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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 <http://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<http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view/20071231-109564/Desperately_seeking_Burlesk_Queen> 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 > -- Peter Kurilecz CRM CA Richmond, Va