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Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management.
Researchers are clamoring that this is the year you must deal with mobile security or get hit by phishing and malware attacks on the devices in your employee's pocket.
Nigeria: How Obasanjo Misled UNESCO
Over Presidential Library ...
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
NOBEL laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, yesterday again took former President
Olusegun Obasanjo to the cleaners, alleging that he lied on the true status
of his ...
<http://allafrica.com/stories/200803130191.html>
Don't hit that delete button
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - Newark,NJ,USA
In hindsight, it's apparent why some in the ill-fated McGreevey
administration would be inclined to destroy records. But this destruction
should not simply ...
<http://blog.nj.com/njv_editorial_page/2008/03/dont_hit_that_delete_button.html>
Harvard hacker exposes personal information of
applicants, others
Boston Herald - United States
The remainder of the admissions data that was accessed did not involve
Social Security numbers, but Harvard said data from 500 students applying
for housing ...
<http://news.bostonherald.com/business/technology/general/view.bg?articleid=1080025&srvc=home&position=also>
Harvard grad students hit in computer intrusion
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA
About 6600 of them are being offered one year's worth of free credit
monitoring services because their Social Security numbers were also
compromised in the ...
<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9068221&intsrc=hm_list>
Daily News to appeal $2000 charge for Troiano's
e-mail
MetroWest Daily News - Framingham,MA,USA
... with the state after Town Manager Anthony Troiano estimated that a
public records request for a month's worth of his e-mails will cost more
than $2000. ...
<http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/x1747423119>
Council to retain control of archives
York Press - York,UK
By Press reporter CITY of York
Council is to spend £30000 to try to ensure
the future of the city's archives. Members of the council's executive were
asked ...
<http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/yorknews/display.var.2118438.0.council_to_retain_control_of_archives.php>
Historic broadcasts come to life on CBC Digital
Archives Website ...
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
The award-winning CBC Digital Archives Website is the largest free
broadcast archive in Canada
and one of the largest in the world. ...
<http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2008/13/c3731.html>
Deleting the record
Greensboro News Record - Greensboro,NC,USA
Was it the law's intent to allow Cultural Resources to provide prior
approval for document destruction? One thing is clear: The law strongly
supports saving ...
<http://www.news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080314/NRSTAFF/173971425>
Spate of Data Suits Highlights German Privacy Debate
Deutsche Welle - Germany
... at the Federal Constitutional Court are expected to hand down a
decision before the end of April on the controversial practice of
data-retention. ...
<http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3188889,00.html>
Commissioners looking to Cornerstone
Tiffin Advertiser Tribune - Tiffin,OH,USA
"I think there is a lot of value there for our records storage."
Bridinger thanked Stultz for offering the suggestion to the commissioners....
<http://www.advertiser-tribune.com/page/content.detail/id/504430.html?nav=5010>
Agencies run more than a decade late on Freedom of
Information ...
The Hill - Washington,DC,USA
By Kevin Bogardus Several federal agencies are running more than 15 years
late on public record requests sent under the Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) ...
<http://thehill.com/business--lobby/agencies-run-more-than-a-decade-late-on-freedom-of-information-requests-2008-03-13.html>
Defining `open'
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
Easley's baffling misperception of the state public records law is one more
bizarre moment in this troubling episode. He was willing to fire an
employee for ...
<http://www.charlotte.com/opinion/story/536041.html>
All Aboard the E-mail Archiving Bandwagon
Enterprise Storage Forum - Darien,CT,USA
E-discovery, thanks to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP), is one of
the biggest drivers of e-mail archiving. Now that lawyers have gotten wind of
...
<http://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/continuity/features/article.php/3734021>
State's archives may be open less
Columbus Dispatch - Columbus,OH,USA
Her group looks at state archives throughout the country every two years. In
2006, Ohio
spent less on its archives -- about $205000 -- than any otherstate, ...
<http://dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/03/14/ohscuts.ART_ART_03-14-08_B1_KB9KVQI.html?sid=101>
Seneca County
seeks place to store county records
Toledo Blade - Toledo,OH,USA
By JENNIFER FEEHAN TIFFIN - As Seneca County commissioners inch closer to
bulldozing the 1884 courthouse, the need for a place to store county
records kept ...
<http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080314/NEWS17/803140364/-1/NEWS>
Data contributes to 'exploding digital universe'
MSNBC - USA
Last year, when research firm IDC released a report about digital storage,
it was titled "The Expanding Digital Universe." But this week, the
firm's new ...
<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23620315/>
Easley lets users trash e-mail value
News & Observer - Raleigh,NC,USA
Originally drafted near the start of Easley's first term, the "Records
Retention and Disposition Schedules" in place at various state departments
have been ...
<http://www.newsobserver.com/politics/story/999689.html>
EMC takes a holistic view on Information Management
Ovum - London,England,UK
Customers know volumes of information are increasing, alongside retention
requirements, availability and the levels of end customer service expected.
...
<http://www.ovum.com/news/euronews.asp?id=6767>
Oldest lino plant to be flattened
BBC News - UK
The company's archivist, David Muncey, told the BBC Scotland news
website:"It's always sad to see that sort of deterioration in a building, particularly
as ...
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7294583.stm>
Petitions end up in permanent archives
Thunder Bay's Source - Thunder Bay,Ontario,Canada
Matt Szybalski is the city archivist and corporate records manager and he says
it gets carefully packed away in storage joining hundreds of other petitions
...
<http://www.tbsource.com/Localnews/index.asp?cid=105741>
Actress Diane Keaton puts images of Fort
Worth on display in New York
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA
About 8000 prints turned up at the University
of Texas at Arlington, which
also holds the Star-Telegram's photo archive. Library archivist Brenda
McClurkin ...
<http://www.star-telegram.com/news/story/528910.html>
UCLA workers snooped in Britney Spears' medical
records
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
UCLA Medical Center is taking stepsto fire at least 13 employees and has
suspended at least six others for snooping in the confidential medical
records of ...
<http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/news/celebrity/ny-etbrit0315,0,6245870.story>
UCLA workers snooped in Spears' medical records
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Housekeepers, for instance, would not have access to electronic medical
records. Nicole Moore, lead organizer for the American Federation of State,...
<http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/celebrity/la-me-britney15mar15,1,3988878.story>
Michigan Abortionist Tosses Patient Records, Aborted
Babies into Trash
CitizenLink - Colorado Springs,CO,USA
She found patient medical records, hazardous waste -- and aborted babies.
Medical waste -- which, by law, includes the human remains of preborn
babies -- is to ...
<http://www.citizenlink.org/content/A000006816.cfm>
Iron Mountain Chooses IBM Software to Power Its
Digital Record ...
CNNMoney.com - USA
"Combined with our physical document management and imaging capabilities,
we can offer customers a true lifecycle solution: we can manage the
physical ...
<http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0375119.htm>
Paper records' days are numbered, but digital data
still poses big ...
Byteandswitch.com - New
York,NY,USA
The hospital, which already has an electronic medical records system from
MediTech for its more recent data, is also on the lookout for a
state-of-the-art ...
<http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=148443&WT.svl=news2_2>
TV archive explains restricted video policy
The Envelope - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Karen Herman, director of the Archive of American Television, has kindly
responded to our kvetch about how its in-depth video interviews with TVlegends
are ...
<http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2008/03/tv-academy-why.html>
A Note About the Bush Library Contest
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) - USA
The Chronicle has received a few phone calls and letters from people who
say that it is unfair to hold a contest for the George W. Bush Presidential
Library ...
<http://chronicle.com/blogs/architecture/1864/a-note-about-the-bush-library-contest>