RAIN 20090324 Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management. Don't let laid-off employees walk out the door with the company ... CCH - USA It is vital to protect a company's trade secrets so that in the event an employee steals that information, employers are in the best possible position to ... <http://hr.cch.com/news/hrm/032309a.asp> Former Gov't Worker Sentenced for Passport Snooping PC World - USA After news reports in early 2008 unveiled that State Department employees were looking at the passport files of presidential candidates, US lawmakers called ... < http://www.pcworld.com/article/161777/former_govt_worker_sentenced_for_passport_snooping.html > E-mails between activist and Veronica White show that santiation ... The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com - New Orleans,LA,USA He said White failed, however, to follow a "practice" that designates the city attorney's office as the clearinghouse for all records requests so that ... < http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/03/email_exchange_between_veronic.html > Retailer resells computer drive full of personal files Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada “It is especially of concern to me as the files contain some 20 years of reference and assessment letters which are confidential documents,” said Vickers, ... < http://www.canada.com/news/Retailer+resells+computer+drive+full+personal+files/1417008/story.html > Archives shed light on Darwin's student days Reuters - USA Six leather-bound ledgers unearthed in the university archives reveal how he lived in the most expensive rooms available to a student of his rank from 1828 ... <http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSLK25574> Diebold admits voting system flaws FCW.com - Falls Church,VA,USA Elections officials would keep the paper records and use them to verify the accuracy of the electronically tabulated results in the event of a challenge. ... < http://fcw.com/articles/2009/03/23/web-diebold-admits-voting-system-flaws.aspx > Is There Such a Thing as Too Much Storage? Technologizer - Daly City,CA,USA ... you aren’t stuck fixing mis-tagged files, etc.–but ultimately each of us will have to become the archivists and preservationists of our own digital lives. < http://technologizer.com/2009/03/23/is-there-such-a-thing-as-too-much-storage/ > North Carolina State Archives on Flickr WRAL.com - Raleigh,NC,USA Flickr allows users to create "Sets"; groups of photographs around one particular topic. the NC State Archives' sets include tobacco farming (48... <http://www.wral.com/business/blogpost/4798853/> NARA Seeks Input into the Development of Alternative Models for ... Secrecy News - Washington,DC,USA The 2008 Act increased the amount of money that the former President’s foundation, which is responsible for constructing a Presidential library,... <http://www.fas.org/sgp/news/2009/03/nara032409.html> Judge OKs obscure rule The Daily Collegian Online - University Park,PA,USA Grine wrote that although the rule was abolished for Pennsylvania deeds created after Jan. 1, 2007, it still applies to the property. ... <http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2009/03/24/judge_oks_obscure_rule.aspx > -- Peter Kurilecz CRM CA [log in to unmask] Richmond, Va Information not relevant for my reply has been deleted to reduce the electronic footprint and to save the sanity of digest subscribers For any technical queries re JISC please email [log in to unmask] For any content based queries, please email [log in to unmask]