RAIN 20080216 Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management. White House e-discovery squeeze puts e-mail backup in focus Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA He said that most business and IT managers fall short of creating adequate e-mail archiving and policy-based data-retention processes. ... < http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9062642 > Don't Play Mind Games With Trade Secrets Patent Baristas - Cincinnati,OH,USA The Uniform Trade Secrets Act does not apply to the use of memorized information that is not a trade secret pursuant to RC 1333.61(D). ... < http://www.patentbaristas.com/archives/2008/02/14/dont-play-mind-games-with-trade-secrets/ > Get Smart About Analyzing ESI Law.com (subscription) - San Francisco,CA,USA Consider the newly amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP), which went into effect last December. Rules 16 and 26 were amended to provide the court ... <http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLT.jsp?id=1202904863398> Auditors: Some sloppy record keeping in Cobb schools Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA Differences in record keeping between the local schools, general ledger payroll reports and the Title 1 office "could result in expenditures in excess of ... < http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/cobb/stories/2008/02/14/audit_0214.html > Gregg pushes for improved electronic record-keeping Boston Globe - United States In addition to holding down costs, improved electronic record-keeping and communications would reduce medical errors, lead to better care and give...< http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2008/02/14/gregg_pushes_for_improved_electronic_record_keeping > Sonics in e-mail skirmish Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA The NBA has also objected to the city's subpoena of some of its records in the discovery process currently underway. A 34-page document filed to Judge... <http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/basketball/351428_arena15.html> Namibia: Hendrik Witbooi Papers - Reflection of Identity AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA "The significance of the documents is that it is one of the rare written documents of indigenous Namibians that have been preserved," said Hillebrecht from ... <http://allafrica.com/stories/200802150345.html> Lawmakers asked to delete court records of those found innocent New Richmond News - New Richmond,WI,USA State lawmakers were asked Wednesday to delete the computerized court records of those found innocent, or who had charges dismissed. ... < http://www.newrichmond-news.com/articles/index.cfm?id=86050§ion=winews,Wisconsin%20News&property_id=19 > 2 Civil War-era maps are discovered and shed light on Will County Chicago Tribune - United States The twin 1862 plat maps, which were discovered in a county archive room last fall, were in such poor shape that restorers needed to carefully combine them, ... < http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-map_restored_15feb15,1,2285953.story > Hawaiian royal documents to be auctioned in New York Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA They include original deeds signed by King Kalakaua (cal-uh-COW'-uh), Queen Kapiolani (cop-ee-oh-LAH'-nee) and Kings Kamehameha (kah-may-HAH'-may-hah) III ... < http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--royalauction0214feb14,0,887885.story > SC Magazine Data breach disclosure, new guidelines to help Australian businesses A data breach notification guideline to assist businesses and government agencies in the case of a significant data breach is currently in development, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) has announced. < http://www.securecomputing.net.au/news/data-breach-disclosure-new-guidelines-to-help-australian-businesses.aspx > Digital law and order NetworkWorld.com - Southborough,MA,USA ... say legal experts and IT leaders who have already tackled the problem, is to establish enterprisewide document management and retention practices for ... <http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/021208-digital-law-and.html> An instant classic Guardian Unlimited - UK The only drawback of the Polaroid was that it offered the shooter no insurance equivalent to negatives or digital storage. Every shot was a one-off and, ... <http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/feb/15/photography> Inadvertent computer error places names of Texas A&M System ... AgNews - TX,USA COLLEGE STATION - Computer records containing names and Social Security numbers of 3000 current and former employees of two Texas A&M System agricultural ... <http://agnews.tamu.edu/showstory.php?id=353> Honoring President's Day at Bonhams& Butterfields - Massive ... Art Daily - USA One highlight of the auction's Presidential section is a tremendous archive of correspondence, unpublished candid family photographs and ephemera related to ...<http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=23264> Enforcing Copyright Library Journal - New York,NY,USA Here's a hypothetical example of Color: a library archivist, a participant in a major scanning effort, has a certain famous author's notebooks. ... < http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6529387.html> Hospitals challenge AG over dead inmate's records Houston Chronicle - United States By ROBERT CROWE The Harris County Hospital District is suing the Texas attorney general to keep private the medical records of a Houston inmate who died ...<http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5543790.html> White House Reused E-Mail Tapes The Associated Press - The period of 2003 and 2005 is the time frame at issue in lawsuits seeking information about possibly millions of missing e-mails at the Bush White House. ... <http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hsG0My2Q3Eu9Sj2PSupnj4xeQXxAD8U73I302> Company Email On Employee-Owned Cell Phones Processor.com <http://processor.com/> - Lincoln,NE,USA "For example, most companies have, or should have, document retention policies that also apply to email. If the email is replicated on a device not owned by ... < http://www.processor.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles%2Fp3007%2F32p07%2F32p07.asp&guid=&searchtype=&WordList=&bJumpTo=True > Stone Tablets to Digital Bits Technocrat.net <http://technocrat.net/> - Boston,MA,USA Were is the 2000 year data storage method? Heck, where is the 200 or even 20 year storage method for all this data? Or..should humans even bother anymore, ... <http://technocrat.net/d/2008/2/15/36257> Christian Science Monitor How can we be sure we'll remember our digital past? As technology evolves, data from outmoded machines is put at risk; panel addresses pathways and costs. <http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0214/p13s02-stct.html> Continuing the myth that backups and archiving = records management Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA Failure to ensure that IT practices are consistent with organizational records management policies and retention schedules can result in costing ... < http://blogs.computerworld.com/continuing_the_myth_that_backups_and_archiving_records_management > Daily Courier, Fri, 15 Feb 2008 8:02 AM PST Southmoreland business manager provides alleged purged documents http://pittsburghlive.com/x/dailycourier/news/s_552601.html?source=rss&feed=28 Southmoreland School District's business manager, Bill Porter, is back to work after a two-day paid suspension while district Superintendent John Halfhill investigated allegations that Porter had purged records related to a lawsuit involving the district. Data laws: protecting society or invading privacy? ElectricNews.net - Dublin,Ireland by Cian Ginty Data retention measures currently include the logging and storing of data pertaining to phone calls and text messages, as well as location ... <http://www.enn.ie/article/10123901.html> INTERVIEW-Theft of Petrobras data in Brazil may be espionage Reuters UK - UK N: Quote, Profile, Research) appears to be just one of a handful of potential corporate espionage incidents involving a huge new oil reserve off the ... <http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKN1559270320080215> Building Commish Keeps File Under Wraps Cape Cod Today - South Dennis,MA,USA My experience with various town halls when it comes to getting copies of documents is that a helpful person goes to the files, finds the document(s) I want, ... < http://www.capecodtoday.com/blogs/index.php/Gadfly/2008/02/15/building_commish_keeps_file_under_wraps > Purchase by county bugs sheriff St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg,FL,USA It's record management. It's workflow to increase efficiency. ... It's the ability to retrieve documents without going through 27 file cabinets. ...< http://www.sptimes.com/2008/02/16/Pasco/Purchase_by_county_bu.shtml> Don't Dread the Rule 26(f) Conference New York Law Journal - New York,NY,USA ... conference as a vehicle to challenge the reasonableness of your preservation efforts, resulting in more spoliation challenges at the outset of the case. ... <http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?&id=1203075904135> Animal Care records have been found Florida Times-Union - Jacksonville,FL,USA Other records were found in a back room of the county's record storage facility and three boxes of records were being used for an audit by a Clerk of the ... <http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/021608/nen_247109754.shtml> EFF Printer Tracking Dots may violate Human Rights We've long been concerned about the human rights risks of printer tracking dots for anyone who publishes printed works with modern technology. Tracking dots are the secret marks that many popular color laser printers and photocopiers scatter across every document they touch. The marks, almost invisible to the eye, uniquely identify the printer that produced the document, and, as EFF uncovered, can even automatically encode the time and date it was created. < http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/02/eu-printer-tracking-dots-may-violate-human-rights > Fire of county records remains under investigation Murfreesboro Post - Murfreesboro,TN,USA Cause of a fire that slightly damaged county records remains under investigation by the Murfreesboro Fire Department's fire investigator. ...< http://www.murfreesboropost.com/news.php?viewStory=9295> History Thrown Away WTHI - Terre Haute,IN,USA "And Vigo county represents the most complete set of county records of any other counties that exist in Indiana," said John Newman the Indiana Director of ...<http://www.wthitv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7874875&nav=menu593_2> 30 jobs for city in rail records move York Press - York,UK "These records are a vital part of engineering background for Network Rail," said the company's corporate records manager, Nigel Loadman. ... < http://www.thisisyork.co.uk/display.var.2049873.0.30_jobs_for_city_in_rail_records_move.php > Newspapers shed light on pioneer days in North Georgia Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA "Every library and archive has a backlog because we don't have the money and staff," explains Michael Rose, director of the history center's Kenan Research ... < http://www.ajc.com/news/content/living/stories/2008/02/15/newspapers0217.html > There was destruction of files in 90s but traces remain Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria For the first time the current Files Committee in contrast to previous ones became an owner of all archive documents and this would allow the deeper ...<http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n133845> Microsoft 'Frees' Office Formats InternetNews.com - USA "In the case of governments ... it may make the [legacy] binary file format documents more acceptable," Helm said. Microsoft has been struggling to get OOXML ... < http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3728596/Microsoft+Frees+Office+Formats.htm > Security clearance process still a paperwork exercise GovExec.com - Washington,DC,USA The Government Accountability Office has classified the security clearance process as a high-risk program. Jack Edwards, GAO's acting director of Defense ...<http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0208/021508bb1.htm> You've got mail ... and it's public Brattleboro Reformer - VT, United States In addition, the office would look at how to clarify the open records law in how it pertains to electronic records. "Because of the way we communicate now, ...<http://www.reformer.com/ci_8279918?source=most_viewed> -- Peter Kurilecz CRM CA Richmond, Va