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RAIN 070326 Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management. Shredded identities Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA "Corporate espionage is a real concern," said Jason Mello, president of Universal Shredding LLC, a document-destruction company based in Georgetown. ... <http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/03/25/shredded_identities > Legislation to End California's Sale of Social Security Numbers California Progress Report - Oakland,CA,USA ... accounts or medical files. Jones said that his office logged on to the web site maintained by the Secretary of State and purchased about 20 records over ... <http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/03/legislation_to_1.html> Police probe removal of city files by ex-employee Eagle Tribune - North Andover,MA,USA But a co-worker interviewed by police said it was clear to her why Anzalone took off with the records. "She told me she was going to take all of the files ...<http://www.eagletribune.com/punews/local_story_084093811> Slimmer Brambles back on acquisition trail The Australian - Sydney,Australia Recall would have a ready-made buyer in Iron Mountain, which is the world's biggest records management business. Iron Mountain made its first move into the ... <http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,21444652%2 55E643,00.html> Museum preserves Ohio history Zanesville Times Recorder - Zanesville,OH,USA Tom Kuhn, director of the Ross County Historical Society, works to establish new exhibits and update existing exhibits. Visitors are given an hour-long ... <http://zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070325/L IFESTYLE/703250309/1024> State museum overflows quarters, needs to modernize MaineToday.com - Portland,ME,USA A task force that studied the needs of the agencies has put forward several options for the future, which include moving the museum, state library and state ...<http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/state/070325museum.html> Times of London 3/23/07 History 1980-2000 has disappeared into the ether. Sorry <http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/ben_macintyre/articl e1555570.ece> Mary Livingston; Spotted Illegal Nixon Tax Move Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA Mary Walton McCandlish Livingston, 92, a federal archivist whose testimony before Congress revealed that President Richard M. Nixon's donated papers were ... <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/24/AR200703 2400989.html> Rep. Hyde Donates Archives To Loyola Chicago CBS2 Chicago - Chicago,IL,USA (AP) CHICAGO Retired Republican congressman Henry Hyde will donate a massive collection of political memorabilia to Loyola University Chicago, ...<http://cbs2chicago.com/local/local_story_084155131.html> Loyola gets slice of Hyde history Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA Hyde's archives will become part of the university's new Center for Public Service, which will research public policy issues and promote public service ... <http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-0703250002mar25,1,7 641190.story?coll=chi-newslocalchicago-hed> Library theft highlights urgent need for fencing The National - Port Moresby,Papua New Guinea The chairman of the Board of Libraries and Archives Oseah Philemon has condemned the theft saying it was a crime against the children of Papua New Guinea. ...<http://www.thenational.com.pg/032607/nation4.htm> UCLA archives honor pioneer of civil rights for Latinos, women Contra Costa Times - CA,USA The university announced the opening of her archives at the Chicano Studies Research Center as part of the school's new Mujeres Initiative. ... <http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/state/16970883.htm> Oracle accuses SAP of corporate espionage Financial Director - London,UK ... filed a legal complaint against arch-rival SAP and its TomorrowNowsubsidiary, alleging that the German software maker engaged in corporate espionage. ... <http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/vnunet/news/2186281/oracle-charges-sa p-corporate> Paranoia, fear run deep in business Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA A former DuPont & Co. senior research chemist pleaded guilty to corporate espionage in US District Court in Delaware late last year. ... <http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/investing/personalfinance/chi-070 3230613mar25,0,6486999.story?coll=chi-businessyourmoney-hed> Oracle Claims SAP Stole Trade Secrets Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA March 26, 2007 (Computerworld) -- Oracle Corp. last week charged applications archrival SAP AG with the electronic theft of “thousands of proprietary, ... <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic& taxonomyName=enterprise_applications&articleId=287185&taxonomyId=87&intsr c=kc_top> Learning to Manage Records Insurance Networking News - New York,NY,USA E-mail, instant messaging, flash drives and voicemail are just some examples of electronic records. One of the amendments provides that, ... <http://www.insurancenetworking.com/protected/article.cfm?articleId=4632& pb=ros> Central Vermont Public Service Successfully Implements Open Text's ... Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada The records management capabilities of Livelink ECM provide an automated system that resolves many of the complexities of electronic records management, ...<http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2007/26/c6148.html> Preserving old vinyl in the digital age Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA Aimed squarely at Baby Boomers who did not grow up with computer technology, drop-and-record turntables that convert vinyl into MP3 files and burn CDs are ... <http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0703260076mar26,0,4059505.sto ry?coll=chi-business-hed> Iron Mountain's transport methods disturb some users Search Storage - USA ... Iron Mountain (or one of its third-party contractors) has lost tapes belonging to many high-profile firms, including Bank of America Corp., Time Warner ... <http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid5_gci124 8828,00.html> Access to government information under scrutiny at Capitol KRIS-TV - Corpus Christi,TX,USA Wentworth has said he filed the bill because some people were making large open records requests and trying to dominate the time of a governmental agency. ...<http://www.kristv.com/Global/story.asp?S=6281797> Kennewick to replace thousands of paper records with electronic copies Mid Columbia Tri City Herald - Mid-Columbia,WA,USA Later this spring, the city will embark on a project to replace its paper records with electronic versions that can be filled out and modified online, ...<http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/8740995p-8642689c.html> Former Archivist for Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Speaks ... University of Pittsburgh News (press release) - Pittsburgh,PA,USA O'Toole's pre-academic archival career included positions at the New England Historic Genealogical Society and the Massachusetts State Archives in addition ... <http://mac10.umc.pitt.edu/m/FMPro?-db=ma&-lay=a&-format=d.html&id=2876&- Find> Simulator to pass through Pratt Pratt Tribune - Pratt,KS,USA Besides the simulator, over a ton of documents covering 89000 simulator hours were discovered and they will go into the national archive vaults under the ...<http://www.pratttribune.com/articles/2007/03/26/news/00.txt> Records key to Cayman FOI Cay Compass - Grand Cayman,Cayman Islands The National Archive and Public Records Law sets out how public agencies will maintain, store and dispose of both paper and electronic records. ... <http://www.caycompass.com/cgi-bin/CFPnews.cgi?ID=1020939> City preserves its past in a digital age Delmarva Daily Times - MD,USA "Attorney files and court records were wiped out. Paper is more susceptible to those types of activities. My office does document imaging now. ... <http://www.delmarvanow.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070326/NEWS01/70 3260313/1002> Abandoned Documents Expose Conservatives’ Lack of Accountability Liberal Party of Canada (press release) - Canada Personnel records are not the only confidential documents left behind by the Conservative Party. Last week, a series of documents were discovered indicating ...<http://www.liberal.ca/news_e.aspx?type=news&id=12614> Liberals Return Confidential Personnel Files to Conservatives Liberal Party of Canada - Canada Ottawa - The Opposition Liberals today handed over boxes of documents belonging to the Conservative Party to illustrate that this self-proclaimed ...<http://www.liberal.ca/news_e.aspx?type=news&id=12611> Letter of the Law Wall Street Journal (subscription) - New York,NY,USA Legal experts agree that companies will need to improve how they save and retrieve digital files, especially email. So companies are starting to turn to ... <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117434583190242025.html?mod=googlenews_w sj> Foul Sents Wall Street Journal (subscription) - New York,NY,USA Since a large company often has thousands of confidential documents, the process works largely automatically: Once the software has established what kind of ... <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117434571917242011.html?mod=googlenews_w sj>> Wall St Journal Rethinking the Inbox We aren't going to give up email. But we can be a lot smarter about the way we use it. <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117434555843141997.html?mod=JR-Technolog y-March-2007> Six staff face sack at History Centre Dorset Echo - England,UK County archivist Hugh Jaques said: "The plans do include a proposal to reduce opening hours and it will be a potentially reduced service. ... <http://www.thisisdorset.net/display.var.1285179.0.six_staff_face_sack_at _history_centre.php> Peter Kurilecz Richmond Va ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. =0