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RAIN 060217 Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management. The Sacramento Bee, Fri, 17 Feb 2006 5:09 AM PST Donner gusto at Sutter's Fort http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/14199063p-15025534c.html What George Donner was organizing turned into an infamous trek westward into California, a wagon caravan marred by death and forever linked to sensational tales of starving, crazed people resorting to eating each other's flesh. LAWSUIT Over Eminent Domain Could Snarl Bush Library Plans New York Sun - New York,NY,USA DALLAS - The school favored to host the George W. Bush Presidential Library, Dallas's Southern Methodist University, may encounter a snag next week in the form ... <http://www.nysun.com/article/27794> IS Skype a haven for criminals? Ars Technica - Boston,MA,USA ... It is subject to the EU's new Data Retention Directive, though, which may require them to retain call logs and decryption keys for a period of time. ... <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060217-6206.html> BECAUSE of a computer breakdown in the Register of Deeds office, Southern Pines Pilot - Southern Pines,NC,USA ... The office maintains paper records. "Our office is working diligently with our vendor to restore lost data to the computer records," Martin said. ... <http://www.thepilot.com/news/021706PilotLight.html> INTEGRATING information Express Computers - Bombay,India ... availability, protection and performance needs. If all this sounds like Information Lifecycle Management (ILM), it is. ILM is the process <http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20060220/technology02.shtml> LEGAL discovery and a million e-mails a day Techworld.com - London,UK ... Is IRDM an aspect of storage resource management (SRM)? Should it be? Is it an aspect of Information LIfecycle Management (ILM)? Should it be? <http://www.techworld.com/storage/features/index.cfm?featureid=2266> THREE photo exhibits bring the long-hidden world of segregated ... Memphis Flyer - Memphis,TN,USA ... "They were the Olan Mills of the African-American community," says Emily Weaver, university archivist at Delta State University, which acquired most of the ... <http://www.memphisflyer.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A12186> VOTER databases must be secured, report says ZDNet - USA ... statewide voter registration" database that will be linked to other records such as ... hackers to insert fraudulent names into voter databases or delete names of ... <http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-6040781.html> CONTROVERSIAL secrecy bill up for vote Barre Montpelier Times Argus - Barre,VT,USA ... Government Operations Committee in a bipartisan 8-2 vote with one absence Wednesday, rules out the "deliberative process" exemption to open records law in the ... <http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060217/NEWS/60217 0358/1003/NEWS02> A right to know anything at all Scranton Times - Scranton,PA,USA ... Even though the state's newspapers have begun to press the Legislature anew for meaningful open-records and freedom of information laws, the public should ... <http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16135555&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept _id=418218&rfi=6> BILLS aimed at public access to records advance Daily Herald - Provo,UT,USA ... down to a constable.". O'Brien said HB 12 would be the most restrictive public records law in the country. "This sort of secrecy ... <http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/166198/4/> SENATE backs restriction on suits over access to public records Tucson Citizen - Tucson,AZ,USA PHOENIX - The Senate voted Thursday to prohibit public bodies in Arizona from suing to contest a public records request unless the person requesting the ... <http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/breakingnews/021605public_records> ELECTRONIC records trauma BJHC.co.uk - Weybridge,Surrey,UK Staff at the US's biggest non-profit healthcare provider have sounded a warning about the difficulties of implementing electronic patient records. <http://www.bjhc.co.uk/news/1/2006/n602003.htm> ELECTRONIC Mortgages Take a Step Forward with Guidance on ... PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA ... Kolar LLP in Washington, DC, and Counsel to the Electronic Financial Services Council and SPeRS (Standards and Procedures for electronic Records and Signatures ... <http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/2/prweb347316.htm> Mercury News Pelican Bay inmates got prison employees' information, guards sayInmates at Pelican Bay State Prison gained access to personal information about employees, including their Social Security numbers, birth dates and pension account information, the state prison guards' union said Thursday. The full article will be available on the Web for a limited time: http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/13891409.ht m UNION Station site proposed for regional archives collection Kansas.com - KS,USA ... that historians desire or the 'gee-whiz' material the public is interested in," said R. Reed Whitaker, director of the National Archives Central Plains Region. ... <http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/state/13898783.htm> TREASURES of history need new home Kansas City Star - MO,USA Union Station may team with the National Archives to build a user-friendly home for records compiled since federal bureaucrats first arrived on the raw ... <http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/13892605.htm> EISNER Awards Archives to Be Housed at Virginia Commonwealth ... comic Book Resources - USA Virginia Commonwealth University has been selected to house the archives for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards. The current ... <http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=6694> REPORT reveals major gaps in preservation of valuable digital ... eGov monitor - London,UK ... There needs to be funding for more digital archives. "Gone are the days when archives were dusty places that could be forgotten until ... <http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/4705> New York Times On Private Web Site, Wal-Mart Chief Talks Tough By STEVEN GREENHOUSE and MICHAEL BARBARO Published: February 17, 2006 In a confidential, internal Web site for Wal-Mart's managers, the company's chief executive, H. Lee Scott Jr., seemed to have a rare, unscripted moment when one manager asked him why "the largest company on the planet cannot offer some type of medical retirement benefits?" <http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/17/business/17walmart.html?> HEARING delayed in trade secrets case Elmira Star-Gazette - Elmira,NY,USA ... trade secrets was granted an adjournment Thursday in US District Court in Rochester. ... Lin faces a charge of theft of trade secrets. ... <http://www.stargazettenews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060217/BUSIN ESS/602170323> STORING National Treasures Enterprise Storage Forum - Darien,CT,USA ... the-art Conservation Building, which will house the new data/storage center, reformatting ... With such a large collection of records, audiotape, videotape and film ... <http://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/sans/features/article.php/3586066> Storing Your Digital Images By Vincent Bockaert If you value your digital images, you should have a proper backup system in place. In this article, we will look at two storage methods and some backup tips so that you can enjoy your images not only in the short term, but also much further into the future. <<http://www.dpreview.com/learn/?/General/Storing_Your_Digital_Images_01. ht m>> For a Dear Museum: Love, Hallmark By KATHRYN SHATTUCK Published: February 18, 2006 It could be a greeting card commercial. A major corporation compiles a stunning multimillion-dollar photography collection and then decides to give it away. Museums around the world covet it, yet the corporation chooses a hometown institution. You can almost hear the music swell as the museum director wipes a tear of gratitude from his eye. <<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/18/arts/design/18phot.html>> ComputerWorld * Ex-CA Chief Kumar Erased Evidence From Hard Drive, Feds Say http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/301260/415590/9402/0/ Peter A. Kurilecz Richmond, Va [log in to unmask]