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RAIN 20080412
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management.
Records Management Policy Could Have Spared White
House
Data Storage Connection (press release) - USA
Records Management expert - Data Empowerment Group CEO Tom Utiger -
explains why this White House dilemma justifies corporate
"preventative"
compliance with ...
<http://www.datastorageconnection.com/content/news/article.asp?DocID=%7B7904C5F9-CB2D-4532-92DD-7984E97F65D0%7D&Bucket=Current+Headlines>
Cambridge Who's Who
24-7PressRelease.com (press release) - USA
In the course of his career, Mr. Goode has won the Chapter Member of the
Year Award from the American Records Management Association four times, ...
<http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/view_press_release_printer_friendly.php?rID=46242>
Archivists to go over Cession document
fijilive.com (subscription) -
Fiji
The Government's Chief Archivist says his office need to thoroughly
examine a document relating to the 1874 Deed of Cession that was found
recently in the ...
<http://www.fijilive.com/news_new/index.php/news/show_news/3560>
Colonial archive
Business Line - Chennai,India
The late Katharine Smith Diehl, a well-known archivist and librarian
associated with the Library of Congress, USA, prepared a list of the rare
books and ...
<http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2008/04/11/stories/2008041150100400.htm>
Snooping in records has a history at UCLA
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
... the hospital has known since at least 1995 that staffers were peeking
into the medical records of such prominent patients as Tom Cruise and
Mariah Carey ...
<http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-ucla11apr11,1,5062677.story>
BC introduces law governing access, privacy of
electronic health ...
The Canadian Press - VICTORIA
Opposition health critic Adrian Dix wondered whether the bidding process
for a $108 million contract for the software to store electronic medical
records ...
<http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5j0DLoQ47YTkHzbzmJgtBmF4xU0dA>
Kan. Supreme Court Hears Arguments In Case Regarding
Enforcement ...
Medical News Today (press release) - UK
In addition to the subpoena of the 2000 records from Tiller's clinic, the
grand jury also subpoenaed edited copies of 60 medical records from
Tiller's ...
<http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/103626.php>
Slate
Record
Shopping
The antiquated Kansas
law that abortion opponents are using to pry into women's medical histories.
<http://www.slate.com/id/2187961/>
Identity thieves tax the system
USA Today - USA
*Gave alleged victims temporary identification numbers to file tax
returns and then denied tax benefits because they did not use Social
Security numbers to ...
<http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/taxes/2008-04-10-id-theft_N.htm>
Policies Available for Review and Comment
UNM Today - Albuquerque,NM,USA
Proposed policy 2030 "Social Security Numbers" defines restrictions
on use
of social security numbers. Proposed policy 2480 "Incentives to Program
...
<http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/002815.html>
WellCare clients' personal data put online
Tampabay.com - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
WellCare officials, who had secured the data by April 2, have sent letters
to those affected, including 10500 members whose Social Security numbers
were ...
<http://www.tampabay.com/SearchForwardServlet.do?articleId=451990>
For sale: the video archive Wal-Mart should have
erased
Independent - London,England,UK
And now a similarly thorough archive of video footage threatens to create a world
of embarrassment - and legal liability - for Wal-Mart, the world's largest ...
<http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/for-sale-the-video-archive-walmart-should-have-erased-807813.html>
Osaka library opens folk dance archive to public
The Daily Yomiuri - Osaka,Japan
The archive was compiled from the 1950s to the 1970s and is the work of Takeo
Watanabe, a former choreographer, director and honorary board member of the ...
<http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/features/culture/20080411TDY03101.htm>
Literary heritage in the archive of Hungary's Communist secret ...
Agoravox - Paris,France
This manuscript was found recently in the publicly searcheable archive of the
former Communist and Nazi secret service archives. Pál's grandson inherited ...
<http://www.agoravox.com/article.php3?id_article=8025>
Archives vital to democracy, says speaker
UConn Advance - Storrs,CT,USA
At the Archives, says Archivist of the United States Allen Weinstein, "we believe
that full access to the documents that outline our rights, chronicle the ...<http://www.advance.uconn.edu/2008/080414/08041408.htm>
Allstate posts controversial documents online
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
Allstate vigorously resisted the introduction of the documents in court
without a protective order, insisting that the documents were trade
secrets. ...
<http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2008/04/07/daily26.html>
Storage Managers Struggle With Security Demands
Enterprise Storage Forum - Darien,CT,USA
In a session on the December 2006 changes to the Federal Rules of Civil
Procedures (FRCP), Stevens discussed the need to preserve to the best of a
manager's ...
<http://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/continuity/news/article.php/3740361>
Electronic files phasing out paper
Press & Sun-Bulletin - Binghamton,NY,USA
BOCES also applied for a grant from the state Local Government Records
Management Improvement Fund for a needs assessment to determine which paper
records ...
<http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080412/NEWS01/80412002/1001>
Living in Two Dimensions: Managing EDD In-House
Law.com (subscription) - San Francisco,CA,USA
"Not even five years ago, legal records management was not considered a
significant business function in a corporation," says Shahzad Bashir,
Huron's vice ...
<http://www.law.com/jsp/ihc/PubArticleIHC.jsp?id=1207904897814>
OMB issues records management guidance
GCN.com - Washington,DC,USA
When agencies build or purchase new information technology systems, they
should make records management and archiving capabilities be part of the
system, ...
<http://www.gcn.com/blogs/tech/46123.html>
The UK's
Cabinet Office standardizes on Meridio's records ...
Computer Business Review - UK
By Staff Writer With Meridio's highly flexible and scalable records
management solution, the Cabinet Office is able to retain its
organizational memory, ...
<http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=97094D6C-351C-457E-8485-66EF2C74971D>
Migrating From Paper Forms To Digital Storage: Six Ways ...
ECM Connection (press release) - Erie,PA,USA
Businesses today are constantly seeking ways to streamline operations and
remain competitive. Particular attention is given to tools and strategies
to help ...
<http://www.ecmconnection.com/content/news/article.asp?DocID=%7B301622F0-2761-4149-8866-35DCB25BF9B5%7D&Bucket=Current+Headlines>
Tireless archivist and historian dies of cancer
Sault Star - Sault Ste-Marie,Ontario,Canada
The library archive's collection of material grew "tremendously"
during
Burtch's tenure and now measures 1100 linear feet. "She was very
passionateabout ...
<http://www.saultstar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=983384>
EU warns Google over keeping search records
Times Online - UK
Search engines would be forced to delete personal information they collect
about their users after six months under new guidelines put forward by
European ...
<http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article3705743.ece>
Report Reveals Theft Of Medical Records From New
York Hospital
Dog Flu Diet and Diseases - Brantford,Ontario,Canada
... to a spokeswoman for the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical
Center an employee has taken more than 40000 patient information records, ...
<http://www.dogflu.ca/04122008/15/report_reveals_theft_of_medical_records_from_new_york_hospital>
Doctors got off lighter in UCLA snooping case
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Non-physicians were disciplined more severely for looking at the medical records
of pop star Britney Spears. By Charles Ornstein, Los Angeles Times Staff ...
<http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ucla12apr12,0,3960835.story>
Report: UCLA aware of medical file breaches since at
least 1995
Enterprise-Record - Chico,CA,USA
Earlier this week, former administrative specialist Lawanda J. Jackson confirmed
she peeked into the medical records of more than 60 UCLA patients in 2006 ...<http://www.chicoer.com/publicsafety/ci_8887857>
Legislators give go-ahead for counties to maintain
electronic ...
Tiffin Advertiser Tribune - Tiffin,OH,USA
Would single master copies of electronic minutes be more vulnerable to
destruction? "Years from now, if something happens to the tape, that
would be the ...
<http://www.advertiser-tribune.com/page/content.detail/id/505191.html?nav=5005>
Nigeria Museums: Before the relics hops away
Daily Sun - Apapa,Lagos,Nigeria
Does Nigeria even have a national archive? A situation in which the museum
leadership is judged to be "working" by just paying workers emolument
is not only ...
<http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/features/enterprise/2008/apr/12/enterprise-12-04-2008-004.htm>
Eisenhower Library to get new director
Salina Journal - Salina,KS,USA
He previously was director of the materials staff at the Nixon Presidential
Library and Museum in College Park,
Md. Reporter Darrin Stineman can
be
reached ...
<http://www.saljournal.com/rdnews/story/Ike---director---4-11-08>
NIU collecting, cataloging mementos left after
campus killings
Belleville News Democrat - IL, USA
NIU hopes to have everything gathered by this summer, completing the
cataloging process in a year, Cindy Ditzler, NIU's interim archivist, told
the Chicago ...
<http://www.bnd.com/326/story/308677.html>
2 former Korn/Ferry workers indicted
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
I also challenge the assertion by the federal government that any trade
secrets, as defined by the law, are involved in this case. ...
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/11/BUNE103TVN.DTL>
Wall Street Journal
Producer
Peddles Clips
To Lawyers and Unions;
Mrs. Clinton on Stage
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