RAIN 20080916
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management.
Camera-toting tourists sustain art
Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Honolulu,HI,USA
"It can be found in many archives and collections in a lot of places,
because people shot it and took it home after their Hawaii trip, or because
commercial ...
<http://starbulletin.com/2008/09/14/features/story02.html>
History of history
The Packet - Clarenville,Newfoundland
and Labrador,Canada
Now, she's archivist of the new Bonavista Archives, housed in the
courthouse. In a small room lined with metal shelves, she is getting the
records in order. ...
<http://www.thepacket.ca/index.cfm?sid=171356&sc=420>
Grants help Archives bring history to forefront
Arizona State University - Tempe,USA
Thanks to grants totaling $146432, ASU Archives is working to make sure
that a wide variety of historic materials are easily accessible. ...
<http://asunews.asu.edu/20080915_archives>
Contractor Charged With Peeking at Passport Files
Washington Post - United States
According to documents filed in US District Court in Washington, Yontz
inappropriately accessed passport application files of "athletes, actors,...
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/15/AR2008091501367.html>
Bob Brennan, CEO of Iron Mountain
NECN - Newton,MA,USA
This week, Maryanne Kane is joined by Bob Brennan, President and CEO of
Iron Mountain. Iron
Mountain is a global
leader in the hot sectors data
protection ...
<http://www.necn.com/Boston/Business/Bob-Brennan-CEO-of-Iron-Mountain/1221526968.html>
Ex-Metaldyne employees plead in trade secrets case
Chicago Tribune - United States
AP DETROIT - Three former employees of auto parts supplier Metaldyne Corp.
have pleaded guilty to conspiring to steal trade secrets and sell them to
Chinese ...
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-mi-tradesecrets,0,7332140.story>
Ex-Intel engineer charged with stealing trade
secrets
ComputerworldUK - UK
By Sharon Gaudin, Computerworld A former Intel design engineer has been
charged with theft of trade secrets from the chipmaker while secretly
working for ...
<http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/security/data-control/news/index.cfm?newsid=10986>
Former Contractor To Plead Guilty in Passport Files
Case
Washington Post - United
States
... authorized access" to the passport files while working as a contract
employee for the State Department's Passport Information Electronic Records
System. ...
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/15/AR2008091503063.html>
Perks and Perils of a Paperless Office
Law.com (subscription) - San Francisco,CA,USA
Given this growing trend among businesses to move to purely electronic
storage of day-to-day business documents and other records, one important
question ...
<http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLT.jsp?id=1202424535933>
It's public record, unless it's a problem
Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Sarasota,FL,USA
Though Bartolotta sent Drouin all sorts of documents, that e-message wasn't
among them. The hard copy was tucked into a file, apparently by
Bartolotta's ...
<http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080916/COLUMNIST/809160346/-1/newssitemap>
Intel leaver charged with stealing chip secrets
ComputerWeekly.com - UK
The FBI has alleged that Biswahoman Pani copied confidential documents
containing chip design plans for future Intel processors. The FBI said that
100 pages ...
<http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/09/16/232316/intel-leaver-charged-with-stealing-chip-secrets.htm>
Federal project would secure civil rights history
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
... a bill calling on civil rights activists to offer video and audio
accounts of their personal histories that would be stored in a national
archive. ...
<http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/tuesday/nation/ny-ushist165845206sep16,0,1354228.story>
Trade Secrets Case Highlights Electronic Records
Issues
Mondaq News Alerts (subscription) - London,UK
Every company's stated objective should be to establish the same level of
control over electronic records that it has over physical inventory. ...
<http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=66245>
reCAPTCHA illustrates human ingenuity
NetworkWorld.com - Southborough,MA,USA
Currently, there is an enormous worldwide effort to transcribe existing
printed documents into digital form for increased availability and (one
hopes) ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/sec/2008/091508sec1.html?hpg1=bn>
'Floating' land deeds a major problem in Yanbu
Arab News - Jeddah,Saudi Arabia
The holders of such documents now find themselves in limbo as the
government departments that issue such deeds are not prepared to admit they
have issued ...
<http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=114413&d=17&m=9&y=2008>