RAIN 20071231
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management.
Gov't records a mess! Auditor General finds 40% of
documents "missing"
The Reporter Belize - Belize City,Belize
In almost every major arena - in records management, arrears of revenue,
inventory & stores management, and in public debt records, the Audit
Department ...
<http://www.reporter.bz/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=2465&Itemid=2>
Election Computers Stolen in Tenn.
The Associated Press -
(AP) -- Thieves stole laptop computers containing the names and Social
Security numbers of every registered voter in the city from election
commission ...
<http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jMamiY4LfEXl8fsfgYefwPrh_5sgD8TQQFUG1>
Thieves may have stolen voters' Social Security
numbers
The Tennessean - Nashville,TN,USA
Someone broke into several county offices over Christmas and stole laptop
computers that county officials now believe may have contained Social
Security ...
<http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071228/NEWS03/71228080/1001/NEWS>
IT and the Changing Privacy Landscape: Eight Areas
to Watch in '08
CIO - Framingham,MA,USA
Along with addressing records management requirements, IT can raise issues and
develop solutions related to accurate and complete data classification, ...
<http://www.cio.com/article/168150/IT_and_the_Changing_Privacy_Landscape_Eight_Areas_to_Watch_in_
>
Wilson Library Expansion Plans
WHSV - Harrisonburg,VA,USA
History buffs, and area residents, packed his presidential library in
Staunton during
an open house to celebrate the day. ...
<http://www.whsv.com/news/headlines/12900076.html>
National Archives Budget Increased for FY08
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
This also includes $7.4 million for construction of an archival
addition to
the Richard M. Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda, CA. ...
<http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/12-28-2007/0004728505&EDATE=
>
Give life to history
Times of India - India
His brilliant ideas transformed the City Palace Museum in Jaipur from a
dowdy archival collection to a lively and engrossing display of life and
culture in ...
<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Opinion/Editorial/Give_life_to_history/articleshow/2659460.cms
>
WVU provost to initiate inquiry into kerfluffle over
Bresch's MBA ...
Charleston Gazette - WV, USA
The university has said a switch from paper to electronic records a decade
ago is to blame for the appearance that Bresch received favorable
treatment. ...
<http://sundaygazettemail.com/section/News/2007122835>
SJ County goes digital to preserve its history
Stockton Record - Stockton,CA,USA
Preserving archives of county records is not a new concern. About 90 years
ago, archivist Owen C. Coy examined how California
counties kept old
records in ...
<http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071229/A_NEWS/712290313>
Rare photos surface, showing Eastport's storied
history
Annapolis Capital - Annapolis,MD,USA
Mame Warren, daughter of famed Annapolis
photographer Marion Warren, is a
former assistant state archivist who specialized in photographs. ...
<http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2007/12_29-01/TOP>
Save Alaska's past -- unite state library, museum,
archive
Anchorage Daily News (subscription) - Anchorage,AK,USA
The new state library, archives and museum project will help us to remember
our past and create a greater state over the next 50 years. ...
<http://www.adn.com/opinion/story/249346.html>
Faces of Business 2007: Joanne McNabb, California
privay chief
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
... of Californians - their Social Security numbers, driver's licenses,
credit cards, medical records, any personal information that is posted
online. ...
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/30/BU0EU2U1K.DTL>
Rescuing history
Chicago Sun-Times - United
States
Its more than 110000 images -- of which about 80 percent are glass
negatives -- amount to a vast panorama of American life, including the
opening of the West ...
<http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/719348,SHO-Sunday-Phillips30.article>
As more business is done on the Web, online
record-keeping gets ...
Houston Chronicle - United States
By BRAD HEM The team at Houston technology startup Alert Logic is tapping
into the trend of firms contracting for computer networking services, ...
<http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/tech/news/5409934.html>
Delhi to do away with printed
stamp paper
Business Standard - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
Stamp paper is compulsory for property-related documents like sale or title
deeds or when property is leased or gifted. It is also used for deeds for
will ...
<http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&bKeyFlag=BO&autono=309214&chkFlg=
>
Hunting history's treasures online
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
In Palo Alto, George said he has amassed a collection of 25 to 30 items,
most of which are stored with the city's archives and earmarked for a
future Palo ...
<http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_7842605>
Desperately seeking 'Burlesk Queen'
Inquirer.net - Philippines
Film archivist Teddy Co, however, told Inquirer Entertainment that the last known
copy of "Burlesk" had been damaged "in a film laboratory's warehouse,
...
<http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view/20071231-109564
Lawyers try to catch up in tech world
Boston Globe - United States
During electronic discovery, countless documents, files, phone records, and
electronic correspondence are mined in civil litigation. ...
<http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2007/12/31/lawyers_try_to_catch_up_in_tech_world
>
Groups: Record Data Breaches in 2007
The Associated Press -
BOSTON (AP) -- The loss or theft of personal data such as credit card and
Social Security numbers soared to unprecedented levels in 2007, and the
trend isn't ...
<http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ip0gRFSz0t677cXwg2z4WRKJ0TgwD8TRVTI00>
IBM: Tape Backup is Here to Stay
Enterprise IT Planet - Darien,CT,USA
"Users have found that tape and disk are complementary and a blend of both
is needed to address performance, compliance, security, data retention, ...<http://www.enterpriseitplanet.com/storage/features/article.php/3719041
>
Britain is the worst country in
Europe for protecting your private ...
Daily Mail - UK
... a range of criteria including constitutional and legal safeguards,
camera monitoring, government data-sharing, secret eavesdropping and data
retention. ...
<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=505415&in_page_id=1770
>
INTERNET LAW - Discovery of Employee-Owned Computer
Equipment
IBLS INTERNET LAW (subscription) - Irvine,CA,USA
Many corporate e-mail and document management systems have web interfaces
that permit remote users to access information from computers and download
files ...
<http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=latestnews&id=1945>
Victorian snapper honoured
Oxford Mail - Oxford,England,UK
Taunt, who was born in 1842, captured the splendour and elegance of Oxford
at the turn of the century and left a legacy of 6000 glass negatives. ...
<http://www.oxfordmail.net/news/headlines/display.var.1934592.0.victorian_snapper_honoured.php
>
FBI Building Vast Database of Iris, Face and
Fingerprint Scans
Wired News - USA
This sounds like the kind of service you'd expect from a private datamining
company like Choicepoint, not from a law enforcement agency that's funded
with ...
<http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/12/fbi-building-va.html>
Booked on library looting
The Australian - Sydney,Australia
... the University
of Queensland and the
Conservatorium of Music, but it
appeared none came from the state Government's newly redeveloped State
Library. ...
<http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22992956-5006786,00.html>