RAIN 070812
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories 
related to records and archives management.

Disaster Planning: Factoring in Email & IM
CTR - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Plus, with the new amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
(FRCP) already in place, your organization's inability to produce emails
requested in ...
<http://www.wwpi.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2458&Itemi
d=44>

Miami Herald
Firefighters escape roof collapse just in time
By TIM CHAPMAN, NICHOLAS SPANGLER AND KATHLEEN McGRORY
The first wave of firefighters stormed into the burning, block-long 
warehouse about 8:45 a.m., thrashing into the walls with heavy axes.
<http://www.miamiherald.com/548/story/198485.html>

CS0
Los Alamos Nuclear Lab Loses More Data
The error-prone Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory has inadvertently 
released highly classified nuclear weapons material again, this time by 
e-mail.
This was followed by the theft of a Los Alamos laptop. Both occurred 
since last October when a crack dealer was found in possession of lab 
nuclear weapons data on a USB stick.
<http://www2.csoonline.com/blog_view.html?CID=33112&source=nlt_csonewswat
ch>

Patients' private data goes missing
Anchorage Daily News (subscription) - Anchorage,AK,USA
On Friday, the hospital began calling patients whose medical records 
may have been stored on the laptop. The hospital said it is offering to 
pay for credit 
...<http://www.adn.com/front/story/9212330p-9128444c.html>

Auntie dusts off more old gems for online archive trial
Independent - London,England,UK
By Joy Lo Dico When the BBC asked for volunteers to take part in a 
trial of online access to its archive, it was overwhelmed by the 
response. ... <http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article2856781.ece>

BMC archive department still awaits general body nod
Mumbai Newsline - Mumbai,India
Mumbai, August 11: Even a year after the Brihanmumbai Municipal 
Corporation (BMC) decided to form an archive and documentation 
department, the 26 staffers 
...<http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=250471>

Motorists' information lost in bureau burglary
Chicago Tribune - United States
The cartridge contained photographs, names, addresses and license 
numbers -- but not Social Security numbers -- of people who were issued 
driver's licenses 
...<http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/west/chi-licenses_11aug11,1,
2920627.story>

GOV WARNED: DON'T HIT E-MAIL 'DELETE' KEY
New York Post - New York,NY,USA
Spitzer spokeswoman Christine Anderson responded that the governor had 
already taken actions to preserve all Troopergate records and had done 
so in ...
<http://www.nypost.com/seven/08112007/news/regionalnews/gov_warned__dont_
hit_e_mail_delete_key_regionalnews_fredric_u__dicker__state_editor.htm>

PMM grant a positive for negatives
VillageSoup Belfast - ME, USA
The Maine State Archives is a Bureau within the Department of the 
Secretary of the State. For information about the Historical 
Collections Grant Program, 
...<http://waldo.villagesoup.com/Community/story.cfm?storyID=97854>

DePerno must carefully craft records policy
Utica Observer Dispatch - Utica,NY,USA
Oneida County Clerk Sandra DePerno swept into office on a mandate to 
protect area residents' privacy when it came to providing the county's 
records online. 
...<http://www.uticaod.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070811/NEWS05/708
110306/1013>

Archive represents Granville's memory
The Advocate - Newark,OH,USA
They are the archive of Granville, unique records that form the town's 
collective memory. Housed in the Granville Historical Society's Museum 
on East ...
<http://www.newarkadvocate.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070812/NEWS01
/708120316/1002>

State looks to archive employee e-mail
Central Maine Morning Sentinel - Augusta,ME,USA
By SUSAN M. COVER But to officials at the Maine State Archives, e-mail 
is modern society's way of communicating. And for government employees 
who are making 
...<http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/4173830.html>

Archivist keeps the PC past alive
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - TX,USA
We need documents and artifacts to remember things correctly," said 
Barbara Kevles, a serial archivist whose high-tech memorabilia will 
help us all remember 
...<http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-techhistor
y_12bus.ART0.State.Edition1.35b2b3d.html>

2004 ballots not preserved
Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati,OH,USA
"We love to retain records. Most counties don't have the physical space 
to do it." Last summer, most counties in Ohio were focused solely on 
the 2006 ...
<http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070812/NEWS01/7081
20449/1077/COL02>


Take care with your electronic information
Bellingham Herald - Bellingham,WA,USA
... but their IT (information technology) staff, to make sure that if 
there is a document retention plan in place, that it's being followed," 
Walters said. 
...<http://www.bellinghamherald.com/business/story/153255.html>

Opening the archives to Venezuela was a tactical blunder
Stabroek News - Georgetown,Guyana
... of Britain and British Guiana agreed that Britain give Venezuela 
access to its archives to look for supporting evidence on its 
territorial claim. 
...<http://www.stabroeknews.com/index.pl/article_letters?id=56526652>

Inside the archives
Central Maine Morning Sentinel - Augusta,ME,USA
Archives Search Room Supervisor Art Dostie said many people use the 
records to research family history, including their ties to the Civil 
War. ... <http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/4173836.html>

Plenty awaits at state archive
Kennebec Journal - Augusta,ME,USA
By SUSAN M. COVER Archives Search Room Supervisor Art Dostie said many
people use the records to research family history, including their ties 
to
the Civil ...
<http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/4151050.html>

Osan to make personnel records available online
Stars and Stripes - Washington,DC,USA
It also means unit commanders can access individual personnel files by 
logging on. Before, the command staff would have to walk over to the 
records center, 
...<http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=48068>

New York Times
BUSINESS / YOUR MONEY   | August 12, 2007
Slipstream:  Who Owns the Concept if No One Signs the Papers?
By JASON PONTIN
The founder and chief executive of Facebook, the fast-growing social 
networking Web site, is being sued by the founders of ConnectU, another 
social network.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/business/yourmoney/12stream.html?ex=11
87582400&en=5dfb9d5eef99225b&ei=5070&emc=eta1>

ONLINE LIABILITY
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - TX,USA
Conducting successful e-discovery and defending companies can be very 
expensive for law firms; some cases involve millions of electronic 
records. ...
<http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-lawyers_13bus
.ART0.State.Edition1.35a6b60.html>




Peter Kurilecz
Richmond, VA

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