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Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories 
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NATIONAL archivist seeks states' advice
FCW.com - USA
... For example, they tapped Washington state's archivist, Jerry 
Handfield,
because he had already led the development of a fully operational 
digital
archive. ...
<http://www.fcw.com/article90474-08-29-05-Print>

TEXAS' presidential libraries vie to stay vital
Waco Tribune Herald - Waco,TX,USA
... A&M University -- Commerce associate professor of political science
studying US foreign relations at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential
Library and Museum ...
<http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/news/stories/2005/08/28/20050828wac
BUSHLIBRARY.html>

$50M test seeks to end doctors' paper chase
Boston Globe - United States
... Sometimes, files are misplaced ... $50 million experiment paid for
by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts to fully computerize 
patient
records in healthcare ...
<http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2005/08/29/50m_test_seeks_
to_end_doctors_paper_chase>

FIRMS fail to guard data but charge customers for a look at it
Houston Chronicle - United States
Elizabeth Rosen was plenty angry when ChoicePoint Inc. sent her a form
letter admitting that crooks perused some of her most sensitive ...
<http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/3328755>

REDLAND council denies shredding auditor's files
Brisbane Courier Mail - Queensland, Australia
... knowledge of any document shredding, but employees told one 
councillor
they had witnessed it first-hand. "All I know is a whole lot of files
and documents have ...
<http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,16430250%
255E3102,00.html>

GRATEFUL DEAD LEGACY THRIVES
San Jose Mercury News - United States
... Physically, there is only one key to the Vault, and only two people
know where to find it. David Lemieux, 34, the band's archivist, is one
of them. ...
<http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/12504115.htm>

HALL Of Fame Displays Telegrams To Lombardi & Team
Packers.com - USA
... Country Club. "The new displays have been an excellent addition to
the Hall," said Tom Murphy, the Hall of Fame's archivist. "Lombardi ...
<http://www.packers.com/news/releases/2005/08/29/1/>

STORAGETEK and Deloitte Consulting Team to Implement StorageTek's ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
Alliance Helps Customers Optimize Data Archival, Address Regulatory 
Compliance
Issues, and Control Associated Costs LOUISVILLE, Colo., Aug. ...
<http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/0
8-29-2005/0004095926&EDATE=>

SOFTWARE firms race to fill void in e-mail retrieval
MSNBC - USA
... "A year ago people were very much focused on archival of e-mail," 
says
Theresa O'Neil, marketing director for content management at IBM. ...
<http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9113735/>

HART InterCivic Introduces A2, the Next Generation Recording ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
A2 builds upon the nationwide success of the company's Anthem(TM) 
Solution
for records management that is currently in use in over 50 counties in
11 states. ...
<http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news
_view&newsId=20050829005513&newsLang=en>

ARCHIVES' new wing stores artifacts from state's history
Tuscaloosa News (subscription) - Tuscaloosa,AL,USA
The new wing of the Alabama Department of Archives and History has 
become
home to some of the state's most prized possessions, including an 
original
photo of ...
<http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050829/APN/50
8290779>

DATA Retention is No Solution Petition
OneWorld.net - London,England,UK
... million Europeans. If you are concerned about this plan, please sign
the petition. What's wrong with data retention? The proposal ...
<http://see.oneworld.net/article/view/117877/1/>

WORK Remains for Sarbox Compliance
InternetNews.com - USA
Businesses have a lot of work ahead of them before they're fully 
compliant
with federal data retention and financial reporting rules under the 
Sarbanes-Oxley
...
<http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3530636>

SHREDDING At Clerk Of Courts Office Affects Present Court Cases
NBC4i.com - Columbus,OH,USA
DELAWARE COUNTY, Ohio -- There is a move to clean up old documents in a
local courthouse, but some argue that a clerk of court shredding 
campaign
could put ...
<http://www.nbc4i.com/news/4912720/detail.html>

FIGHTING ID theft: States need tougher laws on the books
The Union Leader - Manchester,NH,USA
Money magazine reports that due to a "new and sinister" wave of mass 
heists
from such data sources as ChoicePoint, LexisNexis, Bank of America and
UC Berkeley ...
<http://www.theunionleader.com/articles_showfast.html?article=59750>

COMPANIES use FoI to give them an edge
Financial Times - London,England,UK
By Bob Sherwood. The private sector appears to be waking up to the 
possibilities
offered by the Freedom of Information Act. But when ...
<http://news.ft.com/cms/s/0f2e615a-18c7-11da-8fe9-00000e2511c8.html>




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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