RAIN 20071112
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories
related to records and archives management.
Great Western photographers
Jackson Hole Star-Tribune - Casper,WY,USA
Stimson bought an existing studio and began portraiture photography in
Cheyenne in 1889, according to the Wyoming State Archives. ...
<http://www.jacksonholestartrib.com/articles/2007/11/11/features/range/297fde543cec5ad58725738f0026808f.txt>
Digital information expected to grow six fold by 2010
Manila Times - Philippines
The 29000 square feet, SADL included a separate lab for qualification of
next generation digital storage solutions as well as a customer
Proof-of-Concept ...
<http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2007/nov/12/yehey/techtimes/20071112tech1.html>
Mo. Attorney Says Gov. Wrongly Fired Him
The Associated Press -
28 for advising aides to the governor that some office e-mails could be
considered public documents and that under the state's Sunshine Law, they
should be ...
<http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g7VeaReRHFo6SsuZlaOBQXRr8FJAD8SR6OQG0>
Now-public military files reveal private lives of vets
The News-Press - Fort Myers,FL,USA
Ray's documents had been untouched by a fire in 1973 that damaged or
destroyed 18 million Army and Air Force files. The records are a treasure
trove for ...
<http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071111/NEWS01/71110023/1075
Some union contracts help teachers hide information in personnel files
WKYC-TV - Cleveland,OH,USA
That's a violation of Ohio's public records law. In 1990, Ohio public
record laws were refined, opening to the public the personnel files of
anyone who ...
<http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=77790>
Family military history easier to research with Internet record ...
Grand Forks Herald (subscription) - Grand Forks,ND,USA
They came from the National Archives and Records Administration and include
37 million images, draft registration cards from both world wars, ...
<http://www.grandforksherald.com/articles/index.cfm?id=56836§ion=Features>
Statement from National Archives Inspector General
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a statement issued on Thursday,
November 8,
2007, the Inspector General of the National Archives and Records
Administration, ...
<http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/11-08-2007/0004701428&EDATE=>
Blacks Archives hosts Charter Day Luncheon Sunday
MiamiHerald.com - Miami,FL,USA
A woman who has been battling cancer for the past 40 years has been tapped
for the Black Archives, History and Research Foundation of South Florida's
...
<http://www.miamiherald.com/494/story/300303.html>
After the Data Breach: Navigating State Disclosure Laws
TechNewsWorld - Sherman Oaks,CA,USA
The team at ChoicePoint knows all too well the complexities of navigating
state disclosure laws. After a data breach two years ago, the Alpharetta,
Ga. ...
<http://www.technewsworld.com/story/60257.html>
'LoJack' for Backup Tapes?
InternetNews.com - USA
Losing a set of backup tapes can ruin your whole day. Just ask anyone at
Bank of America or Ameritrade. In both instances, tapes containing hundreds
of ...
<http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3710516>
Successor got key Obama files
Chicago Sun-Times - United States
The day before, Obama told the Chicago Tribune, "Whatever remaining
documents that I have are inevitably incomplete, and then the question is
going to be ...
<http://www.suntimes.com/news/sweet/645635,CST-NWS-sweet12.article>
Clinton secrecy III: More documents hidden through election
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
He said the Blair files might contain a million pages of material. He
denied any pressure from the Clinton campaign or anyone else to slow-walk
release of ...
<http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2007/11/archives2.html>
Lawyer Dumps Clients' Documents In Dumpster
cbs4denver.com - Denver,CO,USA
... thought that was kind of awkward, so I pulled the files out and they
were all legal cases," said Jeff Smith. After looking over the documents,...
<http://cbs4denver.com/topstories/local_story_316082737.html>
Destroying Data on a Hard Drive
KREN CW 27 TV - Reno,NV,USA
Popular and effective methods for destroying the platters are: 1)
industrial shredding, whereby the entire hard drive is fed into a powerful
...
<http://www.kren.com/Global/story.asp?S=7348492&nav=menu616_2>
More care will be taken with records
St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
She said the documents the person found have been carted off and she is
implementing a new system in which paperwork set for destruction will be
placed in ...
<http://www.sptimes.com/2007/11/09/Pasco/More_care_will_be_tak.shtml>
Judge to White House: Hold E-Mails
The Associated Press -
The Federal Records Act details strict standards prohibiting the
destruction of government documents including electronic messages, unless
first approved by ...
<http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hKKWSY_43nHexg55YcW2X9YXNayAD8SSBPB00>
Russia asks Christie's not sell "stolen" documents
Reuters - USA
"We suspect these documents were stolen from the State Russian Military
Archives in Moscow," Yevgeny Strelchik, spokesman for Rosokhrankultura, ...
<http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL128942620071112>
Clinton library a closed book
Chicago Tribune - United States
Almost three years after the library's opening and nearly two years after
the administration's archives became subject to federal open-records laws,
...
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/services/newspaper/printedition/monday/chi-clinton_12nov12,0,3263358.story>
Interview with Brenda Gunn, Associate Director for Research and ...
GameZone - Livonia,MI,USA
by Aceinet Video Games are finally getting the attention they surely
deserve with the Video Game Archives at the University of Texas at Austin....
<http://xbox.gamezone.com/news/11_12_07_09_35AM.htm>
AFP via Yahoo! News, Sun, 11 Nov 2007 9:15 AM PST
Eritrea sorts war-torn past for archive chest
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071111/wl_africa_afp/eritreahistoryarchive_071111060800
Surrounded by yellow papers crackling to the touch, archivists
painstakingly catalogue documents and photographs that make up the
history of a nation – and the vertebrae of Eritrea's national archive.
EXCLUSIVE: 'Settlement' over loss of JFK photo archive in 9/11
Amateur Photographer - UK
Jacques Lowe's treasured archive had been stored in a safe deposit box,
housed within the vaults of 5 World Trade Center - a building next to the
twin ...
<http://tinyurl.com/2gjpqy>
Christie's Pulls Letters From Sale After Theft Claims (Update1)
Bloomberg - USA
... a Russian avant-garde architect and graphic designer, after it proved
they were stolen from the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art in
Moscow. ...
<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aPE.Y9_kJ8r4&refer=home>
Documents all retrieved, says Shred-it attorney
Honolulu Advertiser - Honolulu,HI,USA
An attorney for a shredding company says all the patient-related documents
contained in a bag that fell off a van on the H-1 Freeway last month have
been ...
<http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/Nov/12/br/br6817920345.html>
Examining Hard Drives During Discovery
Law.com (subscription) - San Francisco,CA,USA
By Richard Raysman and Peter Brown Over-stuffed file cabinets that hold
business records and personal information have been replaced by compact
computer ...
<http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLT.jsp?id=1194903163012>
Perry's Public Records
Texas Observer - Austin,TX,USA
... shock and awe the Texas Department of Public Safety's
mind-numbingly anti-open-records efforts to thwart a simple open
records request by the Observer, ...
<http://www.texasobserver.org/blog/?p=686>
Judge Orders White House To Preserve Copies of Emails
Wall Street Journal - USA
The judge's order "should stop any future destruction of emails, but the
White House stopped archiving its email in 2003 and we don't know if some
backup ...
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119491706741490720.html?mod=googlenews_wsj>
Law changed after tenant tricks home owner
St. Albans Observer - St. Albans,England,UK
... title deeds are secure - including an examination of whether signatures
need to be redacted out of other private documents which are publicly
available. ...
<http://www.stalbansobserver.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.1827156.0.law_changed_after_tenant_tricks_home_owner.php>
EDITORIAL: Manchin's Response to Fred Armstrong Firing a Disgrace
HNN Huntingtonnews.net - WV, USA
So, too, with the recent bizarre firing of a career public servant by the
Manchin Administration Fred Armstrong had ably led the state's archives for
over ...
<http://www.huntingtonnews.net/editor/071112-ed.html>
UPDATE: Manchin denies involvement in 30-year employee's abrupt firing
Daily Mail - Charleston - Charleston,WV,USA
Joe Manchin denies he had any involvement in the firing of Fred Armstrong,
the well-liked director of archives and history who was axed from his job
last ...
<http://www.dailymail.com/story/News/2007110974/UPDATE-Manchin-denies-involvement-in-30-year-employees-abrupt-firing/>
Preserving history at the National Library
Malta Independent Online - Malta
There are three archival groups which are: the archives of the Order of St
John, the archives of the treasury and the archives of the university, ...
<http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=60452>
Clinton library a closed book
Chicago Tribune - United States
Although lengthy delays in releasing White House papers are typical, the
presidential candidacy of a former first lady presents an unprecedented ...
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-clinton_12nov12,1,3427742.story>
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Peter Kurilecz CRM CA
Richmond, Va
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