RAIN 070510
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories
related to records and archives management.
Sunshine Ordinance Task Force says Newsom's destroying public records
San Francisco Bay Guardian - San Francisco,CA,USA
Public records are coming in pretty handy these days. Congress is using
them to investigate the relationship between the Republican National
Committee and ...<http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=3592>
What that data breach will really cost you
ZDNet.com blogs - USA
ChoicePoint paid $10 million to the Federal Trade Commission. These are
big sums, but well off that the tallies being tossed around regarding
TJX. ... <http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=5007>
WGA Screws Over Writers
Cinema Blend - USA
In leading the charge against the WGA, Eric Hughes discovered that the
WGA was shredding its payment records and diverting 92.5 percent of
writers’ pay from
...<http://www.cinemablend.com/new/WGA-Screws-Over-Writers-5138.html>
Texas AG sues EZ PAWN chain of stores
Seguin Gazette-Enterprise - Seguin,TX,USA
The suit seeks to force EZ CORP, which has more than 600 pawn or loan
outlets in 13 states, to take measures such as document shredding at
its Texas stores
<http://seguingazette.com/story.lasso?ewcd=48b991bcdde1c3e1>
SD Officials Question if Drunk Driving Records Are Public Before ...
Insurance Journal - San Diego,CA,USA
State officials are not sure whether arrests for drunken driving are
public records before charges are filed in court, Public Safety
Secretary Tom Dravland
...<http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2007/05/09/79542.htm>
Records requests creating strains FOI requests burdening cities ...
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
By law, anyone can obtain public records. But they may come with a
hefty price — like these two requests, Fairway’s most expensive open
records requests ...<http://www.kansascity.com/148/story/99260.html>
United States' "Free Trade" Laws Carry Our Copyright Virus
Wired News - USA
... in his famous 'Report on Manufactures,' of 1791, actively advocated
the theft of technology and the luring of skilled workers from foreign
countries. ...<http://blog.wired.com/music/2007/05/united_states_f.html>
Shredded East German files reassembled
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Seattle,WA,USA
So great was the task that it overwhelmed the shredding machines, and a
large number of the documents were torn by hand into between eight and
thirty pieces ...
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1103AP_Germany_Shredded_Secrets.h
tml>
Iron Mountain in Metrofile bid
Finance24 - Cape Town,South Africa
... a non-binding expression of interest from New York- listed
documents storage company Iron Mountain to acquire the South African
company at 140c/share. ...
<http://www.fin24.co.za/articles/companies/display_article.aspx?Nav=ns&lv
l2=comp&ArticleID=1518-24_2110986>
Boston firm buys ArchivesOne Iron Mountain acquires Middlebury ...
Waterbury Republican American - Waterbury,CT,USA
ArchivesOne, the nation's third-largest records storage and management
firm, was bought out by Boston-based Iron Mountain Inc., the world's
largest ...<http://www.rep-am.com/story.php?id=23509>
Department of Navy Wins Prestigious NARA Award
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
The Navy earned this award for its DON Enterprise Records Management
Solution (ERMS), built on TOWER Software’s TRIM Context enterprise
content management ...
<http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news
_view&newsId=20070509005782&newsLang=en>
Business Briefs
Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Honolulu,HI,USA
Brian A. Moriki has been promoted to assistant vice president and
manager of the records management department. He will oversee the
bank's records and
...<http://starbulletin.com/2007/05/09/business/bizbriefs.html>
Lack of Information Management Training Puts Organizations - and ...
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
This can only be accomplished with a compliance monitoring program,
which I
think is an essential component of a records management policy. ...
<http://www.prweb.com/releases/information_technology/information_managem
ent/prweb525307.htm>
Longtime company marks two milestones in Arkadelphia
Siftings Herald - Arkadelphia,AR,USA
"We have the same land records here as those over at the courthouse,"
Hill said. The company has those records on microfiche and in computer
files to keep
...<http://www.siftingsherald.com/articles/2007/05/09/news/news2.txt>
JFC debates how vital records are
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription) - Milwaukee,WI,USA
... through peer-to-peer sharing, in which people open their computer
files to others and exchange images and videos as some might do with
music files. ...
<http://www.jsonline.com/watch/?watch=22&date=5/08/2007&id=23219>
Historic preservation grants announced
Access North Georgia - Gainesville,GA,USA
She says the grants, known as Circuit Rider Archivist Consultation
Grants, will be used to preserve historic documents in five northeast
Georgia counties:
...<http://www.accessnorthga.com/news/hall/newfullstory.asp?ID=114070>
Cutbacks loom for City of Regina Archives
Regina Leader-Post (subscription) - Regina,Saskatchewan,Canada
Under the proposal, public access to CORA will be by appointment only
and the staff of two -- an archivist and an assistant -- will be
reduced to just the ...
<http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/story.html?id=8ed19576-bd09-
405a-9ff7-2501f5291351>
Clickable city history
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
The City Archives near 30th Street Station house more than two million
images of every part of Philadelphia, dating from about 1860. ...
<http://www.philly.com/inquirer/magazine/20070509_Clickable_city_history.
html>
Heritage centre will likely see repairs
Belleville Intelligencer - Belleville,Ontario,Canada
The heavy weight of the city's archives was blamed for the breakage. In
an interview Tuesday afternoon, city clerk Julie Oram said the city is
still working ...
<http://www.intelligencer.ca/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=52168
4&catname=Local+News&classif=News+Live>
Shredded East German secret police files being reassembled by ...
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA
So great was the task that it overwhelmed the shredding machines, and a
large number of the documents were torn by hand into between eight and
thirty pieces
...<http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20070509-1337-germany-shredd
edsecrets.html>
Crown takes a pasting over withheld Treaty documents
New Zealand Herald - Auckland,New Zealand
... he said Settlements and counsel would re-examine all files by May
25 to ascertain whether there may be more relevant documents.
...<http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=1043879
4>
Technology News
Silicon Valley's Metro - San Jose,CA,USA
The problem, as film archivist Rick Prelinger pointed out, is that the
Gaumont Pathé project, like many of its kind, has had to pick and
choose which films
...<http://www.metroactive.com/metro/05.09.07/work-0719.html>
House OK's identity theft protection bill
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA
Under those rules, state officials would be required to delete the
first few digits of Social Security numbers when handling documents
involving personal ...
<http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/05/09/house
_oks_identity_theft_protection_bill>
Birth, death certificates may cost more
The Saginaw News - Saginaw,MI,USA
Commissioner Raymond F. Bartels said the clerk's office needs to
modernize record storage in some situations. "It's ancient. It's like
it goes back decades ...
<http://www.mlive.com/news/sanews/index.ssf?/base/news-22/117872084225076
0.xml&coll=9>
County commission mulls putting court records online
Tonganoxie Mirror - Tonganoxie,KS,USA
The current process "requires our staff to pull hundreds of files and
re-file them," King said, detailing what a record request entails. ...
<http://www.tonganoxiemirror.com/section/local/story/10880>
Renoir archive now belongs to novelty items business
Art Newspaper - UK
The Renoir family archive, which was sold in 2005 causing deep disquiet
in France, has been acquired by a gallery in Arizona. It now belongs to
Rima Fine ...<http://www.theartnewspaper.com/article01.asp?id=634>
EU's Online Video Portal to Archive WWII Resistance Fighters
Deutsche Welle - Bonn,Germany
On may 7, some nine months after it began, The European Resistance
Archive (ERA) video portal went online. The archive's official opening,
in Berlin, ...<http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2483369,00.html>
Mid-Century Icons: Architectural Photography from the Panda Collection
Canadian Architect - Toronto,Canada
... University of Calgary, and Linda Fraser, Chief Curator and
Archivist, Canadian Architectural Archives, with Rebecca Lesser as
Assistant Curator.
...<http://www.canadianarchitect.com/issues/ISArticle.asp?id=68778&issue=
05092007>
Officer has disciplinary hearing over copying records
Cape Cod Times - Hyannis,MA,USA
Tim Norris, the lawyer representing the police department, said the
firearms records are not public documents and can only be accessed by
police for ...
<http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070509/NEWS/70
5090328>
HCA Information Lost
WKRN - Nashville,TN,USA
The Hermitage hospital sent a compact disc with names and social
security numbers of people treated in 2006 to federal record keepers.
...<http://wkrn.com/nashville/news/hca-information-lost/94405.htm>
Iron Mountain Bids for South African Firm
Scure Destruction Business - Cleveland,OH,USA
Metrofile, a Johannesburg, South Africa records storage firm, has
announced that it has received a non-binding letter of interest from
Iron Mountain to ...<http://www.sdbmagazine.com/news/news.asp?ID=8072>
Plans lodged for £8m archive centre
Highland News - Inverness,Scotland,UK
PLANS for a new archive centre for the Highlands have taken a major
step forward with a blueprint lodged with council planners. ...
<http://www.highland-news.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/1752/Plans_lodged_
for__pound;8m_archive_centre.html>
Georgia Theatre Conference Archive Opens at VSU
Valdosta State University - Valdosta,GA,USA
VALDOSTA - Valdosta State University’s Odum Library will host the
opening for the Georgia Theatre Conference archive beginning at 7 pm
Friday, May 11,
...<http://www.valdosta.edu/news/releases/theatre.051007/>
British Library to create British e-mail archive
ComputerWeekly.com - UK
The messages will be included in a digital archive that will be stored
at the British Library for future generations. The library said the
E-mail Britain
...<http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/05/10/223766/british-libr
ary-to-create-british-e-mail-archive.htm>
Cambridge university lab spends £80K to archive terabytes of data
ComputerWeekly.com - UK
by John-Paul Kamath. A Cambridge University research laboratory has
reduced the time it takes to back up over 23 terabytes of data from
seven days totwo, ...
<http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/05/10/223783/cambridge-unive
rsity-lab-spends-80k-to-archive-terabytes-of.htm>
A rocking music photo archive
Seattle Times - Seattle,WA,USA
By Patrick MacDonald. "Every picture tells a story, don't it?," Rod
Stewart warbled back in the '70s. Michael Ochs had 2 million such
stories, ...
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/artsentertainment/2003700003_ochs1
0.html>
Confidential documents accidentally released
ABC Online - Australia
The Tasmanian Government has been left red-faced after confidential
Cabinet documents were found in a filing cabinet on sale at an auction
house in Hobart
...<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200705/s1919905.htm>
Times of India - New Delhi,India
The National Archives on Janpath, as William Dalrymple recently
discovered, is a treasure chest of little known, or sometimes
completely unknown, ...
<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/1857_Revisited/articleshow/2023989.cm
s>
What's Inside Box No. 1997.0015 OHA 293.23?
Washington City Paper - Washington,DC,USA
Items were transferred to the Anacostia Museum, Howard University,
Walter Reed, and the National Archives, among others. “From our point
of view, ...<http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=1485>
Early gay-rights writings found
pride source.com - Farmington,MI,USA
University of Manchester academic Dr. Hal Gladfelder has discovered
pro-gay writings from 1749 in the National Archives in Kew, England.
...<http://www.pridesource.com/article.shtml?article=25037>
Storage Capacity Planning: What's Enough and What's Too Much
IT Management - Darien,CT,USA
“Digital storage demand is increasing from 30 to over 50 percent
annually and is expected to steadily increase for the foreseeable
future,” said Fred Moore,
...<http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/article.php/3676876>
Hard drive possession may violate Open Records Act
WRDW-TV - Augusta,GA,USA
The Georgia Open Records Act is a state law requiring that public
records be open and available for inspection by any member of the
public--but the act
...<http://www.wrdw.com/politics/headlines/7440761.html>
Blogging on corporate laptops is risky business
SearchSecurity.com - Needham,MA,USA
"They can analyze millions of messages and use what they find – trade
secrets, for example -- for hostile purposes," he said. ...
<http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1
254538,00.html>
Survey Says: Not Enough Records Management Training
IDM.net.au - Strawberry Hills,NSW,Australia
Good information management is critical to ensure business continuity
and regulatory compliance, while simultaneously reducing the risk of
litigation. ...<http://www.idm.net.au/story.asp?id=8408>
Preserving Washington's heritage
Seattle Times - Seattle,WA,USA
Washington's Heritage Center, on a hillside near the Capitol, is the
future home of the State Archives, State Library and State Capital
Museum. ...
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2003700201_munro10.html>
Don's collection on show
Hindu - Chennai,India
The collection held by the State Library of South Australia began in
the late 1960s when the then State Librarian approached Sir Donald
about transferring ...
<http://www.hindu.com/yw/2007/05/11/stories/2007051100530100.htm>
Anti-shredder aims to stick spy files back together
Nature.com (subscription) - London,England,UK
The Stasi lacked enough paper-shredding machines to do the job right,
and began tearing documents by hand and stuffing them into bags. ...
<http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070508/full/070508-9.html>
Walter accused of shredding tax records
phillyBurbs.com - Philadelphia,PA,USA
Upper Moreland's beleaguered tax collector is accused of breaking the
law by shredding tax records, according to a lawsuit filed by someone
who did contract
...<http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/246-05102007-1344233.html>
Museumis suing former archivist
Daily Press - Newport News,VA,USA
NEWPORT NEWS -- The former chief archivist for The Mariners' Museum
library is facing a civil suit filed by the museum, alleging that he
stole – and then ...
<http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/dp-30028sy0may10,0,530977.story?col
l=dp-news-local-final>
putting together the Stasi's 600m-piece spy jigsaw
Guardian Unlimited - UK
When the Berlin Wall fell agents spent three months shredding
documents. But since 1991 30 workers have pieced together an average of
10 documents a day,
...<http://www.guardian.co.uk/germany/article/0,,2076185,00.html>
FBI analyst steals national secrets
iT News - Australia
According to court papers, Aragoncillo walked out of the White House on
a fairly regular basis with classified documents in a disc in his bag.
...<http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=51759&src=site-marq>
The problem with e-mails: hard to delete
Christian Science Monitor - Boston,MA,USA
... of documents and e-mails and does not have any more. Well, maybe.
In the electronic era, we have learned that computer files are hard to
dispose of. ...<http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0511/p09s03-cods.html>
Automated reconstruction of Stasi files under way
Heise Online - Hannover,Germany
After the German Bundestag's budgetary committee approved 6.3 million
euros in funding, the German Authorities for Documents Produced by the
Former GDR's ...<http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/89577>
Data retention: a balancing act for telcos
Times Online - UK
The Home Office is currently implementing a controversial EC Directive
on data retention that will force telephone and internet service
providers to keep
...<http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article1774049.ece
>
Germany's secrets uncovered
ABC Online - Australia
... and they brought shredders back and they continued shredding and
when those broke, the order came to hand, rip most incriminating files.
... <http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2007/s1919359.htm>
County seeks historical grant
Republican & Herald - Pottsville,PA,USA
The two-story, 2600-square-foot garage at 724 W. Laurel Blvd. will
provide secured record storage for a variety of documents now housed at
the 1912 Rest ...
<http://www.republicanherald.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18322440&BRD=2626&P
AG=461&dept_id=532624&rfi=6>
Carcieri calls for inquiry into staffing
Providence Journal (subscription) - Providence,RI,USA
Frank Ciccone, D-Providence — played in the 2000 award of a
record-storage contract. But he took a new tack yesterday after The
Journal reported details of ...
<http://www.projo.com/news/content/CARCIERI_PROBE_05-10-07_AU5J2HJ.34c7e4
6.html>
Peter Kurilecz
Richmond Va
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