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PAPERS of Connecticut's first woman governor available to public
Boston Globe - United States
... veterans. But some of the most interesting items were letters that
Grasso received, said Mount Holyoke archivist Ralitsa Donkova. ...
<http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/11/10/paper
s_of_connecticuts_first_woman_governor_available_to_public>

INTERIOR Ministry may open files of StB members
Prague Daily Monitor - Prague,Czech Republic
... As a result, one file contain records about their work ... technique
he will only receive the documents that relate ... Some personal files
of former StB members are ...
<http://www.praguemonitor.com/ctk/?id=20051109F01956;story=Interior-Minis
try-may-open-files-of-StB-members>

TYPING Up Trouble
The State - Columbia,SC,USA
... know that e-mail isn't really private -- it stays on the server for
months, and journalists can access it under the Freedom of Information
Act (FOIA). ...
<http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/living/13124550.htm>

COPAN unveils archival version of MAID array
ComputerWorld - USA
yesterday announced a new archival version of its massive array of idle
disk (MAID) technology that allows users to retrieve their own files 
from
online in a ...
<http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/storage/story/0,10801,106102
,00.html>

NEW law will help protect against ID theft
Crawfordsville Journal Review - Crawfordsville,IN,USA
... will be required to charge a $2 fee that will be used to pay for the
technology needed to ensure all social security numbers are removed from
public documents. ...
<http://www.journalreview.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&Article
ID=20083&TM=78874.52>

USERS struggle to get tiered storage right
Search Storage - USA
... long to keep everything. "We circled around for a year on our 
document
retention policy," Fucci said. "People were more focused ...
<http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid5_gci114
4402,00.html>

FLETCHER: E-mails contain 'nothing'
Kentucky.com - Lexington,KY,USA
... Meanwhile, Stumbo's investigators seized computer records yesterday
of John Stanton, former director of Fletcher's Northern Kentucky 
constituent
services office ...
<http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/politics/13128280.htm>

IS privacy no longer a right but a luxury?
IT Directors - USA
... Finally, the UK Freedom of Information Act gives the Public access
to a great deal of information relating to Public Institutions, which
was previously not ...
<http://www.it-director.com/article.php?articleid=12996>

COUNCIL pressures Parliament on data retention
EurActiv.com - Brussels,Belgium
Data retention means the storage of traffic and location data resulting
from electronic communication. A first proposal on data ...
<http://www.euractiv.com/Article?tcmuri=tcm:29-147671-16&type=News>

JAIL for pulping papers
Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia
... If they are passed, individuals could be fined $62,000 and 
corporations
$314,000, as well as jail terms, if they deliberately destroyed 
documents
to prevent ...
<http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,17203908%255E2
862,00.html>

USING the Public Records Law
News & Observer - Raleigh,NC,USA
... Under the state Public Records Law, GS 132, every record is public
unless there's another law that says it isn't. And North Carolina courts
have said ...
<http://www.newsobserver.com/114/story/363575.html>

Mass High Tech, Thu, 10 Nov 2005 7:47 AM PST
Networked Server: Massachusetts? move to open source: Siding with a
David versus
a Goliath?
http://www.masshightech.com/displayarticledetail.asp?art_id=70232
It is clear that the fight over the OpenDocument file format has more
to do with a battle over market share than a desire to keep the Bay 
State?s
records open and free from the tyranny of Microsoft Corp.


Charleston Daily Mail, Thu, 10 Nov 2005 7:49 AM PST
Some W.Va. genealogical records are now online
http://www.dailymail.com/news/News/2005111015/
A new database has more than 1 million West Virginia birth, death and
marriage records that can be seen online.

PASSION for the past
Duluth News Tribune - Duluth,MN,USA
... Laakso said Mershart's efforts have enriched the archives and naming
them in his ... who nominated Mershart for state recognition as a 
teacher,
archivist and for ...
<http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/news/local/13129772.htm
>

IT managers: Cohesive data storage policies lacking
ComputerWorld - USA
... Fucci was among several speakers at the conference who addressed 
issues
around information life-cycle management and tiered storage. ...
<http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/storage/story/0,10801,106104
,00.html>

COUNTY planning online archives
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin - Ontario,CA,USA
By Andrew Silva, Staff Writer. OK, it's not "Desperate Housewives" but
for civics junkies, the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors ...
<http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_3199647>

GPO readying draft RFP for digital storage system
GCN.com - Washington,DC,USA
The Government Printing Office is finalizing a solicitation for a chief
contractor that will do the heavy lifting for the agency's massive data
storage ...
<http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/37537-1.html>

'FORGOTTEN voices' go on display
BBC News - UK
Wills written between 1857 to 1966 are on display in the foyer of the 
National
Archives of Scotland (NAS) building on Princes Street in Edinburgh. ...
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4425572.stm>

New York Times 11/10/05
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<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/10/fashion/thursdaystyles/10EMAIL.html


Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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