RAIN (Records/Archives In the News) is a daily compilation of news 
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San Francisco Chronicle, Tue, 24 May 2005 5:10 AM PDT
Mark Trent Goldberg -- Gershwin Trusts chief
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/05/24/BAGTFCTGS61.DTL
For Mark Trent Goldberg, the music of George and Ira Gershwin was both
his business and his pleasure. For 25 years, he tended to their songs 
with
scholarly devotion.

MEDICAL records sale 'concerning'
Brisbane Courier Mail - Brisbane,Queensland,Australia
A DEAL allowing doctors to sell patients' medical records to a marketing
firm linked to the pharmaceutical industry raises serious privacy 
concerns,
Labor says ...
<http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,15400870%255E1702,00.html>

UK government unveils privacy measures for medical e-records
Computer Business Review - UK
... According to reports, the new system, known as the NHS Care Records
Service, will enable patients to control access to their medical records
by blocking off an ...
<http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=1439EE06-409B-401D-9CDE-D421D53A6B7D>


NEW rules to require all firms to shred papers
Toledo Blade - Toledo,OH,USA
... Many big businesses have routinely destroyed documents with such 
personal
information, said Willie Geiser, president of Allshred Services Inc.,
in Monclova ...
<http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050525/BUSINESS07/505250454/-1/BUSINESS>


ATTORNEYS to spar over seized files
Kentucky.com - Lexington,KY,USA
... a subpoena for written and telephone records regarding state ... 
"Brian's
computer has working documents not yet ... attorneys then would sort 
through
the files on the ...
<http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/11731413.htm>


DISTRICT courts follow variety of redaction policies
Penn Live - Harrisburg,PA,USA
... a photocopy of the first page of charging documents, both considered
public records under court ... clerks did refuse to turn over case 
files,
it was ...
<http://www.pennlive.com/newsflash/pa/index.ssf?/base/news-27/1117037055201240.xml&storylist=penn>


CITY revamps online search for records
MLive.com - MI,USA
SONAR is an acronym for Saginaw's Online Network of Accessible Records,
says Jeff ... no city official pressured him or even suggested that he
delete the capability ...
<http://www.mlive.com/news/sanews/index.ssf?/base/news-15/1117030822117880.xml>

WITTY worm traced to 'Patient Zero'
Register - London,England,UK
... The researchers combined records from the initial spread of the 
Witty
worm along with an ... The program tried to delete a random block on one
of the infected ...
<http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2005/05/25/witty_worm_traced/>

PROTECT Assets and E-mail With Invisible CLOAK
Market Wire (press release) - USA
... bank accounts, credit card numbers and other personal records are 
now
... Internet Trace and Recent Document Cleaner -- Password Protection
-- Delete and Shred ...
<http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=87526>

FIRST-TIME records audits show denials, slow response
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press - Arlington,VA,USA
Utah and Pennsylvania tested governmental compliance with their open 
records
laws for the first time since they were revamped in 1991 and 2002, 
respectively.
...
<http://www.rcfp.org/news/2005/0525-foi-firstt.html>

‘THEN and now' photo project underway
Jasper Booster - Jasper,Alberta,Canada
... Richard Ireland and municipal council and is being completed through
a partnership between the Jasper Photo Club and the Jasper-Yellowhead
Museum and Archives. ...
<http://www.jasperbooster.com/story.php?id=162402>


STUDENTS' files hacked at career center
Stanford Daily - USA
... However, recruiter files contained credit card numbers. ... The 
letters
state that "Stanford has no knowledge that your records were actually
acquired during the ...
<http://daily.stanford.edu/tempo?page=content&id=17516&repository=0001_article>

SCOTTSDALE changes public records rules
East Valley Tribune - Mesa,AZ,USA
By Ryan Gabrielson, Tribune. Scottsdale altered its public records 
ordinance
last week to ensure that personnel files deemed open by state law are
released. ...
<http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/index.php?sty=41939>

LOCAL Shredding Business Booming
KCRG - Cedar Rapids,IA,USA
... "Shredding needs to be thought of as insurance for your business,"
Document Destruction Services Operations Manager Les Etscheidt said. ...
<http://www.kcrg.com/article.aspx?art_id=96815&cat_id=123>

NEW rules to require all firms to shred papers
Toledo Blade - Toledo,OH,USA
... Nate Segall, vice president of AccuShred LLC, a Toledo shredding 
firm,
said many businesses are trying to handle the document destruction with
their own ...
<http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050525/BUSINESS07/505250454/-1/BUSINESS>

A feisty crusade on identity theft
Concord Monitor - Concord,NH,USA
... easy it is to get sensitive personal data. Data brokers such as 
ChoicePoint
Inc. and LexisNexis Group have been attractive targets ...
<http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050525/REPOSITORY/505250372/1013/NEWS03>

STEPS to prevent loss of tapes
Computerworld Australia - Australia
Ameritrade, Bank of America and Time Warner - that had sent back-up 
tapes
to off-site tape repositories. Alas, the tapes were sent ...
<http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;619814446;fp;16;fpid;0>


INQUIRY targets documents memo
Kentucky.com - Lexington,KY,USA
... ordered employees to keep all personnel-related documents and memos.
But they didn't send out notices recalling the identity theft shredding
policy until last ...
<http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/politics/11731411.htm>

SHREDDING To Protect Privacy, Information
KXAN-TV - Austin,TX,USA
... Thanks to Mericle, the documents are no longer recognizable. He 
travels
all over Austin shredding sensitive information for everyone from 
homeowners
to ...
<http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=3388715&nav=0s3daGNr>

STARTING soon, your financial secrets must be torn to shreds
Delmarva Daily Times - MD,USA
... Grinding up or burning those documents would work, but by far the 
most
popular method will be shredding, done by machines that take paper in
and spit document ...
<http://www.delmarvanow.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050525/NEWS01/505250302/1002>

WHAT to look for when buying a shredder
WSLS.com - Roanoke,VA,USA
by Denise Eck. We've told you, shredding your personal documents is one
of the best ways to keep from becoming a victim of identity theft. ...
<http://www.wsls.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSLS%2FMGArticle%2FSLS_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031782900277&path=!news!localnews>

GERMAN smart card maker to supply USB bio token to Halliburton
EETimes.de - Germany
... Authorized individuals will obtain access to confidential documents
at the oil-services company by swiping a finger on a USB token. ...
<http://www.eetimes.de/bus/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=163700874>

HOSPITAL Documents Found On Pavement
News Letter - Belfast,Ireland
One of Ulster's top hospitals has launched an inquiry after confidential
documents were found strewn across a pavement last week. ...
<http://www.newsletter.co.uk/story/20338>


ECONOMISTS Condemn Obasanjo On Library
AllAfrica.com - Africa
THE Nigeria Society of Economists (NSE), yesterday, joined the growing
list of Nigerians faulting the launching of the Obasanjo Presidential
Library in Abeokuta ...
<http://allafrica.com/stories/200505250454.html>

PENTAGON analyst charged with taking papers home
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne,IN,USA
... including three about al-Qaida and one involving Osama bin Laden. 
Two
of those documents were classified top secret, the rest as secret. ...
<http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/fortwayne/news/local/11733765.htm>

IDENTITY theft
East Texas Review - Longview,TX,USA
... 35, said he has become more diligent about shredding documents with
his ... cards, Social Security numbers, financial and medical records,
personal identification ...
<http://www.easttexasreview.com/story.htm?StoryID=2605>]


Dallas Morning News, Tue, 24 May 2005 7:34 PM PDT
Parkland patient records flawed
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/052505dnmetparkland.de5b6ab8.html
Parkland employees did such a poor job of registering patients that the
public hospital risked losing millions of dollars in insurance 
reimbursement
last year, according to an audit released Tuesday.


Security Pipeline, Wed, 25 May 2005 9:53 AM PDT
Org Charts Help Identity Management
http://www.securitypipeline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=163105308
M-Tech Information Technology introduces a software-based
organizational chart to work with its ID-management system to help 
companies build and
maintain accurate employee records.


Salt Lake Tribune, Wed, 25 May 2005 0:00 AM PDT
FBI acknowledges it has found records that may apply to death
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_2756256?rss
After insisting for a year that it was unable to find records connected
to the death of an Oklahoma prison inmate, the FBI is acknowledging it 
has
found hundreds of pages of documents that could apply to the case.
However, the agency is asking a federal judge in Utah to pare back his 
order
requiring it to produce records and grant an extension of a June 15 
deadline.


LIBRARY worker arrested
Ukiah Daily Journal - Ukiah,CA,USA
... an audit was ordered. Pitman was allegedly diverting the money by 
altering
library computer records. Officials said the embezzlement ...
<http://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/Stories/0,1413,91~3089~2887419,00.html>


Gillette Reportedly Deleted E-Mail Evidence
Proofpoint says this is the latest in a series of incidents in which 
e-mail is a smoking gun.
<http://www.messagingpipeline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=163101470>


Compliance Pipeline
E-Mail Regs Still Driving Business
 By Barbara Darrow
After all the hubbub during the last few years surrounding the 
Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Graham-Leach-Bliley Act and other rules and 
regulations dealing with e-mail retention, privacy, deletion and 
management policies, you might think the work is done. And you would be 
wrong, solution providers say.
<< 
http://www.compliancepipeline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=163101682>>

MessagingPipeline
Lab Tested: Automated E-mail Archivers
When saving your company's vital records, automation is the way, and 
our Editor's Choice has a rich feature set that offers that and a 
decent price tag.
<< 
http://www.messagingpipeline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=163101009>>

Messaging Pipeline
You're Letting Personal E-Mail Run On The Enterprise System?
Wow! Fully 65% of you let personal e-mail traffic on your enterprise 
system. There is a better way.
<< http://www.messagingpipeline.com/163700650>>


Messaging Pipeline
Judge Refuses Request To Read Deleted Gillette E-Mail
Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin had requested 
permission to read the Gillette E-mail as part of his investigation 
into the proposed acquisition by Procter & Gamble.
<< 
http://www.messagingpipeline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=163106007>>


Gantthead.com
Buzz Word or Better?
Vijay Sankaran
May 18, 2005
Recently, a number of major vendors including EMC Corporation and IBM 
have embraced a new term around information management called 
"information lifecycle management." ILM involves setting policies 
around management of data, assessing the value of the data throughout 
the enterprise and providing tools and a tiered storage environment to 
manage that data effectively and cost efficiently.
<< http://www.gantthead.com/article.cfm?ID=224386&authenticated=1>>




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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