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Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories
related to records and archives management.
Are e-mails public records?
Seattle Times - United States
State officials are grappling with that question as citizens have begun
demanding broad swaths of e-mail records under the Public Records Act,
according to ...
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003861655_openrecords31
m.html>
Hawaiian Air alleges Mesa CFO trashed evidence
Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Honolulu,HI,USA
In a legal brief filed yesterday, Hawaiian's attorneys allege that Chief
Financial Officer Peter Murnane "engaged in willful and deliberate
spoliation of ...
<http://starbulletin.com/2007/08/31/business/story03.html>
Eleventh Circuit Joins Growing List Of Federal Courts To Reject ...
Mondaq News Alerts (subcription) - London,UK
Failure to do so could result in sanctions for spoliation of evidence.
Finally, the Eleventh Circuit's recent decision should serve as an
important reminder ...
<http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=51786>
Umbrella Rulings Can't Cover All Data
Law.com (subscription) - San Francisco,CA,USA
The contours of this obligation weren't spelled out in the 2006
amendments
and continue to be governed by the common-law duty to avoid spoliation
of...
<http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLT.jsp?id=1188378150913
>
Major Data Breach at Monster.com Exposes 1.3 Million Personal Records
InjuryBoard.com - Tampa,FL,USA
The tool was in fact a malicious program known as a "Trojan," as in
Trojan
horse, which encrypted files on the victims' machines, making them
inaccessible ...
<http://www.injuryboard.com/news/11226.aspx>
Q&A: Iron Mountain CEO defends firm's security efforts
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA
In a recent interview with Computerworld at Iron Mountain's headquarters
here, Reese addressed what he called inaccurate reports that the company
has lost ...
<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&
articleId=9033479>
Month of missing records found in DMV
Portsmouth Herald News - Portsmouth,NH,USA
Eight employees had permission by themselves to delete information from
driver records without supervisory authority. -- A test sample of
accounting ...
<http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070831/NEWS/7
08310420>
Senior archivist closes book on state government career
State-Journal.com - Frankfurt,KY,USA
Belding, 63, Kentucky's longest-serving state archivist at 28 years, has
retired from the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives and
plans
to spend ...
<http://www.state-journal.com/news/article/2496182>
Public Records Act spurs records management deals
Computerworld New Zealand - Auckland,New Zealand
By Stephen Bell Auckland | Wednesday, 5 September, 2007 New compliance
requirements are driving a surge in electronic records management
tenders
and deals ...
<http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/CA468905C8AC3450CC257348000F7B2
8>
Taming The Document Review Beast
The Metropolitan Coporate Counsel - Mountainside,NJ,USA
We also learn to be aware of trade secrets and other sensitive
documents.
Context is not enough though. Without clear rules, even smart and
experienced ...
<http://www.metrocorpcounsel.com/current.php?artType=view&artMonth=Septem
ber&artYear=2007&EntryNo=7174>
Who's On The Move? Protect The Assets That Ride Up And Down In ...
The Metropolitan Coporate Counsel - Mountainside,NJ,USA
Or, worse, is in possession of trade secrets or other confidential
information of the former employer? Lasky: The hiring intake process for
incoming ...
<http://www.metrocorpcounsel.com/current.php?artType=view&artMonth=Septem
ber&artYear=2007&EntryNo=7145>
Lithuania places top secret KGB documents on Internet
International Herald Tribune - France
AP VILNIUS, Lithuania: Once-secret KGB files can now be viewed online,
thanks to a project launched by Lithuanian historians who want to shed
light on the ...
<http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/09/05/europe/EU-GEN-Lithuania-KGB.ph
p>
Your Right to Employee E-Mail
Entrepreneur - USA
To protect these rights and to prevent the loss or theft of company
trade
secrets or proprietary information, companies may want to restrict the
use
of ...
<http://www.entrepreneur.com/management/legalissues/legalissuescolumnistj
effreysteinberger/article183564.html>
Personal details given on need-to-know basis
Queen's Journal - Kingston,Ontario,Canada
Gillian Barlow, University Records Manager, said in the past there
hasn't
been a formalized way to keep track of records. "Everybody has kept
track
of ...
<http://www.queensjournal.ca/story/2007-09-07/news/personal-details-given
-need-know-basis/>
Legal issues spur growth of records management
ITWeb - Rivonia,Gauteng,South Africa
Johannesburg, 7 September 2007 ] - Compliance and legal issues are
driving
the records management market growth from under $100 million in 2004 to
$709 ...
<http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/business/2007/0709070804.asp?A=STG&S=Sto
rage&O=FPIN>
Is Your Blog Leaking Trade Secrets?
InternetNews.com - USA
By Jeffrey Vance While organizations scramble to protect themselves
against
the next big TJX-style data breach, they're overlooking another risk:
social ...
<http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3698401>
The Five Pitfalls Of ECM Information Protection
ECM Connection (press release) - Erie,PA,USA
... document repositories for FAA flight maintenance manuals, loan
processing, contracts retention management, and construction bids
management, ...
<http://www.ecmconnection.com/content/news/article.asp?DocID=%7B511668B0-
5D69-4A20-A01F-54DA116F628E%7D&Bucket=Supplier+News>
Book named as hidden treasure
Dorset Echo - England,UK
Principal archivist at the history centre Jacqui Halewood said: "We are
obviously delighted and so are the WI because it brings to light a
wonderful volume. ...
<http://www.thisisdorset.net/display.var.1671815.0.book_named_as_hidden_t
reasure.php>
How to Declutter Your Gmail Archives in 4 Easy Steps
WebWorkerDaily - San Francisco,CA,USA
If your Gmail archives are overflowing, consider taking some steps to
declutter them. I'd recommend a good decluttering every few months, ...
<http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/09/07/how-to-declutter-your-gmail-archive
s-in-4-easy-steps/>
Sloppy record keeping causing headaches in criminal appeals
By Glenna Whitley
Published: September 6, 2007
A missing court reporter's stenographic notes and tape of testimony in
a 1994 criminal trial shed light on the haphazard and antiquated way
that Dallas County court records are handled and stored, and the
failure points up a little-noticed "triple-dipping" by county-employed
court reporters, who can get paid up to three times for the same trial.
<http://www.dallasobserver.com/2007-09-06/news/of-note>
Mayor to release more e-mails, consult with AG's office on others
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA
By ROBERT CADWALLADER MANSFIELD -- Mayor Barton Scott said he will turn
over more e-mails today in response to an open-records request that he
called ...
<http://www.star-telegram.com/arlington_news/story/226595.html>
Peter Kurilecz
Richmond, VA
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