RAIN 070512
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories
related to records and archives management.
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>
Historical society buys Indian Wars papers for $20500
Columbus Dispatch - Columbus,OH,USA
The Ohio Historical Society said today that it has purchased documents
related to St. Clair's Defeat, one of the worst defeats for the US Army
at the hands ...
<http://www.columbusdispatch.com/dispatch/content/local_news/stories/2007
/05/10/OHSDOCU.html>
Idaho Statesman
Assassination trial docket going to Idaho college
<http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_55311
40,00.html>
Study pegs history museum costs at $10.6M
Bay Area Reporter - San Francisco,CA,USA
He also wants to hire a managing archivist on a part-time basis this
year, and by 2008 bring himself, the archivist and an operations
manager position
...<http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=1806>
Mariners' Museum sues to get items returned.
Daily Press - Newport News,VA,USA
25 for "policy violations which include, in part, the theft of archival
items from the Museum's collections for subsequent sale on the internet
and eBay," ...
<http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/dpnow-mariners.my9,0,2658338.story?
coll=dp-news-local-final>
IRS Leans On Auction Sites to Spill Customer Information
eWeek - Woburn,MA,USA
When the CDT raised the issue with the Federal Trade Commission, the
FTC pointed out that tax information such as Social Security numbers
and TINs (Taxpayer
.<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2128629,00.asp>
Personal data missing from UCI Medical Center
Orange County Register - Costa Mesa,CA,USA
The missing boxes represent about 2 percent of the hospital's records
stored at the facility. Some of the files included patients' names,
addresses, ...
<http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/healthfitness/article_1690870.php>
Jazz archives music to Montclairians’ ears
Montclair Times - Montclair,NJ,USA
Tyler recalled in the Montclair Library shortly after Monday’s official
donation of the archives. “That’s what led to the photograph.” ...
<http://www.montclairtimes.com/page.php?page=14752>
Titanic amount of paperwork overwhelming courthouse
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle - Bozeman,MT,USA
Options include rearranging office and storage space in county
buildings, outsourcing storage to a private company or building a new
records-management ...
<http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2007/05/11/news/50county.t
xt>
State worker had lost sensitive information
San Antonio Express - San Antonio,TX,USA
The 14 tapes from a mainframe computer maintained by Northrop Grumman
contained Social Security numbers and wage information for 1.1 million
Texans, ...
<http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA050907.lostinfo.EN.4f
1db3c4.html>
Mayawati to order probe into destruction of official records
Mangalorean.com - Mangalore,India
... probe into the destruction of official records in the office of
Azam Khan, minister in the outgoing government, once she is sworn in
the chief minister. ...
<http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=43474>
High Court Upholds Strict Timelines In Public Records Case
WMUR - Manchester,NH,USA
... for a petitioning party to recover attorney's fees when retention
of legal counsel is necessary to secure access to public documents,"
the ruling said. ...<http://www.wmur.com/news/13304163/detail.html>
Records requests stirs staffs' interest
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin - Ontario,CA,USA
By Matt Wrye, Staff Writer. While a public records request for school
documents was met with full disclosure Thursday, it's interesting the
looks and ...<http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_5868994>
Ex-employee accused of selling Mariners' Museum items on eBay
WVEC.com (subscription) - Norfolk,VA,USA
He began working there as Chief Archivist in 2000 and was fired,
according to management, last September for policy violations,
including stealing ...
<http://www.wvec.com/news/local/stories/wvec_local_051107_mariners.5cc997
dc.html>
Clarion-Ledger honored for public records coverage
Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson,MS,USA
In one instance, the paper reported that the mayor acknowledged
destroying public records requests the newspaper had sent.
Clarion-Ledger Executive Editor ...
<http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070511/NEWS/70
511047>
Internet & Technology
Investor's Business Daily (subscription) - USA
One point is clear — companies must retain any relevant digital records
once a lawsuit is pending, says Jennifer M. Moore, a partner with the
law firm ...
<http://www.investors.com/editorial/IBDArticles.asp?artsec=17&issue=20070
511>
InfoWeek
The Ultimate Insider: FBI Analyst Steals National Secrets
In a case of espionage inside the White House, the technology that fed
the plot also helped the government track down the conspirators and
build a case against them.
<http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=19950075
1&subSection=News>
Paper-based records have no in-built provision for disaster recovery
Computer Business Review - UK
If the record is destroyed there is no back-up, unlike electronic
records where records can be replicated and managed to ensure that, if
the primary copy ...
<http://www.cbronline.com/article_feature.asp?guid=68AFC345-F33C-4BDD-AF4
6-329BAA3156FD>
Survivors Outraged at Holocaust Museum over Bad Arolsen
History News Network - Seattle,WA,USA
But the issue of prohibiting immediate remote access to the Bad Arolsen
documentation, the way other government documents are routinely
accessed, ...<http://hnn.us/articles/38788.html>
Researcher Make a Jigsaw of East German Secret Files
IDM.net.au - Strawberry Hills,NSW,Australia
... researchers are working to piece together the torn details of
millions of shredded documents that once held the key to East German
secret police files. ...<http://www.idm.net.au/story.asp?id=8409>
Request for EPD records bogs down in paperwork
Daily Record - Ellensburg,WA,USA
After receiving the student-auditor’s written request, the EPD also
required its own version of an open records request form to be filled
out. ...
<http://www.kvnews.com/articles/2007/05/11/news/doc4644e149a8171854102849
.txt>
Photos reveal Zurich's globalisation
Swissinfo - Bern,Switzerland
A new exhibition of photos drawn from the city's Archives for Building
History shows how in the late 19th century Zurich transformed itself
from a medieval ...
<http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/feature/detail/Photos_reveal_Zurich_s_globa
lisation.html?siteSect=108&sid=7792419&cKey=1178894322000>
Files burn, so does desire for revenge
Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India
Five public works department employees, believed to be loyal to the
urban development minister, were tearing pages off files, shredding
them and burning ...
<http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070512/asp/frontpage/story_7767492.asp>
Piecing together the broken lives left behind by the Stasi
Times Online - UK
... of files as soon as it became clear that East Germany could not
survive as a Communist state. The secret police did not have enough
shredding machines, ...
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article1763824.ece>
Doctor/Dentist Office Caught Tossing Unshredded Medical Records
WOAI - San Antonio,TX,USA
The Trouble Shooters spent several weeks checking the company’s trash
dumpster and discovered bag after bag, filled with private medical
records and ...
<http://www.woai.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=d0fe7166-c56c-4c01-
a68e-b3c8dfbc474d>
Austin American-Statesman
EZCorp accused of dumping records
Pawn shop operator exposed its customers to ID theft, attorney general
lawsuit says.
<http://www.statesman.com/search/content/business/stories/other/05/09/9ez
corp.html>
Donation from New York to old offers insights into six centuries ...
Yorkshire Post Today - Leeds,Yorkshire,UK
The voice of the ordinary man and woman is directly heard in the
documents, which even in the earliest archives record English as spoken
by Geoffrey Chaucer
...<http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/news?articleid=2871059>
Peter Kurilecz
Richmond Va
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