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PRIVATE records discovered on server
Chicago Maroon - Chicago,IL,USA
... The student first found Excel files containing the immunization
records
of enrolled students, both undergraduate and graduate, and then found
spreadsheets ...
<http://maroon.uchicago.edu/news/articles/2005/05/27/private_records_disc.php>

PA. files lawsuit to reopen medical record storage facilities
phillyburbs.com - Philadelphia,PA,USA
... their health care.". Corbett said the state believes the defendants
have 200,000 medical records or files. The centers were located ...
<http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/103-05272005-495100.html>

MAIN Medical sued by Pa. AG
Pittsburgh Business Times - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
... subscribers of various health care insurers. The business is
currently
in possession of about 200,000 patient medical records or files. ...
<http://pittsburgh.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2005/05/23/daily31.html?jst=b_ln_hl>

DISNEY Close to Winning Pooh
Film Stew - Hollywood,CA,USA
... have assured Disney a fair trial with no use of documents from its
trash ... Slesinger learned that Disney had destroyed numerous boxes of
files containing evidence ...
<http://www.filmstew.com/Content/Article.asp?ContentID=11590&Pg=1>

UNIVERSITY Accountability
Chicago Maroon - Chicago,IL,USA
... week, questioning the security of confidential documents in one case
and accuracy of computer records in the ... In the case of insecure
files,
it was students ...
<http://maroon.uchicago.edu/viewpoints/articles/2005/05/27/university_accountab.php>

ARCHIVES Thief Gets Two Years
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
... the research room. All four archivists for the agency's Civil War
collection
attended the sentencing yesterday. "This sentence sends ...
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/26/AR2005052601725.html>

SMITHSONIAN Inundated With Leaks, GAO Reports
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
... Smithsonian archivists have also grappled with 19 "water
emergencies"
over three years -- including leaks directly over collections and a
drain
backup that ...
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/26/AR2005052601748.html>

PUBLIC Education: Class on open records, meetings should make ...
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - TX,USA
... It is certainly clear enough that the attorney general's office
should
not have to answer 11,000 questions from officials every year about open
records requests ...
<http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/collin/opinion/stories/052705dnccoopen.e8640cb8.html>

SCHOOL boards go paperless
Kentucky Post - Covington,KY,USA
... meeting service. The service can provide archived public documents,
such as meeting agendas, attachments and minutes. State statutes ...
<http://news.kypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050527/NEWS02/505270378/1014>

IT'S your boss's e-mail
Record-Searchlight (subscription) - Redding,CA,USA
... With this new reality requiring the forward-thinking company to
create
document retention-and-destruction policies to handle potential
litigation,
employees ...
<http://www.redding.com/redd/nw_business/article/0,2232,REDD_17527_3811524,00.html>

HISTORICAL Society sponsors in-depth look at collections in Town ...
Windsor Journal - Windsor,CT,USA
... house and property by exploring land records including Windsor deeds
and mortgages from 1640 to the present? Other fascinating historical
documents
that will ...
<http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14601169&BRD=1633&PAG=461&dept_id=11608&rfi=6>

WHAT IT Pros Must Know About Sarbanes-Oxley
Storage - Cleveland,OH,USA
... For instance, besides record retention, SOX implies the concept of
"rapid ... you should report security and data-protection problems, and
document everything you ...
<http://www.windowsitpro.com/Windows/Article/ArticleID/46311/Windows_46311.html>

CHICAGO Historical Society Lays Off 17
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
... Among those whose jobs were eliminated are the chief archivist, the
manager of the ... If you want other stories on this topic, search the
Archives at latimes.com ...
<http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-historical-society,1,5488268.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines>

BOFA Steps up Authenticity Plan
InternetNews.com - USA
... Bank of America, like many who trade in the information business,
has
had a rough year protecting personal information. In March, the bank
lost
tapes housing ...
<http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3508181>

INVESTING in privacy
Cincinnati Post - OH,USA
... and Bank of America Corp ... also could have avoided a black eye had
it encrypted the backup tapes with the names and Social Security numbers
of 600,000 current and ...
<http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050527/BIZ/505270337/1001>

THIEVES go where the data is -- while Congress just fiddles
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA
... stolen. That's more than four times the number of files taken in the
highly publicized heist at ChoicePoint earlier this year. Two ...
<http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/opinion/11751999.htm>

ID Theft Coverage Draws Criticism
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
... Like many businesses, insurance companies give or sell information
about their customers to data aggregators such as ChoicePoint Inc.,
which
had its database ...
<http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-insurance27may27,0,181720.story?coll=la-home-headlines>

TAPPING into the California Public Records Act
Lake County Record-Bee - Lake County,CA,USA
California has attempted to legislate openness for public records since
as early as 1872, but for the following 96 years the result was a
disorganized
struggle ...
<http://www.record-bee.com/Stories/0,1413,255~33911~2891177,00.html>


"MISSING file" of judge Formankova found in court archives
Prague Daily Monitor - Prague,Czech Republic
... No written record had been made to register its relocation. "There
was a mess there," Dimun said, referring to the court archives. ...
<http://praguemonitor.com/ctk/?id=20050526E02339;cat=news>

ARCHIVE of city records now only a click away
Corvallis Gazette Times - Corvallis,OR,USA
... A simple click on the "Archives" link on the left navigation bar and
you are on your way to search and find information from long ago. ...
<http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2005/05/27/news/community/friloc03.txt>

COUNTY Opens Bids On Preserving Records
Tecumseh Countywide News - Tecumseh,OK,USA
More than a million pages of county records dating back to just after
statehood
could soon be recorded to microfilm and compact disk - but the project
will ...
<http://www.countywidenews.com/articles/2005/05/27/news/07county.txt>




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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