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Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management. KATRINA boosts business for off-site data storage centers Columbia Daily Tribune - Columbia,MO,USA ... increased interest in disaster recovery systems and off-site data storage since Katrina ... complement a Lee's Summit facility that stores computer records for 80 ... <http://www.columbiatribune.com/2005/Nov/20051113News017.asp> WAR: letters that spelt heartbreak Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom ... lose their lives. The correspondence will be made available to the public tomorrow by the National Archive at Kew. Ministry of Defence ... <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/11/13/nletter1 3.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/11/13/ixhome.html> HISTORIANS saying hurray for written White House records Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA ... Anything that shows up in written records can become a target for an ... Ronald Reagan's national security team imploded when its attempts to delete e- mail files ... <http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-opril134511101nov13,0,4043630.sto ry?coll=ny-viewpoints-headlines> STATE policy adds hourly fee to see Vilsack records DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines,IA,USA ... unless it is discovered that we inadvertently left some confidential records in a box.". Some boxes -- such as human services case files and documents saved by ... <http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051113/NEWS10/ 511130338/1011> The Des Moines Register, Sun, 13 Nov 2005 3:43 AM PST State policy adds hourly fee to see Vilsack records http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051113/NEWS 10/511130338/1001/rss01 Iowans wanting to examine boxes of documents accumulated by Gov. Tom Vilsack and his staff had better bring their checkbooks with them. Under a new policy restricting access to Vilsack administration records in storage at the state archives, the governor?s legal adviser must first screen the boxes to see whether any of the documents are considered confidential, putting them off-limits to public BM, Sun team up to support OpenDocument Computerworld New Zealand - Auckland,New Zealand ... because they claim, among other things, that OpenDocument is incompatible with a computer program the state's disabled citizens use to access public documents ... <http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/0/F8CEFB8E254627DDCC2570B500770E7C?O penDocument> SCULPTOR'S paper will foil fakers Sunday Business Post - Dublin,Ireland ... years ago. It can be used for various types of security documents, including deeds, bonds, passports, legal files and drug labels. ... <http://www.sbpost.ie/post/pages/p/story.aspx-qqqid=9650-qqqx=1.asp> FREE those digital documents Christian Science Monitor - Boston,MA,USA ... now (or the paying of royalties to read files). What happens if Office goes obsolete and Microsoft no longer supports it? What happens to all those documents? ... <http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1114/p08s02-comv.html> BET.com, Sat, 12 Nov 2005 8:35 PM PST The Nation's Oldest Public University Visits Shameful Past http://www.bet.com/News/UNC_slavery.htm?wbc_purpose=Basic&WBCMODE=Present ationUnpublished&Referrer=%7B03CE5360-2620-42CB-AD7E-77E4249C5FB7%7D Posted Nov. 11, 2005 â?" The 216-year-old University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which takes pride in being the nation's oldest public university, is now airing a shameful side of its past. Hattiesburg American, Sun, 13 Nov 2005 3:11 AM PST Gone with the wind http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051113/NE WS01/511130337/1002 As Hurricane Katrina approached, local historians were confident a vault filled with precious pre-Civil War pictures, maps and documents cataloguing the history of this Gulf Coast community would be safe. Keep good records for when disaster strikes America's record hurricane season likely destroyed the records and vital documents of many businesses. As demonstrated time and again just this fall, Banker's Boxes locked in an office closet were no match for tornadoes and wildfires. <http://www.pizzamarketplace.com/news_story.htm?i=23850> Peter A. Kurilecz Richmond, Va [log in to unmask]