RAIN 20080528 Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management. E-mail archiving still a controversial issue in many organizations NetworkWorld.com - Southborough,MA,USA Last week, I had the privilege of speaking to and participating on a panel at the MER (Managing Electronic Records) Conference in Chicago. ... <http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/gwm/2008/052608msg1.html> Employee Monitoring: It's Not Paranoia—You Really Are Being ... PC Magazine - USA Hit Ctrl-Alt-Delete and go to the Task Manager to see a list of processes running on your workstation. You may get lucky if you're really familiar with your ... <http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,2308369,00.asp> Corrupt Atlantic City councilman's records shredded The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - Newark,NJ,USA Marisol Rosario, his wife and former council aide, talked of the document shredding during a March 27 deposition, according to a reporter in the Press of ... < http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/05/corrupt_atlantic_city_councilm.html > Murrieta's historical archivist not letting recent past escape notice Press-Enterprise - Riverside,CA,USA Sporting slick brown hair pulled into a ponytail, 33-year- old Joshua Fox is the city's historical archivist. His job: to seek, protect and display the ... < http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_sjosh27.3bda7b0.html > Hunt starts for Deed of Cession Fiji Times - Suva,Fiji Government Archivist Setareki Tale said there were two original English versions of the Deed of Cession one was given to New South Wales governor Sir ... <http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=90372> Five-week gap fuels outrage in Bernier affair Globe and Mail - Canada Some highly classified papers are not supposed to leave government offices. Many relatively routine documents get stamped classified inside the government, ... < http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080527.wbernier28/BNStory/Front/home > When to Dump Stale Electronic Data Law.com (subscription) - San Francisco,CA,USA After the corporation has completed such a litigation readiness exercise, the corporate counsel, IT officer and records manager will increasingly find ... <http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLT.jsp?id=1202421722369> New York State Publishes Study on Enhancing E-Record Access Government Technology - Folsom,CA,USA The workgroup examined policies from other states and nations, records management of the State Archives, the need for public access, the expected storage ... <http://www.govtech.com/gt/325409?topic=117691> DPSA renews e-govt ITWeb - Gauteng,South Africa Documents and records management: a turnkey solution that has to bring all the documentation together and provide for different lifecycles; needs documented ... < http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/computing/2008/0805271040.asp?O=FPTOP&S=IT%20in%20Government&A=ITG > Confidential financial records have sat abandoned on a borough ... This Is Hertfordshire - Watford,England,UK A Council spokesman has denied the records belong to the Council and has blamed housing co-operative Homes for Haringey. However the files found date back ... < http://www.thisishertfordshire.co.uk/news/roundup/display.var.2298731.0.haringey_confidential_records_abandoned_on_a_housing_estate.php > Swiss to investigate shredding of files in nuclear smuggling case International Herald Tribune - France Last week the Swiss government acknowledged for the first time that sensitive documents linked to Libya's now-abandoned effort to build an atomic bomb were ... < http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/27/europe/EU-GEN-Switzerland-Nuclear-Files.php > Records Readiness Corporate Training Offers Off-The-Shelf ECM Connection (press release) - Erie,PA,USA ... problem-without-a-solution is exactly what America's businesses faced when confronting the daunting, high-risk field of records management compliance. ... < http://www.ecmconnection.com/article.mvc/Records-Management-Software-as-a-Solution-0001 > E-mail records request costly unless employees do review WREG - Memphis,TN,USA AP - May 27, 2008 6:05 PM ET NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A group seeking e-mails about state auditor training can either trust state employees to vet their own ... <http://www.wreg.com/Global/story.asp?S=8385821> Minister quits over lost files and biker gang links of ex-girlfriend Scotsman - United Kingdom By ROB GILLIES CANADA'S foreign minister has resigned after leaving classified documents at the home of a former girlfriend who had ties to a motorcycle ... <http://news.scotsman.com/politics/Minister-quits-over-lost-files.4124840.jp > Allume Secure Delete for Mac - The Digital Document Shredder Gather.com - Boston,MA,USA But, today's paperless office needs a tool that safely and effectively handles computer files as well.Paper documents you crumple up and throw in the ... <http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977355452> Children find secret bank files in street Wigan Today - Wigan,England,UK The confidential 60-page sheaf of A4 documents, featured lists of customers of high street bank HSBC. Among the information contained in the papers were ... < http://www.wigantoday.net/wigannews/Children-find-secret-bank-files.4125352.jp > Why Genealogy Isn't Always Free About - News &amp; Issues - New York,NY,USA The North Carolina State Archives, for example, charges me an extra $20 fee for each genealogy request (on top of photocopying and mailing expenses) because ... <http://genealogy.about.com/b/2008/05/26/why-genealogy-isnt-always-free.htm> A Civil War puzzle SunJournal.com (subscription) - Lewiston,ME,USA The folder contains antique letters he purchased from online auctions, photocopies of documents held at the Maine State Archives in Augusta and notes from ... <http://www.sunjournal.com/story/267262-3/LewistonAuburn/A_Civil_War_puzzle/ > Open records: Electronic records policy is needed Ithaca Journal - Ithaca,NY,USA The report also recommends that the enforcement authority of the state archives be expanded to ensure that state agencies develop and implement appropriate ... < http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080528/OPINION01/805280327 > Archives suggested for arena addition Northumberland Today - Cobourg,Ontario,Canada Traditionally, archival records and objects should be housed in the areas where people will come looking for them, Cobourg and District Historical Archives ... <http://www.northumberlandtoday.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1047244> Department can't track its fleet because of shabby record-keeping The Canadian Press - OTTAWA OTTAWA -- Transport Canada doesn't know whether its vehicles are used strictly for government business because of shoddy record-keeping and lax oversight, ... <http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gArDQfRwb6UrZXeFN9xTQcIhfhnw> Mortgage papers found on street BBC News - UK In a statement, Leeds Building Society said: "We have a strict information security framework covering the storage and destruction of all confidential data ... <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7423162.stm> -- Peter Kurilecz CRM CA [log in to unmask] Richmond, Va