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Arizona Republic Legislature OKs $2 million to plan new archives facility Amanda J. Crawford The Arizona Republic Apr. 29, 2004 12:00 AM The state House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved $2 million for the design and planning of a new state archives building on the Capitol mall. http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0429archives29.html http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/breaking/042804_archives.html Times Leader Archivists deluged with Bethlehem Steel's 140-year paper trail MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press EASTON, Pa. - Bethlehem Steel is gone, but its storied history lives on in the millions of pages of records, films, photographs and artifacts being painstakingly documented by a tiny group of historians and archivists. Working out of a nondescript cinder-block building along an alley here, the group has been processing truckloads of material, more than it can keep up with. The pace has accelerated with the ongoing liquidation of Bethlehem Steel by International Steel Group, the Cleveland-based company that scooped up the defunct company's assets last year. http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/8541987.htm Daily Yomiuri Imanishi archives to be put on Net Yomiuri Shimbun A Canadian professor who has assembled an extensive collection of lecture notes, field notes, photos and works written by Kinji Imanishi--the founder of primatology in Japan who argued that nature was inherently harmonious rather than competitive--plans to make the archives available on the Internet, possibly as early as this year. http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20040430wo61.htm Forward Racing To Rescue Shoah Evidence By Sara Bloomfield April 30, 2004 That the Holocaust was one of history's most well-documented crimes is well-known. But few people know just how much documentation — "evidence" of the crime — remains yet to be identified. Finding these original materials, preserving them and making them available for research is fundamental to the mission of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. But with the eyewitness generation diminishing, and all these materials in a state of natural deterioration, rescuing the evidence is a race against time. http://www.forward.com/main/article.php?ref=bloomfield200404291111 ( The Union Democrat Planner's past still in question Published: April 28, 2004 By SCOTT PESZNECKER Calaveras County's new planning director calls his most recent job application "100 percent verifiable." But that's not the case with a resume he submitted earlier this year. http://www.uniondemocrat.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=14035 The Orion Burying memories to dig up in future Amy O"Neill Staff Writer April 28, 2004 Mario Sagustume is graduating in May, and he can't help but think of the future. But the A.S. commissioner of activity fees is thinking ahead a little further than most: about 50 years ahead to be exact, because of his responsibility of putting together the 2004 Chico State time capsule. http://www.orion-online.net/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/04/28/40901633778a0 ( Kanagawa police: Oops! We `mistakenly' junked records The Asahi Shimbun Documents are destroyed amid a crackdown on police departments that skim funds. YOKOHAMA-Amid a spate of scandals over bilked funds at regional police departments, Kanagawa prefectural police destroyed volumes of account records before a five-year storage period lapsed. According to the Kanagawa prefectural police, the destroyed records were for fiscal 1998, which ended in March 1999. http://www.asahi.com/english/nation/TKY200404290136.html ( Daily Courier Fayette County seeks grant to fund Web site By David Hunt For the Daily Courier Thursday, April 29, 2004 UNIONTOWN -- Fayette County officials are seeking a state grant to build a Web site that one day may become a virtual repository for countless volumes of information shelved at the courthouse. http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/dailycourier/news/s_191710.html Virginian Pilot In Suffolk, sharing city budget plan takes a driving force By JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE SUFFOLK — Now and then the government here has a proposal it needs to get into the people’s hands – a neat trick in a city so geographically huge. On Wednesday , it was a $277.3 million operating budget proposal the City Council will soon consider. It needed to be delivered, as near as it can be, to tens of thousands of taxpayers scattered throughout this 430 -square-mile city. http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=69639&ran=164718 The Sun News ACLU suit questions FBI methods of attaining records Group: Patriot Act prevented disclosure By Dan Eggen The Washington Post WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union disclosed Wednesday that it filed a lawsuit three weeks ago challenging the FBI's methods of obtaining many business records, but the group was barred from revealing even the existence of the case until now. The lawsuit was filed April 6 in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, but the case was kept under seal to avoid violating secrecy rules contained in the USA Patriot Act, the ACLU said. The group was allowed to release a redacted version of the lawsuit after weeks of negotiations with the government. http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/news/nation/8546975.htm Washington Post U.S. Files First 'Can-Spam' Charges By Ted Bridis AP Technology Writer Thursday, April 29, 2004; 3:00 PM The government's first criminal case under a new law outlawing some types of spam e-mails was based on low-tech investigative methods: Authorities followed the money. Investigators said Thursday they tracked defendants by purchasing a weight-loss product for $59.95 and waited to see who collected the money. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53419-2004Apr29.html Providence Journal N.H. court says felon who fled caused his own predicament The Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A man who can't appeal his sexual assault conviction because trial records were destroyed caused his own predicament by fleeing, the state Supreme Court said Thursday. Alex Brenes claims there was insufficient evidence for his 1992 conviction. But tapes from which a transcript could have been made were routinely destroyed after 10 years, giving the court no way to judge the claim, the court ruled unanimously Thursday. http://www.projo.com/ap/ne/1083244732.htm The Daily Journal MART one step closer to records By LISA GRZYBOSKI Staff Writer; [log in to unmask] VINELAND -- The city cannot prohibit a local soil recycling company from obtaining government documents simply because it is suing the city, its health department and mayor, a U.S. District Court ruled Tuesday. Mid Atlantic Recycling Technologies Inc. is like any other individual or business, and has the right to receive public information in a timely manner, Judge Ann Marie Donio stated in her 15-page decision. http://www.thedailyjournal.com/news/stories/20040429/localnews/315332.html Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Judge orders Sewickley Valley YMCA to release records Thursday, April 29, 2004 By Alisha Hipwell On the legal front, a group trying to save a small fitness center has won a round in its battle with the Sewickley Valley YMCA. The group is also fighting on the political front, posting 10 candidates for the YMCA board of directors election scheduled for today. The legal victory came April 19, when Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Timothy Patrick O'Reilly ordered the Sewickley Valley YMCA to turn over financial and administrative records to Save Our Fitness Center. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04120/307430.stm The Phoenix Covering a multitude of sins In its unprecedented drive for greater government secrecy, the Bush administration is hiding vital information under the cloak of national security — leaving the nation stumbling in the dark http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/top/features/documents/03789077.asp The Journal Standard FOIA request brings 'dilemma' Pet waste contractor seeking names of county dog owners for marketing purposes By Travis Morse, The Journal-Standard FREEPORT -- The Stephenson County Administration Committee may soon decide whether to release the names and addresses of county dog owners to a private businessman requesting the information for marketing purposes. The county has to determine if releasing the information is required by law or if the request constitutes an invasion of privacy and should be denied. http://www.journalstandard.com/articles/2004/04/28/local_news/news21.txt Orlando Sentinel House tries to curtail public records By Bob Mahlburg | Tallahassee Bureau Posted April 29, 2004 TALLAHASSEE -- The Florida House agreed Wednesday to make the records of medical "near misses" secret and gave preliminary approval to a measure blocking access to Social Security numbers for all teachers and state employees. Critics called both bills a blow to Florida's tradition of open government. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/orl-locrecords29042904apr29,1,6728335.story? Honolulu Advertiser Public records bill advances at Capitol By Lynda Arakawa Advertiser Capitol Bureau A bill targeting "vexatious" requesters of public records received preliminary approval yesterday and is headed to the House and Senate chambers for final floor votes. A House-Senate conference committee approved a draft of Senate Bill 3185, which would allow the state Office of Information Practices to declare someone a "vexatious requester," and limit that person's requests for certain government records. http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/Apr/29/ln/ln29a.html CRN EMC Discusses Information Life-Cycle Strategy, Road Map By Joseph F. Kovar, CRN 3:29 PM EST Thurs., Apr. 29, 2004 EMC is aiming to become the leading supplier in the information life-cycle management market, and is focusing its software development on that goal. That is the message Mark Lewis, executive vice president of open software at EMC, gave to a crowd of IT administrators during his keynote at the EMC Technical Symposium, held this week in Orlando, Fla. http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/dailyarchives.asp?ArticleID=49818 CIOinsight Instant Messaging: IM Here to Stay By Debra D'Agostino Once a rogue application mostly used to chat with friends, instant messaging is finally taking hold for legitimate business communications. But with the Securities and Exchange Commission ruling that messages need to be archived just like e-mail, IM networks need to be managed carefully. http://www.cioinsight.com/article2/0,1397,1570390,00.asp ( Express Computer Managing archival data With the glut of data in businesses, which has only worsened because of new laws that require e-mail communication to be stored for years, managing data isn’t easy. Sudhakar Rao provides some solutions In today’s business environment information and data have become the most important corporate assets. This has given a huge impetus to the storage solutions market. However, with an exponential growth of data, it is becoming increasingly difficult to store and manage archival data. It has become all the more problematic because both structured and unstructured data has become an integral part of today’s business. http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20040503/opinion03.shtml Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA Richmond, Va [log in to unmask]