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Kansas City Star, Mon, 06 Jun 2005 3:21 AM PDT
Records center to open military files once off-limits to public
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/nation/11826579.htm
ST. LOUIS - (KRT) - Archivists are about to unseal a mother lode of
military history. A ceremony Saturday at the National Personnel Records 
Center
in Overland, Mo., will mark the opening of military files that until now
have been off-limits to most Americans.

Secretary Didn't Burn John Paul's Notes
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Pope John Paul II's longtime private secretary 
said Saturday he did not burn the late pontiff's notes as his will 
demanded, arguing that the papers contain "great riches" and should 
instead be preserved.
Archbishop Stanislaw Dziwisz, who worked with the pope from 1966 until 
his death earlier this year, told Polish state radio there are "quite a 
lot of manuscripts on various issues," but he offered no details.
<http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050604/D8AGRKJ80.html>

Wall Street Journal
The Day the Email Died
Plus, Internet Use and the Workplace
June 6, 2005
The Day the Email Died began with an innocuous event: a blip in our
office's computer systems that cut us off from the Web, our publishing
systems and our email. Annoying, but not the kind of thing that induces
panic: Like a lot of big enterprises, we see these things from time to 
time,
and they're usually repaired by a few minutes of patience or your 
typical
everybody log out/everybody log back in do-si-do.
<http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB111782808075750561,00.html?>

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Mon, 06 Jun 2005 0:56 AM PDT
Long-sealed military files will be opened
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/nation/story/EC92979F409BE2A386257018001EF592?OpenDocument
Archivists are about to unseal a mother lode of military history along
Page Avenue in Overland.


Great Computer Skills Are a Must
For Anyone Emulating Deep Throat
June 6, 2005; Page B1
A generation ago, the original Deep Throat had to rely on 2 a.m. 
meetings at the bottom level of an underground garage to offer guidance 
to reporters investigating Watergate. Today, he would probably use the 
Internet. But whether he would be able to remain anonymous for three 
more decades would depend on his computer skills. That's because the 
Web today remains a confusing mixture of absolute privacy and shocking 
exposure, and most laypeople -- including those with no aspirations to 
emulate Deep Throat -- don't know which is happening when.
<http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB111800810686151189,00.html?>

WHERE old computers go to die
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - GA,USA
... Georgia requires the destruction of any personal data before it's 
discarded,
while ... About 68 percent of identity theft "comes from physical 
records
rather than ...
<http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/0605/05shred.html>

Infoworld
Taking charge of the enterprise information lifecycle
New, more intelligent storage tools promise better information 
management from start to finish
By  Leon Erlanger
June 06, 2005
There?s a stage in the life of a new technology in which half the world 
thinks it?s a whole new paradigm and the other half thinks it?s all 
hype. Half says it will never happen whereas the other half says, 
?We?re doing it now.? And even the most improbable vendor claims to 
have strategies and products to support it. So it is with ILM 
(information life cycle management).
<< http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/06/06/23FEilm_1.html>>

New York Times
You Can Take the A Train, but Don't Take Its Logo
<< http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/05/nyregion/05mta.html?>>


Washington Post
Robert McNeill Dies at Age 87; D.C. Photographer of Black Life
By Patricia Sullivan
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, May 29, 2005; Page C08
Robert H. McNeill, 87, whose photographs of African American life in 
Washington and Virginia during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s pushed 
viewers to focus on the ordinary and extraordinary lives of black 
Americans, died May 27 at Georgetown University Hospital of 
complications from diabetes.
<< 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/28/AR2005052800950.html>>

Washington Post
Brian Blaine Reynolds, Also Known as Hy Peskin, Dies
Accomplished Sports Photographer Founded Academy of Achievement
By Matt Schudel
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, June 5, 2005; Page C09
Brian Blaine Reynolds, 89, who died June 2 of kidney disease at a 
hospital in Herzliya, Israel, was a man with two names, two countries 
and, for all practical purposes, two identities.
<< 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/04/AR2005060401470.html>>

Washington Post
FBI Pushed Ahead With Troubled Software
By Dan Eggen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, June 6, 2005; Page A01
Some FBI officials began raising doubts about the bureau's attempts to 
create a computerized case management system as early as 2003, two 
years before the $170 million project was abandoned altogether, 
according to a confidential report to the House Appropriations 
Committee.
<< 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/05/AR2005060501213.html>>


Wall Street Journal
UPS Loses Citigroup Customer Data
CitiFinancial Shipment
Contained Key Information
On 3.9 Million Consumers
By MITCHELL PACELLE
Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
June 7, 2005
Citigroup Inc. said a cardboard box containing computer tapes with 
personal information on 3.9 million customers of its storefront 
consumer-finance unit was lost by United Parcel Service Inc., despite 
"enhanced security procedures" to protect such information.
<< http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB111807147451351811,00.html?>>

<<http://money.cnn.com/2005/06/06/news/fortune500/security_citigroup/index.htm?cnn=yes>>

Dallas Morning News
Identity theft now part of American life
01:53 PM CDT on Monday, June 6, 2005
By CRAYTON HARRISON / The Dallas Morning News
The personal records of 145,000 people were exposed when thieves 
infiltrated ChoicePoint Inc.'s databases last year. The breach has 
resulted in 750 cases of identity theft fraud, law enforcement 
officials have said.
<< 
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/060605dnbusidtheft.11c0c6694.html>>

ARCHIVISTS seek ways to save electronic records
MLive.com - MI,USA
... and bureaucrats -- today's equivalent of the letters, memos and 
other
documents that fill Cunningham's shelves -- are not being kept in the
city's archives. ...
<http://www.mlive.com/news/grpress/index.ssf?/base/news-22/1118069305228680.xml>

PROTECT and survive
VNUNet.com - Haarlem,Netherlands
... organisations are increasingly required to comply with regulations
and legislation, such as the Data Protection Act, the Freedom of 
Information
Act, Basel II ...
<http://www.vnunet.com/crn/features/2137558/protect-survive>

DIGITAL Storage at home
Digital Connect News (subscription) - Australia
Uniden has introduced digital storage devices to allow people to store
their precious data from the convenience of home or a small office 
environment.
...
<http://www.dcnews.com.au/SOHO/2547>

NONPROFITS accept the e-health records challenge
FCW.com - USA
... To the delight of privacy advocates, e-records in the proposed 
exchange
will remain in local clinical databases and will not be kept in a 
central
database. ...
<http://www.fcw.com/article89085-06-06-05-Print>

DIGITISATION of patent records drags on
Business Standard - India
A process of computerisation and digitalisation of records, initiated 
two
years ago, has come to a stand still and browsing through the files for
information ...
<http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?leftnm=lmnu2&leftindx=2&lselect=1&chklogin=N&autono=190870>

US moves to spur digital health records nationwide
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
... technology, although advocates say using it to replace paper files
could lower ... group will give recommendations on how to make health
records compatible among ...
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N06259406.htm>

ORGANIZING Family History Records
50 Connect - UK
... to it over time to help you find your records. Above all, remember
genealogy is both interesting and fun. Don't get bogged down with your
files, make them ...
<http://50connect.co.uk/50c/gene.asp?article=12054>

ADDING trust to documents
Globetechnology.com - Canada
... such as spreadsheets, AutoCAD drawings, or Word files. These formats
offer little or no control over access to the information and how the
documents can be used ...
<http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050512.gtflhogerlandmay12/BNStory/Technology/>

FIRMS warned they may be targets of Trojan spies
ComputerWeekly.com - UK
... is accused of supplying a sophisticated Trojan horse program capable
of giving hackers access to computer systems to recover confidential 
documents
and data. ...
<http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2005/06/07/210254/FirmswarnedtheymaybetargetsofTrojanspies.htm>

Mon, 06 Jun 2005 5:02 AM PDT
News in brief from western Pennsylvania
http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/news/local/11826878.htm
ERIE, Pa. - Thirty-three old books of vital records from Erie County
are finally being put on microfilm. The books date back to the 1800s 
and include
marriage licenses and birth and death records.

VIRTUAL E VIDENCE
Akron Beacon Journal - Akron,OH,USA
... As for the ``how'' of electronic document retention, more and more
companies are turning to outside service providers. LexisNexis ...
<http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/business/11814348.htm>

CITIFINANCIAL Data Goes Poof
Wired News - USA
... Last month, media and entertainment company Time Warner said 
computer
backup tapes containing data on 600,000 individuals were lost by an 
outside
data storage ...
<http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,67766,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_4>

CITIGROUP admits losing personal details of 4m customers
Guardian Unlimited - UK
... the largest financial services group in the world, said computer 
tapes
containing the ... Also in May, MCI and Time Warner said they had lost
details including ...
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,3604,1500786,00.html>

BOLI: Plan to shred sensitive information
Corvallis Gazette Times - Corvallis,OR,USA
... It also includes criminal history reports and driving records. 
"Reasonable
measures" include such actions as burning, pulverizing or shredding of
papers ...
<http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2005/06/06/news/business/sunbiz04.txt>

UPDATE 3: CitiFinancial to Notify of Lost Data
Forbes - USA
... said that computer backup tapes containing data on 600,000 
individuals
were ... and Bank of America Corp., both headquartered in Charlotte, NC,
were notified that ...
<http://www.forbes.com/business/healthcare/feeds/ap/2005/06/06/ap2078650.html>


IS Tape Winding Down as a Backup Option?
InternetNews.com - USA
... publicized backup tape losses at the likes of Bank of America and 
Ameritrade
... and open technologies for mainframes, and Sepaton ("no tapes" 
spelled
backwards ...<http://www.internetnews.com/storage/article.php/3510201>

RAISING the bar
Albuquerque Tribune - Albuquerque,NM,USA
... of implementation. Waegemann says electronic records can save lives
and make treating patients much easier for physicians. The National ...
<http://www.abqtrib.com/albq/bu_local/article/0,2565,ALBQ_19838_3834263,00.html>

TASMANIA'S new Smart Card causes privacy concerns
ABC Online - Australia
... As is the case now with physical records, as is the case now with 
electronic
records, all that the card would be is basically a card that would 
access
...
<http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2005/s1385520.htm>

MILITARY records to show how luminaries served
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
... The NPRC, which receives 5,000 inquiries a day for information on 
military
records, will open the collection Saturday with the help of Archivist
of the United ...
<http://washingtontimes.com/national/20050606-102808-6115r.htm>

CLOSED firm gives patients their medical records
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
There were a few glitches, but the first day of a court-ordered session
for patients to retrieve medical records from an out-of-business imaging
company went ...
<http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05158/516817.stm>

STATE Supreme Court limits access to medical records
Summit Daily News - Frisco,CO,USA
... state Supreme Court on Monday said a woman who filed a personal 
injury
lawsuit over a 2001 car wreck does not have to turn over medical records
unrelated to ...
<http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20050606/NEWS/50606009>




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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