Lawrence Journal World
House approves revisions in open
records law
The Associated Press
Sunday, May 2, 2004
Topeka — Legislation strengthening the Kansas Open Records Act and allowing
attorneys' fees in some cases where government agencies denied records in bad faith
won unanimous House approval on Saturday.
http://www.ljworld.com/section/stateregional/story/169050



Baton Rouge Advocate
Open records vital to public
Given all the hand wringing about how Louisiana can lure new industry and hang
on to existing businesses, one would think the answer is elusive. It's not. But neither
is it easy.
Our leaders and business community know what needs to be done: clean up our
reputation, revise our tax structure, educate all our children and train our work
force.
http://www.2theadvocate.com/stories/050204/opi_edi001.shtml (



Rocky Mtn News
Jeffco imposes fee for records retrieval
By Charley Able, Rocky Mountain News
May 5, 2004
GOLDEN - Jefferson County residents will start paying a research and
retrieval fee for some public information they request.
County commissioners approved the fee Tuesday as part of a policy
adopted over the protests of a handful of residents and a dissenting
commissioner.
http://rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_2861713,00.html



Cedar Springs may raise cost of being an
informed citizen
Wednesday, May 05, 2004
By Matt Vandebunte
The Grand Rapids Press
CEDAR SPRINGS -- Cedar Springs officials want to double the cost for copies
of city documents, and a council member who says her colleagues are too
secretive is upset about it.
http://www.mlive.com/news/grpress/index.ssf?/base/news-14/1083768709112080.xml



The Herald Tribune
N.C. appeals court: Records public even when part of probe
The Associated Press
ASHEVILLE, N.C. --
The State Bureau of Investigation cannot withhold public records just because they are part of a probe, the state Court of Appeals Court said.
The Asheville Citizen-Times and WLOS-TV sued to force the agency to release records that are part of its investigation into a May 2002 fire that killed eight inmates at the Mitchell County jail.
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040505/APN/405050575



Akron Beacon Journal
Posted on Wed, May. 05, 2004
State utility watchdog adopts policy to
keep records longer
Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The state's utility watchdog announced Wednesday that records will be stored
permanently as computer files, a policy change brought on by criticism of document destruction that caused
the agency's former leader to resign.
Ohio Consumers' Counsel Janine Migden-Ostrander, who took over the agency last month, also said her
office would tolerate no gifts or free meals for employees from utilities. The consumers' counsel represents
residential customers in utility rate cases before state regulators.
http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/state/8595026.htm?1c [



Galveston Daily News
City ordered to refund open record charges
By Ted Streuli
The Daily News
Published May 05, 2004
KEMAH — Bernard McIntyre got a $188.90 refund in April after the
Texas Building and Procurement Commission found that the city violated
the Public Information Act.
McIntyre, a Water Control and Improvement District No. 12 director,
requested copies of public documents March 1. He received a letter dated
March 12 that said his copies were ready and that the charge was $228.90.
http://www.galvnews.com/story.lasso?wcd=20205 (



Breach Of Trust
Data breaches are a constant threat and put companies in danger of losing their most valuable asset:
customer trust
By George V. Hulme, InformationWeek
May 3, 2004
When Christina Guilbert got a call from her bank in March about an attempt to steal money from her account, she was alarmed--and suspicious. How could someone access her account from an automated teller machine in England when her ATM card was in heer home in Boston? Was the caller really a bank representative or a thief fabricating a story in an attempt to get account information from her? "With all of the scams on the Internet, I knew they could try the same thing using the phone," Guilbert says.
URL: http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=19400012



The Privacy Lawyer: Actions Must Follow Privacy Mea
Culpas April 26, 2004
This isn't a problem just for airlines. Audit your
data disclosures.
By Parry Aftab
First JetBlue Airways, then Northwest Airlines, and now
American Airlines. Each has admitted sharing passenger
information with government agencies or companies
associated with agencies. Passenger-name records
typically include itinerary, name, address, phone number,
and credit information. They also may include E-mail
addresses and flight preferences (such as kosher meals). Much of this is
sensitive to consumers and subject to strict laws overseas. Now all three
airlines face class-action lawsuits and potential federal sanctions for releasing
the information without passengers' consent or legal process.
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=19200120 (



SmartAdvice: Private Is As Private Does
Keep customer's data privacy at the forefront of your company's compliance efforts, The
Advisory Council says. Also, implement P3P on your Web site, and create and enforce
human-resource policies that reflect your company's privacy policy.
By The Advisory Council, InformationWeek
April 26, 2004
URL: http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=18902893



USA Today
Tower Records privacy misstep calls for FTC "tough
love"
by Eric J. Sinrod
There's no question that it's burdensome and costly
for companies to safeguard personally identifiable
information of customers. However, in addition to
other good reasons to protect private data, the truth
that failures in this area can be far more burdensome
and costly than getting it right in the first place.
Tower Records recently learned that lesson when it
agreed to enter into a consent order with the Federal
Trade Commission (FTC).
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/ericjsinrod/2004-05-05-sinrod_x.htm



Baseline
April 4, 2004
Half-Speed
By David F. Carr
To Marine Corps Sgt. Marco Garcia, the Navy Marine Corps Intranet sounds like a great project,
in theory. "They sold me on it," he says, when he attended training in December on the new
network. "The transition itself, though, seems to be a problem."
Turns out, that assessment is an understatement. The project being deployed under the
management of Electronic Data Systems (EDS) has been a headache for all involved. Navy
planners originally thought they would hire an outsourcer in 2000 and have an upgraded and secure network in
2001. Now the conversion of nearly 350,000 computer "seats" has slipped to at least 2005.
http://www.baselinemag.com/print_article/0,1406,a=123704,00.asp



Banks Prepare For Image Capture May 3, 2004
Bank One and Wells Fargo among financial
institutions getting ready to exchange check images
instead of paper
By Steven Marlin
Bank One Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co. are
among a vanguard group of banks equipping
automated teller machines and branch-teller
stations with devices for capturing check
images in preparation for exchanging them
with other banks.
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=19205515 (



In Search Of Lost Soldiers May 3, 2004
The U.S. military has installed an
information-management system to track and
catalog documents used to determine the fate of
those missing in action
By Rick Whiting
Researchers trying to discover the fate of thousands of
U.S. soldiers, sailors, and airmen missing in action in the
past 60 years or so are using a new
information-management system to keep better track of
documents used in their investigations.
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=19205574



Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
Richmond, Va
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