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Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management.

Exclusive: Cache of records found by DA's office includes highly ...
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA
The vast majority of the documents are authentic records from the 1960s.
The purported Oswald-Ruby conversation took place on Oct. 4, 1963, ...
<http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-jackruby_17met.ART.North.Edition1.456340c.html>

 

HPD Officers Investigated For Online Activities
Click 2 Houston.com - Houston,TX,USA
In other words, the computer records may show an officer has 50 hits while
he's on duty, but further research found that actually occurred over an
extremely ...
<http://www.click2houston.com/news/15321873/detail.html>

 

THE MORTON FILES Man with a passion for taking pictures left ...
Winston-Salem Journal - Winston-Salem,NC,USA
"He took his camera everywhere," said Elizabeth Hull, an archivist
hired to sort and organize Morton's prints and negatives. "It was part
of his breathing. ...
<http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ/MGArticle/WSJ_ColumnistArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173354637120>

 

House panel: 473 days of White House e-mail weren't archived
Detroit Free Press - United States
... and Allen Weinstein, archivist of the United States. There are 16 days
of no archived e-mails for the office of Vice President Dick Cheney,
according to ...
<http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080118/NEWS07/80118036>

 

ZIZ BROADCASTING CORPORATION INITIATES ARCHIVAL PROJECT
Democrat Newspaper - Basseterre,St. Kitts and Nevis
By Carol Phillip-Tudor Pastor Lincoln Connor of the Antioch Baptist Church
likens the initiation of ZBC(ZIZ Broadcasting Corporation) archival project
to ...
<http://www.pamdemocrat.org/Newspaper/Details.cfm?Nz=%247GIJ2%20%20%20%0A&Iz=%24(BTN%20P%20%20%0A>

 

THINK YOUR SECRETS ARE SAFE?
Electric New Paper - Singapore,Singapore
... still managed to dig up thousands of credit-card numbers, financial
records, medical information, trade secrets and other highly personal
information. ...
<http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,4136,156598,00.html>

 

Gregg pushes for improved electronic record-keeping
Vermont Public Radio - Colchester,VT,USA
Gregg says improved electronic record-keeping would reduce medical errors,
lead to better care and give decision-makers more data to evaluate the ...
<http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/79358/>

 

The Changing Face of Identity Theft
American Chronicle - Beverly Hills,CA,USA
Scanning national databases such as; credit bureau, criminal records, DMV
data, public records, large data aggregators (such as Choicepoint), large
credit ...
<http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=52714>

 

Information commissioner raps PIOs for denying information under RTI
KanglaOnline - Kangla,Manipur,India
Every PIO has a duty to provide our access to government records and
documents and if any information cannot be given, he or she has a duty to
tell us why, ...
<http://www.kanglaonline.com/index.php?template=headline&newsid=41167&typeid=1>

 

Clients' deeds worry as solicitors close up
Blackpool Gazette - Blackpool,England,UK
The sudden closure has caused panic among some clients, worried about
personal documents held by the firm. Blanche Cunliffe, 82, from
Anchorsholme, ...
<http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/blackpoolnews/Clients39-deeds-worry-as-solicitors.3785730.jp>

 

Move your e-mail out of Outlook and into the folders of your choice
CNet News.com Blog - USA
To archive in Outlook 2003, click File > Archive > Personal Folders (or
select individual folders, if you wish), enter the date, choose a location
for your ...
<http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9872315-7.html>

 

Canton curator knows her man
Akron Beacon Journal - Akron,OH,USA
By Jim Carney But the curator of the William McKinley Presidential Library
and Museum knows everything about him. And he was a down-home kind of guy.
...
<http://www.ohio.com/news/top_stories/15727772.html>

 

Cornell Allows for Disclosure of Student Files
Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun - Ithaca,NY,USA
By Michael Stratford Cornell explicitly asserted in a policy change adopted last year that it may release student educational records to the parents of most ... <http://cornellsun.com/node/27156>

 

School records found on roadside in Armagh
Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom
The files prepared by the education welfare service include details of
doctors' examinations, data on admissions to a psychiatric institution, ...
<http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/education/article3442590.ece>

 

Case files going digital
Columbus Dispatch - Columbus,OH,USA
The next step will be to allow lawyers to file documents electronically
from their offices, for a fee. Common Pleas Judge John P. Bessey agreed
that the ...
<http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/02/18/imaged.ART_ART_02-18-08_B1_4S9CUCD.html?sid=101>

 

Kennedy Assassination Trove Is Released
New York Times - United States
... Mr. Watkins said, and even his staff has not reviewed much of the
contents of the files, though most of the documents have been scanned. ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/18/us/18cnd-dallas.html?em&ex=1203483600&en=44bfe43e35510fe1&ei=5087%0A>

 

Another goof-up, SAI's mass transfer file goes missing
Hindustan Times - India
Simply speaking, it means that the vital documents, which justified a move
that cost the exchequer something in the region of Rs 4-4.5 crore, ...
<http://www.hindustantimes.com/Redir.aspx?ID=099a18e0-55df-424e-ab56-1c4b9ff61455>

 

Gregg urges improved electronic records
The Union Leader - Manchester,NH,USA
New Hampshire Sen. Judd Gregg made a pitch yesterday for improving information technology to bring down health care costs. "Americans spend an extraordinary ...
<http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Gregg+urges+improved+electronic+records&articleId=4a94fa99-9138-40c4-b225-d5cb034dbbf6>

 

NO erects info barrier for citizens, City Council
New Orleans CityBusiness - New Orleans,LA,USA
The Public Records Act of Louisiana mandates city officials must turn over public documents, with few exceptions, within 72 hours. ... <http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/viewStory.cfm?recID=29908>

 

Court asked to review cost of copying public documents
Times-West Virginian - Fairmont,WV,USA
AP CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Supreme Court is being asked to
overturn a ruling that allowed a private company to pay less than $20 for
electronic ...
<http://www.timeswv.com/westvirginia/local_story_046011842.html>

 

An inspiration through a lens
Liverpool Daily Post - Liverpool,UK
"The aim of the project also enables the National Trust to continue
paying for an archivist and restoring Hardman's archives to make access
easier. ...
<http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2008/02/19/an-inspiration-through-a-lens-64375-20492132/>


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Peter Kurilecz CRM CA
Richmond, Va