RAIN 20071002
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories
related to records and archives management.
Lawyer pleads guilty to destroying evidence in church pornography case
Boston Herald - United States
By AP BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - A prominent attorney admitted today that he
destroyed evidence in a child pornography investigation at a Greenwich
church. ...
<http://news.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1
034555>
Morgan Stanley to pay $12.5 million fine to settle 9/11 e-mail charges
Wall Street & Technology - Manhasset,NY,USA
... failing to produce pre-9/11 e-mails to regulators and investor
plaintiffs, while claiming that the destruction of the firm's email
servers
in the Sept. ...
<http://www.wallstreetandtech.com/blog/archives/2007/09/morgan_stanley_1.
html>
Morgan Stanley to pay 12.5 mln usd to resolve FINRA charges
CNNMoney.com - USA
... while claiming that the destruction of the firm's email servers in
the
September 11 terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Center
resulted in
the ...
<http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/newstex/AFX-0013-19871561.h
tm>
Foundation mounts technological rescue
St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
On the launch pad is a project, in cooperation with the clerk of Circuit
Court, that aims to digitally photograph historic records such as deeds,
wills, ...
<http://www.sptimes.com/2007/10/01/Hernando/Foundation_mounts_tec.shtml>
London Zoo in the good old days: historic archive goes online
Times Online - UK
THE photographic archive of London Zoo, one of the world's most
important
such collections, is to be published for the first time, with the
pictures
offered ...
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2558257.ece>
County landmarks in the frame for archive
Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph - Kettering,Northamptonshire,UK
KIRBY Hall, the Church of St Peter in East Carlton and the Tudor Gate
Hotel
in Finedon are among county landmarks featured in a new national photo
archive. ...
<http://www.northantset.co.uk/news/County-landmarks-in-the-frame.3243386.
jp>
Cayman FOI not here yet
Cay Compass - Grand Cayman,Cayman Islands
"This law is better than the US Freedom of Information Act," she said,
noting the US FOIA legislation only covers the executive branch of the
government, ...
<http://www.caycompass.com/cgi-bin/CFPnews.cgi?ID=1025443>
Digitizing our Past at the Peel Heritage Complex
Brampton Guardian - Ontario, Canada
(Brampton) - The Peel Heritage Complex (PHC) has started an exciting new
initiative that will preserve its extensive archive collection. ...
<http://www.northpeel.com/regional_news/article/34850>
TWU professor honored by Society of American Archivists
Pegasus News - Dallas,TX,USA
By John P. Meyer Just in time for American Archives Month. the Society
of
American Archivists (SAA) has named Texas Woman's University School of
Library and ...
<http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2007/oct/01/twu-professor-honored-societ
y-american-archivists/>
Understanding The World Of Electronic Discovery: Planning
The Metropolitan Coporate Counsel - Mountainside,NJ,USA
Such an approach greatly reduces the risk of the collection being
challenged later, for issues such as improper chain of custody and
spoliation. ...
<http://www.metrocorpcounsel.com/current.php?artType=view&artMonth=Octobe
r&artYear=2007&EntryNo=7311>
Destroyed records aren'ta valid excuse
MiamiHerald.com - FL, USA
A: There is a legal tort called ''spoliation of evidence'' that may
protect
you if your facts fit its definition. It allows money damages for
intentional ...
<http://www.miamiherald.com/business_monday/story/254364.html>
Judge rules Mesa destroyed evidence in Hawaiian case
Flight International - USA
Mesa placed Murnane on administrative leave earlier this month after
Hawaiian brought up evidence spoliation. "Mesa's chief financial
officer,
<http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/10/01/217501/judge-rules-mesa-
destroyed-evidence-in-hawaiian-case.html>
Attorneys Face Nine Critical Challenges In Being Prepared
The Metropolitan Coporate Counsel - Mountainside,NJ,USA
Some enterprises now understand that electronic discovery, compliance
and
records management are ultimately benchmarks of effective governance and
that ...
<http://www.metrocorpcounsel.com/current.php?artType=view&artMonth=Octobe
r&artYear=2007&EntryNo=7281>
Treat electronic data with respect
Globe and Mail - Canada
... four other Wall Street banks paid regulators a hefty $1.65 million
each
to settle allegations that they effectively had lousy data retention
policies. ...
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20071001.WBsecuritybl
og20071001125501/WBStory/WBsecurityblog>
Water District Makes Second Run at Electronic Document Retention
IT Jungle - New York,NY,USA
... the district had managed to store only about 53000 records.
According
to network administrator Gloria Geisert, the overhead of the file
transfer
and ...<http://www.itjungle.com/fhs/fhs100207-story03.html>
Iron Mountain's Data Protection Solutions Now Available in South ...
CNNMoney.com - USA
Through Iron Mountain Digital's in-country distributor Channel Data and
their network of reseller partners, South African businesses now have
access to the ...
<http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/NEM07201102007-1
.htm>
Key land purchase documents missing in Marietta
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA
In Marietta, anyone interested in the city's land purchases could get
the
details from the deeds down at the county courthouse -- after the deals
are done, ...
<http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/cobb/stories/2007/10/01/landbuy_1
005_web.html>
WW II Declassification Cost $30 Million
The Associated Press -
... declassify the wartime records over the eight years, came out of
regular declassification and Freedom of Information Act budgets,
degrading
both activities.
<http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j6VYyTXahqt3CHti7MKwuqFM8m0wD8S0MJPG0
>
Library and Archives Canada Acquires Rare Musical Recordings
Market Wire (press release) - USA
Earlier last month, the Friends of the Library and Archives Canada,
whose
members support the work of LAC in preserving Canada's documentary
heritage, ...<http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=776133>
Conservation of Tbilisi Central Archives
Daily Georgian Times - Georgia
Information about past and present, about cultural and political
changes,
history, policy and a lot more can be found through stored archives. ...
<http://www.geotimes.ge/index.php?m=home&newsid=7018>
Photographers' heirs seek a cut of Monroe fortune
USA Today - USA
Allowing the photography archives to sell Monroe's images opens that
door,
he says. Greene and Kelley say they can't find any evidence that those
kinds of ...
<http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-10-01-monroe-estate_N.htm>
Avoiding The Review And Production Money Pit: Strategies For ...
The Metropolitan Coporate Counsel - Mountainside,NJ,USA
Prior to turning over all documents to the opposing party, the
designated
metadata and the text are built into a data load file. Also, during this
phase an ...
<http://www.metrocorpcounsel.com/current.php?artType=view&artMonth=Octobe
r&artYear=2007&EntryNo=7295>
Collecting Personal Data for E-Discovery
CTR - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Are personal files backed up for disaster recovery? Are entire hard
drives
backed up or only those files stored in "My Documents"? Are the back-up
processes ...
<http://www.wwpi.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2794&Itemi
d=44>
Electronic Discovery Processing: What You Need To Know To
The Metropolitan Coporate Counsel - Mountainside,NJ,USA
The load file also contains document relationships such as parent-child
and
a link to the native file itself. Next, the native files are gathered
and
built ...
<http://www.metrocorpcounsel.com/current.php?artType=view&artMonth=Octobe
r&artYear=2007&EntryNo=7300>
Simple steps to get on the road to compliance
ZDNet - USA
... as well as poor indexing of files. Getting unstructured content like
e-mails, proposals, contracts, call-center records and collaborative
documents ...<http://news.zdnet.com/2424-9595_22-167781.html>
Iron Mountain Reels in RMS
Byteandswitch.com - New York,NY,USA
RMS is one of a number of vendors that digitizes files and medical
images
so they can be turned into electronic medical records. ...
<http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=135248&WT.svl=news1_1>
The centre houses buildings records, archives and museums
BBC News - UK
The services housed at the centre include archives, local studies,
archaeology, buildings records, conservation and museums.
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/wiltshire/7023376.stm>
Library photo archives one of Putnam's 'little-known treasures'
Palatka Daily News - Palatka,FL,USA
By Bob Mayes As special collections librarian at the Palatka Public
Library, she oversees Putnam County archives, genealogy and law
collections. ...
<http://www.palatkadailynews.com/articles/2007/10/02/news/news02.txt>
Freedom of Information office opens
Cayman Net News - grand cayman,Cayman Islands
He applauded the provision for an independent FOI Commissioner within
the
Law and commended Government for the move to setting up a national
archive.
<http://caymannetnews.com/news-2363--1-1--.html>
New finds among the old Historian is first full-time paid Venice ...
Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Sarasota,FL,USA
Hagler, 55, sees his job as making a well-preserved but loosely
organized
archive more professional. "It's amazing what they've been able to do
largely ...
<http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20071002/NEWS/710020365>
Audit details library conflict
Sacramento Bee - CA, USA
The report labels the shredding "highly suspicious." Hagginwood's 2006
contract required it to retain such records for three years. But
Rankins--Mayle told ...<http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/409900.html>
Two NetLogics Employees Indicted For Economic Espionage
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
Two men are charged with trying to steal computer chip design trade
secrets
in an attempt to start their own company with funding from the Chinese
...
<http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=20210373
9>
Peter Kurilecz
Richmond, VA
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