Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories 
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COURT records coming to Web
The Olympian - Olympia,WA,USA
... first gov-ernor. Paper records that were saved will be transferred
into the care of the state archivist, Gould said. The system ...
<http://159.54.227.3/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051219/NEWS01/51219007/
1006>

ARMY'S strategy for Washington Conference found
The Japan Times - Japan
Classified documents of the Imperial Japanese Army (above) held ... a 
large
volume of historical documents about the ... army's underlying posture,
the papers show its ...
<http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20051219f1.htm>

SPECIAL REPORT : The Death of Daniel A. McGovern
Editor & Publisher - USA
... and found that the color footage, recently declassified, might be at
the National Archives. ... An archivist there told me at the time, "If
no one knows about the ...
<http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1
001700377>

DATA storage is at home in Longmont
Austin American-Statesman (subscription) - Austin,TX,USA
... Silicon Valley has a piece of just about everything high tech. But
in the fast-growing business of digital storage, there's no place like
Longmont. ...
<http://www.statesman.com/business/content/business/stories/technology/12
/19longmont.html>

ANEL: E-mails can be public records
Asbury Park Press - Asbury Park,NJ,USA
E-mails that discuss government business -- even if they're on an 
official's
personal computer -- are public records and as such open to public 
review,
the ...
<http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051219/NEWS03/512190314/
1007>

TONS of Engraved Treasure: Experts Examine Money Printer's ...
News-antique.com (press release) - Garden City,New York,USA
... They could have been sold for scrap at $800 a ton by the firm, 
except
for the foresight of numismatist, John Albanese, of Archival 
Collectibles
LLC of Far Hills ...
<http://news-antique.com/?id=716&keys=scripophily-numismatic-philatelic>


THIS Pile of Scrap Once Cast a Fortune in Notes
New York Times - United States
... "There is no national archive of paper money," he said, "so this 
also
contributes a lot to historians' knowledge of the field.". ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/19/nyregion/19banknote.html>

DATA Privacy Issues to Persist Next Year
eWeek - Woburn,MA,USA
... data privacy. Data leaks at Bank of America Corp., LexisNexis' 
Seisint
division, ChoicePoint Inc. and CardSystems Inc. fed headlines ...
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1902909,00.asp>

SAY Goodbye to File Cabinets: ITSPA Shares Tips for Creating an ...
PrimeZone (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... with a large amount of legally required records. ... having to waste
time re-typing important documents, your business ... save the 
aggravation
of lost files, and make ...
<http://www.primezone.com/newsroom/news.html?d=91387>

IT Pros Rethink Storage
Light Reading - USA
... in a financial services firm who must respond quickly to the 
corporate
lawyers with evidence in email messages -- or the hospital records 
manager
who needs to ...
<http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=85914&WT.svl=wire1_1>

RECENT Developments in Employment Law
Mondaq News Alerts - London,UK
... Echostar had what the Court termed an "extraordinary e-mail/document
retention policy" in which the e-mail system automatically sent all 
e-mails
in the "sent ...
<http://www.mondaq.com/i_article.asp_Q_articleid_E_36862>

LOTTERY cash bid to create regional archive centre
Yorkshire Post Today - Leeds,Yorkshire,UK
... building.". At present much of the information is stored in the 
county
archive and records building in Malpas Road, Northallerton. ...
<http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=1084&Article
ID=1289460>

COUNTY records now being put on computer
Chillicothe Constitution Tribune - MO, United States
A new computer system has been installed at the Livingston County 
recorder
of deeds office which will improve the speed and ease in which documents
can be ...
<http://www.chillicothenews.com/articles/2005/12/19/news/local_news/news1
.txt>

SLEEPING on the job
Seattle Times - United States
... In February, Bank of America said it had lost computer tapes with 
financial
data on 1.2 million federal employees, including some US senators. ...
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002691526_phis
hing19.html>




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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