Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories 
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MILITARY medical records go paperless
Patuxent River Tester - Patuxent River,MD,USA
... "This training is not only mandatory, it is essential to knowing how
to effectively and efficiently use this new electronic medical records
technology.".
<http://www.dcmilitary.com/navy/tester/10_32/health/36381-1.html>

NEW records management system for NMCI
GCN.com - USA
... planning, EDS Corp. has started deploying an enterprise records 
management
system over the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet portal. EDS, which ...
<http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/36633-1.html>

NATIONAL Weights & Measures Laboratory Lightens Document Load with ...
Response Source (press release) - London,UK
Electronic document and records management project prepares one of the
UK's oldest government functions for e-government. National ...
<http://www.responsesource.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=22328&hilite=>

LEGAL Discovery Challenges
IT Business Edge - Louisville,KY,USA
... With e-mails and attachments, we began to move into electronic 
records.
... Electronic records should be kept in a central repository so they
can be searched. ...
<http://www.itbusinessedge.com/content/3Q/3qpub9-20050811.aspx>

FOR many, assembling collection is like writing autobiography
Fort Wayne News Sentinel - Fort Wayne,IN,USA
... The center also treated several other documents that Joseph Termini
had squirreled away in a tin can: 19th-century deeds to nearby 
properties;
a bill ...
<http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/living/12356797.htm>

WHAT You Should Know About Security Breaches: Notification ...
Mondaq News Alerts - World
... equipment containing personal information in a secure manner, such
as shredding paper records ... such as those whose information is stored
in the files involved. ...
<http://www.mondaq.com/i_article.asp_Q_articleid_E_34254>


IMPLEMENT a data destruction policy to keep corporate secrets safe
Tech Republic (subscription) - Louisville,KY,USA
... Take steps to destroy all documents and handwritten notes produced
as a part ... for complying with HIPAA and FACTA regulations is 
cross-cut
shredding that yields ...
<http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-1009-5819139.html>

UNDERWOOD: Baylor bid for library in home stretch
Waco Tribune Herald - Waco,TX,USA
Baylor University's bid to host the George W. Bush Presidential Library
has captured the imagination of people from all walks of life and 
political
persuasions ...
<http://www.wacotrib.com/opin/content/news/opinion/stories/2005/08/11/20050811wacunderwood11.html>

NEW bishop likely to keep files of accused priests sealed
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA
... Fort Worth courtroom on whether the records should be ... would 
change
course on the release of the files. ... the eight priests' names and 
related
documents sealed by ...
<http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/12351721.htm>

SPYWARE Sleuths Offer Free Patch
Tampa Tribune - Tampa,FL,USA
... disclosed last week that the company had discovered the software by
accident and found records on an ... The company said its patch can 
locate
and delete the threat ...
<http://news.tbo.com/news/MGBAZ21B8CE.html>

OHIO'S Cherished Civil War Flags: Victims of Theft, or Lost
Maine Antique Digest - Waldoboro,ME,USA
... Trying to determine what decisions were made by archivists and 
curators
decades ago and who may no longer be alive is pretty tough. ...
<http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/articles/sep05/ohio0905.htm>

ATTORNEY General draws line in sand on open records
Access North Georgia - Gainesville,GA,USA
... Baker ruled a week ago that both the Metro Atlanta Chamber of 
Commerce
and Central Atlanta Progress had violated Georgia's Open Records Act by
refusing to ...
<http://www.accessnorthga.com/news/ap_newfullstory.asp?ID=63779>


UCLA Library Receives Major Grant From the Getty
UC Los Angeles (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... The archival files of UCLA's fine arts departments, colleges and 
schools,
now under the auspices of the School of Arts and Architecture, document
research ...
<http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/page.asp?RelNum=6357>

NEW York Signs Security Bill
Red Herring - CA,USA
... It is modeled after a similar bill passed in California in 2003 in
the wake of the ChoicePoint breach, which exposed information on 30,000
customers in ...
<http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=13133&hed=New+York+Signs+Security+Bill>

GERMAN industry up in arms over EU data plans
EUobserver.com - Brussels,Belgium
German industry is protesting strongly against a planned EU data 
retention
law, which it argues is too burdensome and disproportionate. ...
<http://euobserver.com/?sid=9&aid=19680>

NATIONAL Archives keeps history alive
Jakarta Post - Jakarta,Indonesia
... Wired support from many countries, along with hundreds of other 
documents,
are on display at the National Archives building in Central Jakarta to
mark ...
<http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailcity.asp?fileid=20050811.G04&irec=3>

COUNTY records becoming more accessible
Muncie Star Press - Muncie,IN,USA
MUNCIE - Mary Lou Gentis gestured toward rows of bound county records on
a shelf at the Muncie Public Library's Local History and Genealogy 
Center.
...
<http://www.thestarpress.com/articles/4/044507-1974-004.html>

SECURITY breach puts IDs at risk
North Texas Daily - USA
... breach occurred when computer hackers accessed a server storing 
student-housing
records dating back to 1999. About 35,000 student files, including 
Social
...
<http://www.ntdaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/08/11/42fb6890cbaf6>




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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