Presidential 
Library & Museum. ...<http://www.buffalonews.com/102/story/33142.html>


New York Times
BUSINESS / YOUR MONEY   | March 18, 2007
Do You Know Where That Art Has Been?
By RON STODGHILL
The new wariness of collectors to buy or exhibit works that do not have 
the most rigorously documented history jeopardizes the business of even 
the most established dealers.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/18/business/yourmoney/18Art.html?ex=11748
81600&en=bb515aca6abb613a&ei=5070&emc=eta1>

Protect Your Own Identity
Wall Street Journal (subscription) - New York,NY,USA
One reason young adults are more susceptible is that they are the group 
least likely to take precautions such as shredding paper documents and 
using ...
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117416894486840635.html?mod=googlenews_w
sj>

Missing links New law driving towns to unearth old roads
Barre Montpelier Times Argus - Barre,VT,USA
Such work not only preserves the past, but also can protect the future, 
Vermont State Archivist Gregory Sanford adds. He has spoken to 
lawmakers about the ...
<http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070318/NEWS02/703
180420/1003/NEWS02>

Group works to keep historical collection in Montana
Great Falls Tribune - Great Falls,MT,USA
"We're working on a transaction that would keep this collection in 
Montana, at the Montana Historical Society," said Doug Johns of San 
Francisco, ...
<http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070318/NEW
S01/703180303/1002>

Firm works to keep history alive, safe
Alaskajournal.com - Anchorage,AK,USA
His staff has already consulted on archival matters with institutions 
like the University of Washington Libraries, the Alaska State Archives, 
...<http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/031807/hom_20070318005.shtml>

Hmong artifacts find a home on the plains
News &amp; Observer - Raleigh,NC,USA
Minnesota's Norwegian immigrants had been in this country nearly a 
century before they launched an archives at St. Olaf College in 1925. 
...<http://www.newsobserver.com/105/story/554783.html>

Past Out – What is the history of ONE Inc.?
Camp KC - Kansas City,MO,USA
After Legg’s death in 1994, what remained of the ONE Institute and ISHR 
merged with Kepner’s International Gay and Lesbian Archives. 
...<http://www.campkc.com/campkc-content.php?Page_ID=467>


Archives rich fodder for race relations research
Massey News - New Zealand
 From dawn raids on Pacific Islanders in the 1970s, Mäori land marches 
in the 1980s and Treaty of Waitangi issues throughout – newspaper 
archives covering ...
<http://masseynews.massey.ac.nz/2007/Massey_News/issue-02/stories/05-02-0
7.html>

Sensitive plans, maps found in Orlando airport dumpster
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
"We're not taking this lightly," said Raffel, who added that he will 
use the records as "Public Safety Exhibit A" in document-security 
classes. ... 
<http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/breaking_news/16929123.htm
>

Clinton archive a tough request
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
Among the documents requested: almost all of Hillary Clinton's files as 
first lady, eight years' worth of her daily White House schedules, 
office diaries, ...
<http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-ushill0319,0,7680648.s
tory?coll=ny-leadnationalnews-headlines>

Document destruction demands diligence
American Medical News (subscription) - USA
... files should make clear to physicians that they need to make sure 
the company they hire knows how to dispose of documents without -- 
intentionally or 
...<http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2007/03/26/bica0326.htm>

Record keepers are bewildered
Victoria Advocate - Victoria,TX,USA
A Texas attorney general opinion limiting access to information on 
public records has caused turmoil for the state’s 254 counties and 
could be hampering 
...<http://www.thevictoriaadvocate.com/428/story/26555.html>

J. the Jewish News Weekly of Northern California, Thu, 15 Mar 2007 1:58 
PM PDT
Secret archive reveals complicity of IBM, insurance companies in 
Holocaust
http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/31888/format/html/displaystory.html
Despite all the books and articles that have been written about the 
Holocaust, even more stories yet to be told have been hidden away in 
Bad Arolsen, Germany.

The Mac Observer, Thu, 15 Mar 2007 8:34 AM PDT
Just A Thought - We Need Better Archive Tools
http://www.macobserver.com/columns/justathought/2007/03/14.1.shtml
Even for folks with high G.I.Qs (Geek Intelligence Quotient), archiving 
is not nearly as simple as it should be. This looks like a job for 
Apple..


Las Vegas Sun, Sat, 17 Mar 2007 7:30 AM PDT
Treasurer requests probe of missing records
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/lv-other/2007/mar/17/566624048.html
Nevada law requires the state treasurer's office to preserve records 
for one year to 30 years, depending on the nature of the documents. But 
when Treasurer Kate Marshall took office Jan. 1, records - many no more 
than weeks, or even days old - could not be found.




Peter Kurilecz
Richmond Va
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