Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management. NATIONAL Archives launches formal investigation into missing ... JURIST's Paper Chase - Pittsburgh,PA,USA [JURIST] The National Archives [official website] began an investigation Wednesday into the disappearance of a file containing papers authored by US Supreme ... <http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2005/08/national-archives-launches-formal.php> ARCHIVES Investigates Loss of Roberts File New York Times - United States ... 17 - The National Archives started a formal investigation Wednesday into the loss of a file of Judge John G. Roberts Jr.'s papers on affirmative action from ... <http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/18/politics/18roberts.html> VENICE council cool to archives plan Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Sarasota,FL,USA VENICE -- The Venice Historical Society's request that the city spend roughly $1 million to expand its archives received a tepid response from City Council ... <http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050817/NEWS/508170377/1006/SPORTS> TUNING maid storage for backup and archive data eBCVG - USA Archive data have long lifetimes, so an archive storage system needs to ensure data retention over long periods without disrupting availability. ... <http://www.ebcvg.com/articles.php?id=845> MANATEE leading online records crusade Bradenton Herald - FL, United States MANATEE - Local court officials plan to start combing through millions of electronic records, looking to remove Social Security numbers and other sensitive ... <http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/12412418.htm> UNPUZZLING the Past Fairfax Connection - VA,USA ... took this information to the Fairfax Court House historical archives where courthouse ... of voter,'" said Brian Conley, historian and photo archivist for Fairfax ... <http://www.connectionnewspaper s.com/article.asp?article=54676&paper=63&cat=104> STRATEGIES for Protecting Laptop Data CIO Today - Woodland Hills,CA,USA ... If an encrypted laptop is stolen, the perpetrators can't access the data or they can't use the machine unless they swap out the drive or reformat it. ... <http://www.toptechnews.com/story.xhtml?story_id=37841> FINNS urge better Wi-Fi security after bank break-in ComputerWorld - USA ... The money, which has since been recovered, was stolen from one of GE ... Accomplices then accessed the account from a laptop computer using an unprotected network ... <http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,104005,00.html> TSA Data Dump Leads to Lawsuit Wired News - USA ... "Until the court has determined that they conducted an adequate search for my clients' documents, I think the document destruction should cease," said attorney ... <http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,68560,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_3> COMCAST Files Suit Against Ex-Manager Washington Post - United States ... Khalatbari did not respond to phone messages or an e-mail seeking comment yesterday, and no one answered the door at what is listed in public records as her ... <http://www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/17/AR2005081701938.html> SHOULD the cabinets be kept shut? Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA ... Even if the files aren't court records, Watler argued, keeping them secret would be detrimental to the public health or safety -- a standard contained in the ... < http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/opinion/12414224.htm> AGENCY brings past forward to digital age Ironton Tribune - Ironton,OH,USA ... "Or, if you don't need the papers back, we'll take care of the shredding.". Malone said the conversion to CDs will protect the files from being destroyed by ... <http://www.irontontribune.com/articles/2005/08/18/news/news417.txt> PROTECTING e-mail from prying eyes San Jose Mercury News - United States ... increasingly large amounts of free storage, the incentive to delete e-mails ... Unless Congress strengthens laws to protect these records from prying eyes, the ... <http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/opinion/12412915.htm> WITNESS: Lake obsessed over pay Topeka Capital Journal (subscription) - Topeka,KS,USA ... Ginsberg testified he was working on a plan to delete all company e ... On company records, the reasons listed for the flights were company business, Ginsberg said. ... <http://cjonline.com/stories/081805/loc_wittiglake.shtml> NEWSPAPERS saved from extinction Scotsman - United Kingdom ... save some 1,326 of the most endangered UK local newspapers. The project preserves the titles onto 35mm archival-standard microfilm. <http://heritage.scotsman.com/news.cfm?id=1805702005> ABBITEK Adds Document Management to Microsoft CRM Press Dispensary - Brighton,UK ... Laserfiche gives users the flexibility and portability of paper documents, while adding the enormous advantage of digital storage. ... <http://www.pressdispensary.co.uk/releases/c99503.php> FOLLOW-UP on trashed medical records KVOA.com - Tucson,AZ,USA ... Paton says. Paton says it's fortunate that so far, no irreversible harm has come from the trashed medical records. In the meantime ... <http://kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=3735573> MAMMOGRAMS locked behind doors of shuttered office The Journal News.com - Westchester,NY,USA ... Weg's patients were surprised to find the doors to his West Nyack office locked last month with no information about medical records. ... <http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050818/NEWS03/508180358/1027/NEWS11> RedNova, Thu, 18 Aug 2005 1:20 PM PDT Comcast Files Suit Against Ex-Manager http://www.rednova.com/news/display/?id!2572&source=r_technology Comcast of Montgomery County has filed a federal lawsuit against a senior manager who resigned this month to join Verizon Communications, alleging that she e-mailed herself proprietary information about Comcast for use in her new job. Wired E-Mail Thief Pays the Price A former America Online software engineer was sentenced Wednesday to a year and three months in prison for stealing 92 million screen names and e-mail addresses and selling them to spammers who sent out up to 7 billion unsolicited e-mails. <http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,68557,00.html> Arkansas Democrat Gazette Beverly ordered to pay $20 million Bond BY CRISTAL CODY Supreme Court ordered Beverly Enterprises Inc. on Monday to comply with a judge?s ruling to post a $20 million bond for failing to produce documents in a lawsuit. <http://nwanews.com/story.php?paper=adg§ion=Business&storyid=124479> Computerworld 7/26/05 The Billion-Dollar Data Storage Error Advice by Elizabeth Charnock, Cataphora JULY 26, 2005 (COMPUTERWORLD) - Wall Street banking giant Morgan Stanley recently suffered an adverse $1.45 billion court judgment, which contributed to a change in leadership at the top. The turning point? The judge's ruling that Morgan Stanley had acted in "bad faith" in failing to turn over relevant e-mails. "The storage folks found an additional 1,600 backup tapes in a closet," explained a Morgan Stanley executive. <http://www.computerworld.com/printthis/2005/0,4814,103478,00.html> Peter A. Kurilecz Richmond, Va [log in to unmask]