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Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management.

State Laws Require Secure Personal Data
Law.com - San Francisco,CA,USA
Nick Akerman is a partner in the New York office of Dorsey & Whitney who
specializes in the protection of trade secrets and computer data. ...
<http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLT.jsp?id=1202428911153>

Microsoft researcher stores digital life
ZDNet Asia - Singapore
You see all of the stuff that the archivists are talking about [at the
conference] really revolves around the data and the metadata. ...
<http://www.zdnetasia.com/insight/business/0,39051970,62051049,00.htm>

Surrey Museum on the hunt for sports paraphenalia
Surrey Leader - BC, Canada
The Surrey Museum and Archives has a small collection of antique sporting
equipment, and is looking for more items. By Black Press - Surrey North
Delta ...
<http://www.bclocalnews.com/surrey_area/surreyleader/community/41031359.html>

Samoa appoints Senior Archivst
Radio New Zealand International - Wellington,New Zealand
The move was revealed by Vaveao Tevaga, a senior archives officer within
Samoa’s the Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture who is currently in...
<http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=45259>

Compiling modern history of church is challenging
Mormon Times - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
But Michael N. Landon, an archivist with the Church History Library and
Archives, sounded a note of optimism regarding more recent efforts to
preserve the ...<http://www.mormontimes.com/mormon_living/family_history/?id=6672>

Tag, We’re It
New York Times - United States
Additional tagging and record-keeping would be required for the geese and
guinea fowl that nest somewhere behind the barn and in the hedgerows, ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/11/opinion/11hayes.html?ref=opinion>

Wal-Mart to enter electronic medical records arena
The Associated Press
Advocates say replacing paper files could reduce costly medical errors and
duplicative testing. But after nearly a decade of promotion, there have
been few ...
<http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j9Mqw9p17EVpimF0QgPuq-vR9VdQD96RUQV80>

Can Trust Clouds Be Trusted With Government Information?
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
Just one day before Kundra's appointment was announced last week, Cisco and
Swan Island published a white paper that makes the case for so-called trust
...
<http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/03/can_trust_cloud.html>

United States: Finding Lost Insurance Policies: Valuable Tips For ...
Mondaq News Alerts (registration) - London,UK
The company's legal department may have information and documents,
including claims files, contracts with other companies, and certificates of
insurance ...
<http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=75348>

Archive lifts lid on Graham Swift
BBC News - UK
The British Library has acquired the archive of the Booker Prize-winning
novelist Graham Swift. The collection includes manuscripts, notes,
revisions and ...<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/7938078.stm>

Treasure-trove of national history coming to KC
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
And, on May 22, the National Archives at Kansas City will open in the
Crossroads District adjacent to Union Station. It is relocating from the
Bannister ...<http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/1077505.html>

Mayor hit with 'very rare' fine over records violation
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press - Arlington,VA,USA
The city of New Orleans committed a "flagrant violation of the law" and
must pay nearly $7000 in penalties for ignoring a local TV station's public
records ...<http://www.rcfp.org/newsitems/index.php?i=10003>

10 really useful free Windows system tools
TechRadar UK - London,UK
Securely delete files from your hard drive, and cover your tracks by
shredding the free space too with File Shredder, a simple, yet effective,...
<http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/pc/10-really-useful-free-windows-system-tools-580707>

‘Lost Decade’ census breakthrough for genealogists
The Herald - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
Once the rest of the censuses were uploaded as digital images of the
original documents, archivists returned to the 1881 census to close once
and for all ...
<http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.2494836.0.Lost_Decade_census_breakthrough_for_genealogists.php>

Dept of Health must improve management of records says Information ...
PublicTechnology.net - UK
This follows a request by the ICO, and with the agreement of the
Department, for the National Archives (TNA) to conduct an assessment of
records management ...<http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=19311>

New records viewing system improves access to unit records
Air Force Link - Washington,DC,USA
PRDA is an electronic viewer for the Automated Records Management System,
facilitating search, retrieval and management of personnel records in ARMS
through ...<http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123139212>

CIO Latest News - London,UK
By Siobhan Chapman | Published: 15:15 GMT, 10 March 09 At the ICO's
request, the National Archives has conducted an assessment of records
management ...<http://www.cio.co.uk/news/112528/information-commissioner-demands-department-of-health-to-improve-records-management/>

National Archives new headquarters in KC will offer galleries for ...
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
Documents that would fill about 25000 file cabinet drawers are moving to a
more conspicuous and more convenient home just west of Union Station. ...
<http://www.kansascity.com/105/story/1081098.html>

Final Judgment Entered in Rambus Case Against Hynix, But It's Not ...
Am Law Litigation Daily - New York,NY,USA
The Hynix case soon expanded, with counterclaims of infringement from
Rambus and new allegations by Hynix that Rambus had destroyed documents and
deceived ...<http://www.law.com/jsp/tal/digestTAL.jsp?id=1202428992707&Final_Judgment_Entered_in_Rambus_Case_Against_Hynix_But_Its_Not_Over_Yet>

The Enterprise CMS Race to DoD 5015.2 v3 Compliance
CMSWire - San Francisco,CA,USA
It also ensures destruction of that content when this time has elapsed.
Oracle Universal Records Management, in particular, provides a single
server to ...<http://www.cmswire.com/cms/enterprise-cms/the-enterprise-cms-race-to-dod-50152-v3-compliance-004087.php>

Feds spending millions on Kennedy legacy in Mass.
The Associated Press
The bill also includes $22 million to expand facilities at the John F.
Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum and $5 million more for a new gateway
to the ...
<http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iw0HKqKYkqT9MV3bBhbn9BZXZuYQD96S3E900>

Celebrating the National Archives
New York Times - United States
The new exhibition opening on Friday at the National Archives in Washington
is meant to be a big deal. And so, in a way, it is. ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/03/11/arts/20090312_BIGARCHIVES_SLIDESHOW_index.html>