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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>