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Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories
related to records and archives management.
Intel details e-mail lapses
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA
Intel acknowledged such lapses in a court filing late Monday in an
antitrust case brought against it by rival Advanced Micro Devices. AMD
sued Santa ...<http://origin.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_5742753>
Intel: Backup Tapes for AMD Trial Were Destroyed in EC Investigation
BetaNews - USA
As Intel spokesperson Chuck Mulloy told BetaNews this afternoon, "We
continue to believe that the human errors that led to the document
retention lapses ...
<http://www.betanews.com/article/Intel_Backup_Tapes_for_AMD_Trial_Were_De
stroyed_in_EC_Investigation/1177447824>
Are Data Leaks Bleeding Your Company Dry?
E-Commerce Times - USA
Over half of all information leaks travel to personal data storage
devices such as USB drives, MP3 players and PDAs, according to recent
industry surveys.
...<http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/enterprise/57058.html>
JOLT Shines Legal Light on eDiscovery
CMSWire - San Francisco,CA,USA
Any number of IT employees who happen to reuse backup storage tapes, or
record over old media, can be accused of “virtual shredding” if a
lawsuit is filed. ...
<http://www.cmswire.com/cms/records-management/jolt-shines-legal-light-on
-ediscovery-001213.php>
Companies to keep your work emails, predicts HP
Siliconrepublic.com - Dublin,Ireland
... stamped and encrypted, and records cannot be overwritten, and users
are automatically complying with many European regulations on areas
like data retention.
<http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/news.nv?storyid=single8213>
Antero Pietila: Readers comment on Baltimore’s history needs
Baltimore Examiner - Baltimore,MD,USA
The City Archives is a vast warehouse, offering little in the way of
guidance and support services. The depository is a well-kept secret.
...
<http://www.examiner.com/a-693219~Antero_Pietila__Readers_comment_on_Balt
imore_s_history_needs.html>
Archive breakthrough not what officials hoped for
Belleville Intelligencer - Belleville,Ontario,Canada
But it's not city council that has yielded: it's the floor of the
city's archive space at the Hastings Heritage Centre on Cannifton Road.
...
<http://www.intelligencer.ca/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=50012
4&catname=Local+News&classif=News+Live>
Microsoft reveals its e-discovery strategy
ITBusiness.ca - Canada
It's important that staff have the right disposition to follow document
retention schedules, said Heade, therefore a retention schedule that is
easy to
...<http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/home/News.asp?id=43236>
As Fraud Case Unravels, Executive Is At Large
Wall Street Journal (subscription) - New York,NY,USA
And although Mr. Yuen agreed to plead guilty to a felony for illegally
destroying evidence during a federal investigation, he has so far
managed to avoid ...
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117744516411980932.html?mod=googlenews_w
sj>
Fed's ID Theft Guidelines Just for Show
eWeek - Woburn,MA,USA
It encouraged fewer uses of Social Security Numbers for non-Social
Security purposes. Two problems with that. That has already been US
government policy for
...<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2122027,00.asp>
258-year-old gay rights text documented
PlanetOut - San Francisco,CA,USA
Dr Hal Gladfelder from the School of Arts, Histories and Cultures found
the previously unnoticed tract while doing research at the British
National Archive
...<http://www.planetout.com/news/article.html?2007/04/25/2>
Search to save our film classics
Advertiser Adelaide - Adelaide,South Australia,Australia
"The State Library has identified a number of items in the collection
it believes are of historical cultural significance to SA," Mr Strempel
says.
...<http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,21615477-5006348,00.
html>
Historian helps town to keep documents
Warwick Courier - Warwick,England,UK
The Waller collection is among the most important in Warwickshire and
includes 12th-century medieval deeds for Warwick town and the Woodloes.
... <http://www.warwicktoday.co.uk/news?articleid=2730013>
Early gay activism discovered in National Archives
PinkNews.co.uk - UK
The scroll, discovered by Dr Hal Gladfelder while doing research at the
National Archives in Kew, south west London. "I came across the scroll
in a box of ...<http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-4223.html>
Disaster Recovery Tool retrieves data from damaged archives.
ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release) - New York,NY,USA
The RAR Recovery Toolbox tool recovers data from damaged RAR archives.
The program scans the archive, defines the data structure and tries to
recover as ...<http://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/515245/2585>
Archives buckling the floor at heritage centre
Belleville Intelligencer - Belleville,Ontario,Canada
The city's "legacy" records - copies of legislation and other documents
which must be kept permanently - occupy the original part of the
building,...
<http://www.intelligencer.ca/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=50018
2&catname=Local+News&classif=>
FCC Proposes Fining Stations For Missing Documents
Broadcasting & Cable (subscription) - New York,NY,USA
The station admitted it had not placed kids programming documents and
lists of its public affairs issues/programs in its files from the time
the station had
...<http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6436585.html>
Researchers bristle at fee increase proposal
Shreveport Times - Shreveport,LA,USA
In its filing, NARA argued that is not appropriated money to copy the
public records, and for that reason the fees charged need to cover the
actual cost as ...
<http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070425/BREAK
INGNEWS/70425060>
A public records helper
Cleveland Plain Dealer - Cleveland,OH,USA
A Toledo lawmaker's proposal to create an office devoted to public
records ac cess could save taxpayers thousands of dollars a year. ...
<http://www.cleveland.com/politics/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/opinion/11
7749073113670.xml&coll=2>
New Milford officials get FOI lesson
Danbury News Times - Danbury,CT,USA
E-mail messages are public records, and officials cannot use them to
circumvent open meeting laws, he said. Hennick said the board has
discretion about
...<http://www.newstimeslive.com/news/story.php?id=1045326>
1 in 5 people's data stolen so far in 2007
Tech - London,UK
... their personal information stolen because of computer theft so far
in 2007. That's according to a new survey from laptop security vendor
Kensington . ...
<http://www.tech.co.uk/computing/mobile-computing/news/1-in-5-peoples-dat
a-stolen-so-far-in-2007?articleid=263317558>
Laptop theft affects 160000 Neiman Marcus employees
SearchSecurity.com - Needham,MA,USA
The laptop was apparently stolen from a technician hired by the
consultant on April 5. Company spokeswoman Ginger Reeder told The
Associated press (AP) that ...
<http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1
252840,00.html>
Sunrise Suspends CFO Over Missing Records
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
The company says its chief financial officer destroyed documents needed
to
resolve an inquiry of stock sales by insiders. (Sunrise Senior Living)
...
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/25/AR200704
2502850.html>
BBC
Experts find a 13th Century prayer book has yielded yet another key
ancient text buried in its parchment.
< http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/technology/6591221.stm >
Electronic Medical Records Proved Their Worth in Katrina's Wake
Forbes - NY,USA
Ochsner started developing an electronic records system 15 years ago
and, as a result, information for all 300000 of its patients was
accessible after the ...
<http://www.forbes.com/forbeslife/health/feeds/hscout/2007/04/26/hscout60
3615.html>
FBI to begin training employees on Sentinel case management system
Federal Times - USA
The FBI has had a history of failure in building a system of digital
records to replace its paper-based records management system. ...
<http://federaltimes.com/index.php?S=2715379>
Document Management and Litigation: Learning from Intel’s Mistake
IT Business Edge - Louisville,KY,USA
If you read through its latest filing, what happened was it
decentralized too much of the responsibility for document retention,
actually putting much of
...<http://www.itbusinessedge.com/blogs/rob/?p=107>
State of the Paperless CPA Firm
Accountingweb.com - Indianapolis,IN,USA
Managing digital files requires that firms update their document
retention policies so they take into account electronic document
destruction, ... <http://www.accountingweb.com/item/103446>
Fed Breach Leaked 150,00 Social Security Numbers
CIO Today - Woodland Hills,CA,USA
The US Agriculture Department (USDA) said Social Security numbers of up
to 150000 people were posted on the Internet since 1996. "There is no
evidence that
...<http://www.toptechnews.com/story.xhtml?story_id=11300DT78EL4>
Turkmen and Russian archives sign memorandum on cooperation
Turkmenistan.ru - Turkmenistan
In particular, a long-term bilateral agreement on cooperation between
the Main Archive Department of Turkmenistan and the Archives Committee
under the ...
<http://www.turkmenistan.ru/?page_id=3&lang_id=en&elem_id=9915&type=event
&sort=date_desc>
Lost Document Uncovers 18th Century Gay Rights Activist
EDGE Boston - Boston,MA,USA
The find, which Dr. Gladfelder made while carrying out research at the
National Archive in Surrey, sheds new light on the history of the
struggle for gay ...
<http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ci=108&ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=features&
sc3=&id=4376>
Computer e-mails of a public official may not be public record
Douglas Daily Dispatch - Douglas,AZ,USA
And she said that means those seeking public documents need make just a
minimal showing that records may be public. But she said that only gets
them the
...<http://www.douglasdispatch.com/articles/2007/04/26/news/news10.txt>
Software Company's IP Theft Case Takes a Turn for the Weird
New York Law Journal - New York,NY,USA
... $700000 lost in family investments, a mysterious strike of
lightning and software wiping programs, all tied together in a scheme
to steal trade secrets.
...<http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1177578266660>
South County Journal, Thu, 26 Apr 2007 4:43 AM PDT
Brew ballyhoo
http://southcountyjournal.stltoday.com/articles/2007/04/24/news/sj2tn20070403-0404hil_beer.ii1.txt
Brewing beer has long been a local industry in St. Louis, but there was
a time when it was even more local than it is today.
South County Journal, Thu, 26 Apr 2007 4:43 AM PDT
Beer can buff taps into St. Louis brewing history
http://southcountyjournal.stltoday.com/articles/2007/04/24/news/sj2tn20070403-0404hil_beerbar.ii1.txt
Henry Herbst has the average Joe Sixpack beat hands down and bottles up.
St. Petersburg Times, Thu, 26 Apr 2007 5:12 AM PDT
Stanton returns data storage drives
http://www.sptimes.com/2007/04/26/Northpinellas/Stanton_returns_data_.shtml
Fired Largo City Manager Steve Stanton Wednesday turned in two devices
used to store data from his city-issued laptop computer so an expert
can determine if any public records were removed.
Peter Kurilecz
Richmond Va
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