Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management. EUROPEAN Commission attempts to reduce data retention requirements Ovum - London,England,UK ... concerns. It would cut the data retention period from four years in the Council's proposal, to between six months and a year. It ... <http://www.ovum.com/news/euronews.asp?id=3062> WHO'S Watching? Tech Central Station - Washington,DC,USA By Waldemar Ingdahl. Data retention used to be about fighting organised crime, cybercrime, and tax evasion. But since the 9/11 attacks ... <http://www.techcentralstation.com/082305E.html> FIRMS wasting hospital time with FoI Guardian Unlimited - UK ... Section 43 of the Freedom of Information Act protects commercially sensitive information, such as prices for competing bids in current contracts. ... <http://politics.guardian.co.uk/foi/story/0,9061,1554843,00.html> PERSONNEL files among data stolen at UMDNJ Newark Star Ledger - Newark,NJ,USA ... of files, including political donation records related to ... The revelation that personnel files also were taken ... not speculate on why certain documents were taken ... <http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1124776341117420.xml&coll=1> A Digital Rebirth for a WWII Film Johns Hopkins Gazette - Baltimore,MD,USA ... "Dr. Tilghman's films are an especially rich and enlivening archival resource that documents the experience of the doctors and nurses who served in one of ... <http://www.jhu.edu/~gazette/2005/22aug05/22rebirth.html> CLERKS Say Theft Of Records Declining Channel Oklahoma.com - Oklahoma City,OK,USA ... Cameras were installed in the office two months ago and signs were posted warning that theft of public documents is a felony offense. ... <http://www.channeloklahoma.com/news/4883378/detail.html> PERSONNEL files among data stolen at UMDNJ Newark Star Ledger - Newark,NJ,USA ... offices at UMDNJ's Stanley S. Bergen Building over the July 30-31 weekend and took an unknown number of files, including political donation records related to ... <http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1124776341117420.xml&coll=1> COMPUTER Forensics and Its Impact on Employment Litigation ... Mondaq News Alerts - World ... files off the employer's network and then proceeded to e-mail to her home e-mail account 19 megabytes of information (approximately 3,000 pages of documents). ... <http://www.mondaq.com/i_article.asp_Q_articleid_E_34444> BANK hacker was an insider TechSpot - USA ... and he was arrested shortly after police established a link between the laptop and the suspect. Police have said that they have recovered the stolen funds, and ... <http://www.techspot.com/news/18458-Bank-hacker-was-an-insider.html> NARA Awards IV & V Contract to Northrup Grumman U.S. Newswire (press release) - Washington,DC,USA ... validation services to NARA to ensure the correctness and quality of processes employed and products developed throughout the Electronic Records Archives' (ERA ... <http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=52008> ELECTRONIC records help VA boost reputation Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne,IN,USA By Gilbert M. Gaul. WASHINGTON -- For years, the Department of Veterans Affairs' sprawling health care system was criticized by ... <http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/news/nation/12452962.htm> COUNTY Finds Right Storage Mix eWeek - Woburn,MA,USA ... the time, the county was operating 30 servers containing public records data including property deeds, marriage certificates, engineering documents and other ... <http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1850943,00.asp> HACKER Steals Air Force Officers' Personal Information Washington Post - United States ... In December, Bank of America lost tapes containing financial data on about 1.2 million federal employees, including some US senators. ... <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/22/AR2005082201259.html> Peter A. Kurilecz Richmond, Va [log in to unmask]