RAIN 20090124 Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management. A new kind of record-keeper FCW.com - Falls Church,VA,USA Timothy Sprehe Federal records management has been in a sorry state for decades. But President Barack Obama has a unique opportunity to put federal... <http://fcw.com/articles/2009/01/26/a-new-kind-of-record-keeper.aspx> Protecting our images Berkeleyan Online - Berkeley,CA,USA Says archivist James Eason: "I think of where many of the archives were before they came to us and what their life expectancy was in someone's garage or ... <http://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/2009/01/22_pictorial.shtml> Obama official bemoans White House technology IT Examiner - Banglore,Karnataka,India One of the biggest hurdles will be that the new White House staffers have to be conscious of the fact that everything they email is considered public... < http://www.itexaminer.com/obama-official-bemoans-white-house-technology.aspx > Does the White House Have Wi-Fi? Fast Company - USA Not only that -- staffers were forbidden from accessing outside email accounts or chatting online, too. MSNBC quotes one Obama spokesperson as... < http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/chris-dannen/techwatch/does-white-house-have-wifi > Obama Staffers: White House Is a Barbaric Technological Wasteland ... Gizmodo - USA ... email and laptops are the major tools his staffers have been using for the last couple years—and indeed, much of the reason they're in the White House ... < http://i.gizmodo.com/5137030/obama-staffers-white-house-is-a-barbaric-technological-wasteland-without-im-or-macs > Obama Gets To Keep 'Enhanced' BlackBerry Wall Street Journal - USA ... have eschewed email because of security concerns and US laws that require such communications to be preserved as part of White House record keeping. ... <http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090122-717790.html> Court: Autopsy records are public documents Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USA By Bobby Kerlik In a 5-1 decision, the state's top court overturned a lower court ruling and wrote that under the state's Coroner's Act autopsy reports... <http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/breaking/s_608413.html> Inside Obama's Classified Smartphone PC Magazine - USA And there are a lot of government functions, even in war, that aren't classified. In Iraq, for instance, FIPS 140-2-certified Windows Mobile devices are ... <http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2339444,00.asp> In Barack Obama's White House, his BlackBerry is VIP Chicago Tribune - United States ... at George Washington University and author of "White House E-Mail: The Top Secret Computer Messages the Reagan-Bush White House Tried to Destroy.... < http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-090122-obama-keeps-blackberry,0,1714518.story > White House Web Site: Window Into Obama's Soul? NPR - USA No real shock that Obama's New Media team reported in the early days that, digitally speaking, the whole Bush White House had an antediluvian feel toit. ... <http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99794168> County cites evidence of sheriff file shredding Cumberland Times-News - Cumberland,MD,USA He did so through our office shredder ... at no time were records altered, deleted, or shredded in an attempt to avoid revealing this information to... <http://www.times-news.com/local/local_story_022225930.html> Paper Trail New York Times - United States Among the gems in the archive, Brent tells us, is a cache of pornographic cartoons, idly sketched by Politburo members during their meetings. ... <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/25/books/review/Walker-t.html?em> UK Orders ISPs To Archive Private E-mail Records InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA By KC Jones In less than two months, British Internet Service Providers will be required to maintain records on UK citizens' e-mail traffic. ... <http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212902214> Scanning Project Has Digitized 25000 Library of Congress Books Voice of America - USA The scanning is being done by the Internet Archive. The San Francisco-based nonprofit group aims to preserve cultural artifacts such as musical recordings ... <http://www.voanews.com/english/Science/2009-01-23-voa29.cfm> Preserving and celebrating our history Estes Park Trail Gazette - Estes Park,CO,USA ... and Becky Latanich, Archivist ESTES PARK, Colo. — In 2009 the Estes Park Public Library will celebrate an important milestone; the "Year of the Archive. ... < http://www.eptrail.com/news/2009/jan/23/preserving-and-celebrating-our-history/ > State Librarian checks out from Boston: Margolis, credited for ... TMCnet - USA He also will review security of its valuable artifacts following an October sentencing of State Archivist Daniel Lorello to 2 to 6 years in prison for... < http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-state-librarian-checks-out-from-boston-margolis-credited-/2009/01/24/3937212.htm > How Obama Will Use Web Technology Washington Post - United States With the transition of WhiteHouse.gov to the new administration, for the first time ever an official White House blog came online. You can sign up for email ... < http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/24/AR2009012400646.html > The BlackBerry accord of 2009 Los Angeles Times - CA,USA Former President George W. Bush gave up personal e-mail upon entering office, fearing he would create a public record with every touch of the "send" button. ... < http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-obama-blackberry23-2009jan23,0,3585072.story > Obama wins the BlackBerry war Christian Science Monitor - Boston,MA,USA Security was one issue, record keeping is another. It would seem that most presidential emails would have to be kept for the official record. ... < http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/01/22/obama-wins-the-blackberry-war/ > The wired president: Obama creates an e-mail trail The Associated Press That's according to leading presidential historians who make their living hunting through records at the National Archives and Records Administration. ... < http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iApBQgNnUdGezg9ZAC-RBgZS86LwD95T1II00 > Memphis TV Station Uses Archives As Online Resource Poynter.org - St. Petersburg,FL,USA As newsrooms get smaller, one of my worries is what will become of newsroom archives. Newspapers are doing away with librarians, and TV station archives are ... <http://www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=157211> Alaska communities work to identify, preserve local history Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Fairbanks,AK,USA For state and local historians, these upcoming acts of spring cleaning can also be a bonanza for preserving Alaska's historical archives. ... < http://newsminer.com/news/2009/jan/24/alaska-communities-work-identify-preserve-local-hi/ > State Librarian checks out from Boston Albany Times Union - Albany,NY,USA Margolis faces mounting challenges at the State Library when deep cuts are being made to deal with the state budget deficit. Its funding stream also is tied ... <http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=763107> Guantanamo Case Files in Disarray Washington Post - United States "Not all the documents are physically located in one place," Morrell said, but most are available through a database. 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