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Press & Sun-Bulletin, Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:11 PM PDT
Mourners praise historian's tenacity
http://www.pressconnects.com/today/news/stories/ne093005s194115.shtml
Elizabeth Mae Bartlow didn't have an office on her first day as Vestal
town historian and archivist 22 years ago. Prior town historians didn't 
have
their own office. But being the person she was, Ms. Bartlow had one 
within
two years.

GOVERNMENT'S secrecy culture blocks freedom of information
Times Online - UK
THE operation of the Freedom of Information Act is in severe 
difficulties
because of a mounting backlog of appeals against Government secrecy. ...
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1804622,00.html>

RECORDS in harassment cases to remain closed
The Tennessean - Nashville,TN,USA
... case or investigation is closed, the records should be ... 
supporting
the state's belief that any documents that are ... "We still maintain
that the files, or portions ...
<http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050930/NEWS03/509
300399/1017/NEWS>

SCRUBBING E-Mail
Government Technology - Folsom,CA,USA
... simple, one-time tweak of the county's domain name server records to
make ... set -- using a remote, Web-based console -- the managed servers
delete rejected mail ...
 <http://www.govtech.net/magazine/story.php?id=96813>

BROWN County offices vary on document security
Aberdeen American News - Aberdeen,SD,USA
... A. According to Carol Sherman, Brown County's register of deeds 
director,
her office scans all public documents electronically and then backs them
up on discs ...
<http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/12771259.htm>

PROTECTING Your Archives
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Journal - Fairfield,NJ,USA
 From Ameritrade to The Bank of America and CitiFinancial, it's clear 
that
losing data, particularly in the form of computer backup tapes, is a 
risk
that no ...
<http://www.s-ox.com/feature/detail.cfm?articleID=1072>

WILL storage ever be simple?
Express Computers - Bombay,India
... data explosion. Our desire to digitise ideas, thoughts and actions
has resulted in an insatiable need for digital storage. Coupled ...
<http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20051003/technology03.shtml>

A short tour of ECM case studies
CMSWatch - Silver Spring,MD,USA
... Their Pitch: Hummingbird also wisely turned the dais over to a user,
Roland Keller, who implemented the company's Document and Records 
Management
product while ...
<http://www.cmswatch.com/Feature/132-AIIM-Solutions-Seminars>

Instant Messaging Requires Business Caution
September 29, 2005 9:22AM
Companies will probably use IM federation in order to gain the
convenience and connectivity it provides, but they will still need to
protect against the transfer of malware via IM, just as they need to
protect their intellectual property, and make sure their employees' IM
and e-mail conversations meet all regulatory compliance rules.
<http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=38401>

Biddeford Courier, Fri, 30 Sep 2005 8:36 AM PDT
Dyer library helps keep Biddeford records local
http://www.biddefordsacooobcourier.com/Pages/News9.html
Contractors installing a 21st century design heating system in
Biddeford?s City Hall found the perfect room to house the system. There 
was only
one problem: what to do with 100 years of records that were stored 
there.




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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