RAIN 070706
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories
related to records and archives management.
Czechs to Surf for Betrayal as Secret Communist Files Go Online
Bloomberg - USA
Only about 5 percent of the material in the files will remain
classified, because those documents include information still used by
the present-day secret ...
<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=aSxEtJghi5mw&refer=e
urope>.
Another Choice of PDF Converter
Law.com (subscription) - San Francisco,CA,USA
Besides creating PDF files, we also frequently use PDF Converter
Professional to convert PDF documents to Word (*.doc) files as well as
converting Web pages
...<http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLT.jsp?id=1183453580
435>
The Telegraph
How to stave off a digital 'dark age'
Last Updated: 12:01am BST 05/07/2007
Preserving computerised information is a challenge we all face, says
Robert Colvile
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Raiders of the lost archive
ZDNet UK - UK
Back in 1995, Rand Corporation computer scientist Jeff Rothenberg noted
a disheartening fact about digital objects: the things that make them
difficult to
...<http://opinion.zdnet.co.uk/leader/0,1000002208,39287889,00.htm>
Irish firms in email archive crisis
Siliconrepublic.com - Dublin,Ireland
Some 43pc of respondents to an AIIM survey said they had little or no
confidence these emails were readily available in a company archive.
... <http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/news.nv?storyid=single8717>
Courts And Electronic Disclosure
Mondaq News Alerts (subcription) - London,UK
The starting point is that each company must have a proper document
management and destruction policy. It is equally important that the
policy is understood
...<http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=50036>
Court case to decide fate of "History of Linden" copy
New Brunswick Home News Tribune - New Brunswick,NJ,USA
15 court case will determine if two longtime city activists Beatrice
Bernzott, founding president of the Linden Historical Society, and
Rebecca
...<http://www.thnt.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070705/NEWS/70705040
9/1001>
Indians in America Gain Access to India's Right to Information Act
New California Media - San Francisco,CA,USA
Similar to the Freedom of Information Act in the United States, the
2005 statute is regarded as one of the most progressive laws passed in
India. ...
<http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=f479fb591fec
a330f5cb16d166eff15b>
Microsoft Helps Archives Save the Past
BusinessWeek - USA
by Tim Ferguson The National Archive and Microsoft are working to
preserve important digital material and make it accessible for future
generations. ...
<http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/jul2007/gb2007075_877434.h
tm?chan=globalbiz_europe+index+page_top+stories>
United States returns 80 czarist and Soviet documents stolen from ...
International Herald Tribune - France
AP MOSCOW: The United States on Thursday formally turned over 80
czarist-and Soviet-era documents that had been stolen from Russian
archives and found at
...<http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/05/europe/EU-GEN-Russia-US-Arc
hives.php>
Do you know them?
The News Journal - Wilmington,DE,USA
From there, Lori Hatch, of the state archives, took over. She organized
pictures and made copies of them with outlines and numbers for each
person in them. ...
<http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070705/CROSSR
OADS/707050315/-1/NEWS01>
Long-life disks preserve memories
Computeractive - London,UK
Kodak has developed a new range of archival CD that it claims can last
up to 200 years -twenty times the life you can expect from a standard
CD. ...
<http://www.computeractive.co.uk/personal-computer-world/news/2193607/lon
g-life-disks-preserve>
The Streamlined Market - Electronic Claims Files
Mondaq News Alerts (subcription) - London,UK
The benefit of electronic document retention will certainly be felt if
a dispute occurs. Also, it is likely in any dispute that an order for
disclosure of ...<http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=50078>
Standard Trust clients worried about seizure of company files
Netherlands Antilles Daily Herald - Philipsburg,Saint
Maarten,Netherlands Antilles
PHILIPSBURG--Several clients of Standard Trust Company are concerned
about what effect the recent seizure by police of computers and
documents from the
...<http://www.thedailyherald.com/news/daily/k042/trust042.html>
Dumped files inquiry years too late: PAC
Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom
John Barnett, infrastucture chief at the rail and bus company, was
captured on surveillance cameras removing large numbers of documents
from his office
...<http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/article2737833.
ece>
Hot cars: Grand Prix data detectives probe high-speed heist
Finance Week - Bristol,UK
... despite a one-two victory last weekend in France, sacked a top
engineer in connection with the theft of computer records from its
Maranello base. ...
<http://www.financeweek.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=5301&d=11&h=24&f=254>
What Bush's team can learn from Clinton's library
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - TX,USA
But the people who will plan the presidential library expected to be
built at Southern Methodist University can get some valuable pointers
on how best to
...<http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/viewpoints/sto
ries/DN-leubsdorf_05edi.ART.State.Edition1.43781c9.html>
Walker Sheriff's Department downsizing file storage by going digital
Walker County Messenger - LaFayette,GA,USA
Mike Freeman Besides saving space and easing data retrieval, the move
to digital storage will save money, Freeman said. "Even though
purchasing the software ...
<http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpID=730&NewsID=819579&Catego
ryID=3511&show=localnews&om=0>
The E-mail Archiving Gold Rush
Enterprise Storage Forum - Darien,CT,USA
... message management, archiving and discovery technology acquired
from iLumin as well as e-mail archiving and records management from CA
Records Manager.
...<http://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/continuity/features/article.php
/3687191>
NZQA undertakes records management overhaul
m-net - Wellington,New Zealand
... recommendations for ongoing management and compliance with storage
standards; and to provide a comprehensive set of good practice records
management ...
<http://m-net.net.nz/1742/latest-news/latest-news/nzqa-undertakes-records
-management-overhaul.php>
BBC
Warning of data ticking time bomb
<< http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6265976.stm>>
The Guardian
National Archive project to avert digital dark age
<< http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2117706,00.html>>
Federal Plans For Border Crossing Station Found In KXAN Dumpster
KXAN-TV - Austin,TX,USA
The contract relating to the Ysleta project requires documents that no
longer needed to be destroyed. Destruction shall be done by burning or
shredding
...<http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=6752652&nav=menu73_2>
Victorians uncover Koori blood ties
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
Simon Flagg, PROV acting Koorie records manager, says many Australian
families have lost touch with their Aboriginal side. "Some people have
wanted nothing
...<http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/victorians-uncover-koori-blood
-ties/2007/07/06/1183351460499.html>
SharePoint Records Management & Compliance Update
CMSWire - San Francisco,CA,USA
In their initial press release, Microsoft referenced the integrated
capabilities that would be offered in regard to records management and
compliance. ...
<http://www.cmswire.com/cms/enterprise-cms/sharepoint-records-management-
compliance-update-001444.php>
Council approves increasing costs for records request
Robertson County Times - TN,USA
By Katrina Cornwell City Recorder Connie Kittrell isn't planning to
make any immediate new rules regarding the inspection and copying of
public records. ...
<http://www.rctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070706/MICRO060101/3
07060028/1310/MTCN0301>
Our view: Saving the evidence
Florida Today - Melbourne,FL,USA
That's why financial services attorney Thomas Valentine decided that
Florida's public records laws didn't apply to the files, which are sent
by lawyers as ...
<http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070706/OPINION/
707060320/1004>
Google: Our data retention is not data protection watchdogs' business
Register - London,England,UK
"Remember the Data Retention Directive comes out of the security side
of government, not the data protection side," said Fleischer. ...
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/06/google_data_retention_/>
Archive photo costs not picture perfect
Victoria News - Victoria,British Columbia,Canada
The Victoria city archives, however, couldn't assist them with costs.
"They treated us like other users. We could only afford two pictures.
...<http://www.vicnews.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=36&cat=23&id=10210
52&more=0>
Computerworld
Database admin steals 2.3M consumer records at Fidelity National
subsidiary
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9026166>>
GAO Report On Social Security Numbers
Identity Theft Daily - San Diego,CA,USA
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has recently produced a
report concerning social security numbers (SSN). The GAO report found
that while many ...
<http://www.identitytheftdaily.com/news/latest/gao-report-on-social-secur
ity-numbers-20070705-252-45.html>
PA Historical and Museum Commission Sites and Museums to Close Due ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
Northumberland Pennsylvania State Archives and State Museum of
Pennsylvania 300-350 North St. Harrisburg Cornwall Iron Furnace 94
Rexmont Road Cornwall
...<http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/stor
y/07-06-2007/0004621045&EDATE=>
net.wars: Born digital
newswireless.net - London,UK
Most people, Natalie Ceeney, chief executive of the National Archives,
said on Tuesday, think all you have to do is make back-ups. But for an
archivist this ...<http://www.newswireless.net/index.cfm/article/3509>
Peter Kurilecz
Richmond, VA
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