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>