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Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories 
related to records and archives management.

FORMER Corning worker admits trade-secret theft
Taipei Times - Taiwan
... to a felony charge of conspiracy to commit trade-secret theft, 
Sanders
faces ... the FBI arrested Sanders and charged him with stealing the 
Corning
trade secrets. ...
<http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2006/01/21/2003290094>

OFFICIALS seek ban after secrets gaffe
Stuff.co.nz - Wellington,New Zealand
... Robert Stewart said the Public Records Act allowed the chief 
archivist
considerable discretion in allowing access to documents placed in the
archives by public ...
<http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3548217a11,00.html>

ARCHIVES victory long overdue
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
The Arizona Legislature finally recognized the importance of approving
the construction of a new state archives building to adequately store
and preserve ...
<http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/0121satlets2-
211.html>

SPANISH court halts transfer of Catalan war papers
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
... private citizens' papers. The Salamanca city council says documents
include 176 files that do not belong to the Catalan government. ...
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L21750286.htm>

RFMF to Investigate Leaked Secret Documents
Fijivillage - Suva,Fiji
... Forces is expected to conduct investigations into how top secret 
Military
documents were removed ... said the RFMF wants to know how and why the
files were removed ...
<http://www.fijivillage.com/artman/publish/article_26454 .shtml>

DON'T let hidden application data expose your company's secrets
ITPRONTO (press release) - USA
... Tools such as Antiword and Catdoc can reveal hidden application data
in Word files, and they're popular because they allow UNIX users to view
Word documents. ...
<http://www.itpronto.com/external/rss/27524>

UK e-health records face skepticism
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK
... But as with the move to paperless medical records in the United 
States,
concerns over patient privacy are dogging the effort. The ...
<http://news.monstersandcritics.com/health/article_1077962.php/U.K._e-hea
lth_records_face_skepticism>

GROUPS question bill limiting public access to information
Greenfield Daily Reporter - IN, USA
... "This law would clear up that (inconsistency) across the state.". 
Some
who use public records for research say the law goes too far. ...
<http://www.greenfieldreporter.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&Ar
ticleID=19074&TM=26962.05>

FREUDENTHAL against bill to allow deletion of e-mails
Billings Gazette - MT, USA
... would allow lawmakers, state workers and other public employees to
delete e-mails ... said there was "plenty of protection" in the state's
open-records law for ...
<http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2006/01/21
/build/wyoming/45-emails-gov.inc>

LAWYER wants Open Records Act extended to all public agencies
Hattiesburg American - Hattiesburg,MS,USA
... needs to clarify how agencies that receive significant payments from
the government report their financial data, a Jackson-based open records
lawyer said. ...
<http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060121/N
EWS01/601210319/1002>

LAWYER wants Miss. Open Records Act extended to public agencies
Biloxi Sun Herald - MS, USA
HATTIESBURG, Miss. - If the public expects better information on how tax
dollars are spent, the Legislature must clarify how agencies ...
<http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/politics/13680743.htm>

LAWYER goes to court for Portsmouth's trash documents
Virginian Pilot - Norfolk,VA,USA
... "The whole purpose of FOIA is that government is not intended to be
conducted in secrecy, especially in matters as important as trash," 
Fried
said Friday. ...
<http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=98405 &ran=200162>


Belleville News-Democrat, Sat, 21 Jan 2006 1:03 AM PST
The graduates Genealogists ferret out names from East St. Louis
Catholic high schools
http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/living/13678727.htm?source=rss&c

hannel=belleville_living
It's not a literary page-turner, but then authors Sandi Bennett and
Judy Jennings never intended it to be.

The Daily Sentinel, Sat, 21 Jan 2006 4:57 PM PST
New, 5:50 p.m.: Longtime museum archivist Prosser-Armstrong dies
http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/content/news/stories/2006/01/21/1_21_Pross

er_Armstrong_for_Web.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=7
By GARY HARMON

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Sat, 21 Jan 2006 2:13 PM PST
Fording history: Waterford puts centennial celebration in pictures
http://www.jsonline.com/news/racine/jan06/386451.asp
Waterford - For sisters Sally and Donna Benavides, calling Waterford
home is not just a geographical statement. The...

SARBANES-OXLEY vs. the Free Press
Hawaii Reporter - Kailua,HI,USA
... Sarbanes-Oxley, because it covers document destruction even "in 
contemplation"
of a federal investigation, could apply to the press's "routine ...
<http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?0d77fbf6-ee9e-491a-b885-0dbde18
8de22>

SMALL Business Watch: Even Small Fry Might Want to Comply With ...
U.S. News & World Report - USA
... The act does apply some whistle-blowing and document-destruction 
provisions
to these firms, but nothing to the extent required of their public 
brethren.
<http://www.usnews.com/usnews/biztech/articles/060130/30smallbiz.htm>

INSCRIPTION Suspicion
Washington Post - United States
... an increasing number of Americans, Files is just trying to be smart
about protecting what little privacy she has left. So whether it's 
shredding
her business ...
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/21/AR200601
2100159.html>

POTENTIAL source of ID theft: Court records
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
... The documents included investment account signature cards showing 
account
numbers, exact amounts ... filed in the official records by the register
of deeds or of ...
<http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/13683343.htm>

FILM ministry archives in VCD, DVDs
Business Standard - India
Films Division of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is in the
process of compiling an archive of around 8100 films and rare footages
in its ...
<http://www.business-standard.com/iceworld/storypage.php?chklogin=&autono
=212564&leftnm=lmnu9&leftindx=9&lselect=4>

INTERNET revolution has rediscovered the ties that bind
Scotland on Sunday - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
... registration of births, marriages and deaths from 1855 and census 
records
represent a ... In tandem with the destruction of family life, a 
corrosive
phenomenon of ...
<http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=107002006>

PRESSURE grows to wipe DNA files on children
The Sunday Times - UK
MINISTERS were coming under increasing pressure yesterday to erase the
DNA records of 24,000 children and teenagers from a police database. ...
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2004160,00.html>

DOCUMENTS allegedly stolen in investigation of ex-PM's wife ...
Bucharest Daily News - Bucharest,Romania
... Cucu said that when he left the institution all the files were 
complete,
and no documents were missing. It was during Cucu's leadership ...
<http://www.daily-news.ro/article_detail.php?idarticle=21744>

NONPROFIT'S spending records sparse
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Fairbanks,AK,USA
... to the files. "All travel and trips are geared to gain knowledge 
from
other programs to enhance the LSSC program, which is new," the budget
documents state in ...
<http://www.news-miner.com/Stories/0,1413,113~7244~3211174,00.html>

DATA hidden in Microsoft Word documents
Montgomery Advertiser - Montgomery,AL,USA
... Unless you take extra steps, recipients of Word documents can easily
see items ... com/3osw) will delete hidden text and comments from 
individual
files or a batch ...
<http://www.montgomeryadvertise 
r.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060122/BUSINESS/601220303/1003>


A collage of hope, despair and restoration
Houston Chronicle - United States
... The two most historically significant buildings -- Davis' house and
the presidential library -- were damaged but will be saved. ...
<http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/3599048.html>

Sunday Life, Sun, 22 Jan 2006 5:20 AM PST
Maybinned http://www.sundaylife.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=676582
Confidential court documents have been found dumped on a Belfast
street. An investigation has been launched after the files - which 
contain the
names of security staff at the Department of Public Prosecution (DPP) - 
were
found by a concerned Sunday Life reader, who passed them to us.

The Oregonian, Sun, 22 Jan 2006 4:00 AM PST
Judge rebuffs Nike's ruling request
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/11378193048

1840.xml&coll=7
A Washington County judge on Friday rejected a motion by Nike to change
her earlier ruling that cleared Beaverton of a contempt of court charge.
Nike had asked Circuit Judge Gayle Nachtigal to fine the city $25,000 
for
accidentally erasing computer files from Mayor Rob Drake's office 
computer.

UK Government Queried Over DNA Records
Epoch Times - New York,NY,USA
... memory, both fascist and communist governments in Europe have used
personal records as a ... the power to manage the database, and can add
or delete entries as ...
<http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-1-22/37240.html>

ASH claims copyright on log of hospital assaults
San Luis Obispo Tribune - San Luis Obispo,CA,USA
... log of incidents inside Atascadero State Hospital, the state Mental
Health Department may try to limit what The Tribune can publish of the
public documents. ...
<http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/news/local/13686292.htm>




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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