RAIN (Records/Archives In the News) is a daily compilation of news from around the world

 

I-9S Stride into the 21st Century
BenefitsNext - USA
... maintaining the security of the documents, especially to ... is easier
with electronic records, which can ... documentation in employees' personnel
files, that was ...
<http://hr2.blr.com/Article.cfm/Nav/5.0.0.0.32242>

 

ALBERTA probes missing health files
Globe and Mail - Canada
... of privacy" of thousands of Albertans' confidential health records
-- and even ... helps the government process, store and transport files
and documents. ...
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050331.wxalta01/BNStory/National/>

 

ANOTHER Look at Log Files
CSO - Framingham,MA,USA
... can't assume that the log is true simply because most of the other
records on your ... them sent by e-mail, and you'll quickly learn to hit
the delete button after ...
<http://www.csoonline.com/read/040105/machine.html>

 

EDITORIAL: Personal information law
Asahi Shimbun - Tokyo,Japan
... Consumers can also require businesses to delete the personal data from
... religious affiliation, a person's permanent address, or medical and
criminal records. ...
<http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200504010186.html>

 

BERGER Is Planning To Plead Guilty In Documents Case
New York Sun (subscription) - New York,NY,USA
... On Mr. Berger's next visit, the archivists reportedly set up a sting
of sorts by marking documents in order to know exactly what was removed.
...<http://www.nysun.com/article/11494>

 

AFRICAN history stretches from here to Timbuktu
Business Day, South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa
... restored, researched and managed. Training programmes for Malian archivists
have started at South African institutions. While this is ...
<http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/topstories.aspx?ID=BD4A32246>

 

CHOICEPOINT TO OPEN RECORDS TO CONSUMERS
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA
An executive for trouble-plagued ChoicePoint says consumers will be able
to review personal information compiled about them and then sold to employers
...<http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/business/11285342.htm>

 

INFORMATION Management:
DMReview.com - New York,NY,USA
... The picture that was painted was much more complete than anything previously
created. Other additions to the information factory included archival
data. ...<http://www.dmreview.com/article_sub.cfm?articleId=1023908>

 

DON'T study it, build it
Bismarck Tribune - Bismarck,ND,USA
... It was so predictable because among the Historical Society's official
responsibilities is storage of "all archival resources" churned out by
the various state ...
<http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2005/04/01/news/editorials/edt01.txt>

 

OLD photos speak volumes
Quad City Times - Davenport,IA,USA
... and demonstrate leadership potential, said Patricia Norris, associate
director of the library development group, a division of the Illinois
State Library.
<http://www.qctimes.com/internal.php?story_id=1048394&l=1&t=Hometown+News&c=73,1048394>

 

NEW Mexico Utility Lights Up with Hummingbird Enterprise
DMReview.com - New York,NY,USA
... authorities require us to retain all records and produce them upon
request - a time-consuming task because our mainframe records management
system wasn't ...
<http://www.dmreview.com/article_sub.cfm?articleId=1023920>

 

'U' gains access to Holocaust archives
Michigan Daily - Ann Arbor,MI,USA
... Survivors of Shoah Foundation, providing the University access to the
52,000 interviews of Holocaust survivors and witnesses the foundation
has in its archives ...
<http://www.michigandaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/04/01/424d00bd5d987>

 

EX-CLINTON aide took secret files
BBC News - E,UK
A former top aide to Bill Clinton is to plead guilty to removing classified
documents from the National Archives. Former national ...
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4401687.stm>

 

STASI Files Implicate KGB in Pope Shooting
Deutsche Welle - Germany
New documents found in the files of the former East German intelligence
services confirm the 1981 assassination attempt against Pope John Paul
II was ordered ...
<http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1538173,00.html>