RAIN20080516a Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management. Detroit Free Press City edict now says all text messaging is private Mayor tries to stop disclosure <http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080516/NEWS01/805160422> Historical evidence proves 7 to 10 million Holodomor casualties Kyiv Post - Kyiv,Ukraine This is particularly true in the case of the former USSR, where purges of records and record keepers were the norm. The passing of 75 years makes this ... <http://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/oped/28965/> Mormons, Scientologists face uphill battle against Wikileaks Ars Technica - Boston,MA,USA ... like Bank Julius Baer that have managed to draw widespread attention to confidential documents without managing to have them removed from Wikileaks. ... < http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080514-mormons-scientologists-face-uphill-battle-against-wikileaks.html > Will NARA be ready for Bush's e-records? FCW.com - Falls Church,VA,USA However, ERA will play an important role when the Bush administration's e-records are turned over to NARA for safekeeping at the end of Bush's term. ... <http://www.fcw.com/online/news/152539-1.html> The Feds Raid Lubbock City Hall KCBD-TV - Lubbock,TX,USA ... electronic storage devices, electronic communications devices, computer equipment, digital storage media, and computer passwords. Also in the warrant, ... <http://www.kcbd.com/Global/story.asp?S=8327072&nav=menu69_2_11> Masters' release leads to evidence preservation legislation The Coloradoan - Fort Collins,CO,USA The bill also sets out clear procedures for retaining and destroying evidence, and notifying defendants when police or prosecutors propose to destroy it. ... < http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080515/NEWS01/805150400/1002/CUSTOMERSERVICE02 > Another Scientology-like Web war? Mormon Church documents put online Los Angeles Times - CA,USA But the majority of the text is humdrum procedural information, surely nothing you would classify as embarrassing, rife with "trade secrets" or necessary to ... <http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/webscout/2008/05/mormon-church-s.html> E-mail deletions could continue: Panel approves recommendations TMCnet - USA ... to immediately delete e-mail sent or received by the governor's press office. "The governor's office, press office, to bypass the public records laws, ... < http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-e-mail-deletions-could-continue-panel-approves-recommendations-/2008/05/16/3449504.htm > Easley asks judge to throw out e-mail suit Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA Easley and others have said it was not their intent to evade the law and that public information officers did not delete public records. ... <http://www.charlotte.com/breaking_news/story/623040.html> Lack of email training is costing employers dearly TrainingZone.co.uk <http://trainingzone.co.uk/> - Bristol,UK Worryingly, nearly half of respondents said their companies had no EDRM (Electronic Documents and Records Management) policy which defines what emails and ... < http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=183454&d=680&h=608&f=626&dateformat=%25e-%25h-%25y > "Nonexistent" public records surface The South Florida Times - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA The city's denials – which stood in contrast to a recorded interview and documents supporting the complaint – raised questions among union members about ... < http://www.sfltimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1429&Itemid=1 > Tracking Down the Past Abington Suburban - Abington,PA,USA Bryer and a friend went to the Lackawanna County Clerk of Judicial Records and copied the naturalization records - all 48000 of them. With these records ... < http://www.cngnews.com/site/tab3.cfm?newsid=19695764&BRD=2222&PAG=461&dept_id=448731&rfi=6 > Dulaney leaving Avery Center Charleston Post Courier - Charleston,SC,USA Georgette Mayo, the center's reference archivist, will take over as executive director on July 1. Dulaney has accepted a job as a history professor at the ... < http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/may/16/dulaney_leaving_avery_center41047/ > Valuable genealogical records discovered Telegraph-Journal - Saint John,New Brunswick,Canada Murphy had been hunting for the burial records since the early 1980s, when he was an archivist for the Diocese of Saint John. ... <http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/city/article/298243> AIIM Recommending Retention Of More Mail: Another Reason To Stop ... InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA ... that all important document that I might have kept in my inbox or some other folder had nothing to do with the articulation of a retention policy. ... <http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/05/aiim.html> Fear and Loathing in Evidence Preservation Law.com (subscription) - San Francisco,CA,USA Then send out a document retention letter or request for documents and wait for your data to roll in, right? Wrong. Before sending any communication to your ... <http://www.law.com/jsp/ihc/PubArticleIHC.jsp?id=1202421409091> Museum-Collection Move to Ohio State Will Create Huge Cartoon ... Editor & Publisher - USA By Dave Astor NEW YORK The collection of the International Museum of Cartoon Art (IMCA) is moving to The Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library ... < http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003803173 > White House's Latest Court Filing: Some Email Backups Are Missing Windows & Net Magazine - Cleveland,OH,USA In the latest installment of the ongoing White House email retention saga, last week the White House told a federal magistrate judge that it doesn't have ... < http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/99188/white-houses-latest-court-filing-some-email-backups-are-missing.html > Friendship becomes research business Steubenville Herald Star - Steubenville,OH,USA By DAVE GOSSETT, staff writer And 50 years later, the files and records collected by Leila Francy and Reva Ashcraft have been donated to the Schiappa branch ... <http://www.hsconnect.com/page/content.detail/id/502859.html?nav=5010> Walsall to electronically tag paper records E-Health Insider - London,UK Traditional paper patient records at Walsall Manor Hospital are to be electronically tagged to cut the number of files lost whilst being moved between ... < http://www.e-health-insider.com/news/3749/walsall_to_electronically_tag_paper_records > -- Peter Kurilecz CRM CA [log in to unmask] Richmond, Va