Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories
related to records and archives management.
MICROSOFT bows to Mass. with open records format
Boston Globe - United States
... companies. Quinn has called for an open standard for files generated
by 50,000 computers used in the state's executive branch. Quinn ...
<http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2005/12/15/microsoft_
bows_to_mass_with_open_records_format>
CAL Am demands water district records
Santa Cruz Sentinel - Santa Cruz,CA,USA
By Jondi Gumz. When someone files a request for five years worth of your
financial records, you know they're looking for something. ...
<http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2005/December/15/local/stories/
08local.htm>
SPECIFICATIONS, Certifications, and Compliance: There is a ...
CMSWatch - Silver Spring,MD,USA
... The electronic records management marketplace seems to be setting
its
priorities to be compliant with a few key certification authorities. ...
<http://www.cmswatch.com/Feature/136-Records-Management>
COUNTY Historical Society putting some buried treasures on display
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription) - Milwaukee,WI,USA
The old bank vault at the Milwaukee County Historical Society building
has been filled with cardboard boxes instead of greenbacks for a long
time. ...
<http://www.jsonline.com/onwisconsin/arts/dec05/377714.asp>
EU approves two-year data retention policy
Techworld.com - London,UK
... MEPs voted overwhelmingly for new rules on data retention requiring
companies to keep traffic and location information for a minimum of six
months and a ...
<http://www.techworld.com/storage/news/index.cfm?NewsID=5015>
EUROPEAN Data Retention Directive passed
PC Pro - UK
The European Parliament has finally approved the Data Retention
directive.
The new directive states that telcos and ISPs should ...
<http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/81364/european-data-retention-directive-pass
ed.html>
SECURE Storage Appliance
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Journal - Fairfield,NJ,USA
... until the end of its retention period; and crypto shredding of
individual
... single instance store technology, which identifies duplicate data
files and stores ...
<http://www.s-ox.com/News/detail.cfm?ArticleID=1434>
DENTS shown in NSA armor
Baltimore Sun - United States
... "There isn't enough [security] to stop you from taking out
[documents]
if you ... relatively easy for an NSA employee to sneak mounds of
classified
papers out of ...
<http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.nsa15dec15,1,1801590.story
?coll=bal-local-headlines>
A tightly kept symbol of Maryland's past
Diamondback Online - College Park,MD,USA
... and look for a dark cloth in an obscure corner in University
Archives
before you ... But now, according to university archivist Anne Turkos,
"the terrapin is in a ...
<http://www.diamondbackonline.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/12/15/43a12135
7d42d>
LEGISLATOR seeks to end state's exception to public records law
Rutland Herald - Rutland,VT,USA
MONTPELIER -- An exception to public records law being invoked by state
government is illegal and unacceptable, according to a Vermont lawmaker.
Rep. ...
<http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051215/NEWS/51
2150333/1004>
COUNTY records: 'Damage is done,' says expert
Rosenberg Herald Coaster - Rosenberg,TX,USA
... on Fort Bend County Clerk Dianne Wilson and her bulk sale of what
most
people would assume is private information, contained in public records
that are now ...
<http://www.herald-coaster.com/articles/2005/12/14/news/top_story/topstor
y.txt>
ARCHIVES site upgraded for FoI
Information World Review - London,UK
The National Archives is to streamline access to its archived documents
for information professionals and other users by implementing a content
management ...
<http://www.iwr.co.uk/information-world-review/news/2147636/archives-site
-upgraded-foi>
PANEL stymies effort to move archives building near House
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
An effort by House leaders to move a planned state archives building so
it could double as office space and covered parking for lawmakers was
stopped Wednesday ...
<http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/1215archives15.h
tml>
ARCHIVES project moves forward with minor changes
KVOA.com - Tucson,AZ,USA
PHOENIX Legislators moved forward today on a project to build a new home
for the state's archives. As endorsed by a legislative ...
<http://kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=4246758&nav=HMO6>
HISTORICAL Archives Change Hands in NJ
6abc.com - Philadelphia,PA,USA
By Nora Muchanic. December 14, 2005 - A treasure trove of valuable
historical
documents has been turned over to the state archives. ...
<http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=local&id=3726229>
GIFT TO JERSEY: BIRTH CERTIFICATE
Newark Star Ledger - Newark,NJ,USA
... the rare signatures of William Penn, the Duke of York (later
England's
King James II) and Sir George Carteret -- were donated to the State
Archives
in Trenton ...
<http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1134625731242980.xm
l&coll=1>
D-Lib Magazine, Thu, 15 Dec 2005 9:17 AM PST
D-Lib Magazine December 2005
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/december05/shirky/12shirky.html
Ten years after the Web turned every institution into an accidental
publisher, the simple difficulties of long-term storage are turning
them into
accidental archivists as well.
Getty Takes Over LBMA Video Archive
http://www.gazettes.com/videoarchive12152005.html
Viewing of the Long Beach Museum of Artâ?Ts extensive video art archive
may begin again, thanks to a deal with the J. Paul Getty Trust to
properly
store, catalog and exhibit the deteriorating collection of more than
3,000
tapes.
Asbury Park Press, Thu, 15 Dec 2005 2:15 AM PST
Community affairs department receives anonymous records request
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051215/NEWS03/512150418/1
007
TRENTON ? In the wake of a news report that prompted a state ethics
investigation into the way grants were handed out at the state
Department of Community Affairs, the department is processing a
detailed, anonymous
public records request for communications regarding one of the nonprofit
organizations involved.
Florida Today, Wed, 14 Dec 2005 11:14 PM PST
NASA in fight over lost UFO records
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051209/NEWS02/51
209007/1007/NEWS02
PITTSBURGH - Researchers and witnesses who believe a UFO landed in the
woods of western Pennsylvania 40 years ago are marking another
anniversary
today: two years since a lawsuit was filed to get NASA to release
records of what
happened.
THE new century has ushered in a plethora of regulations that ...
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
These regulations include Basel II, the USA Patriot Act of 2001, the
Freedom
of Information Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Gramm-Leach-Bliley,
and HIPAA. ...
<http://whitepaper.informationweek.com/cmpinformationweek/search/index/so
l_summary/77049?pos=2&trkpg=PARTNER_SEARCH_RESULTS_CMPINFORMATIONWEEK&sty
pe=key&n=77049&c=CMPINFORMATIONWEEK>
THE war years through veterans' eyes
Scituate Mariner - Marshfield,MA,USA
... More than170 letters were discovered by former Town Archivist Mary
Dean, written by the veterans as "thank yous" to the townspeople for
their
generosity in ...
<http://www2.townonline.com/scituate/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=3909
10>
PURCELLVILLE TC Won't Pay FOIA Charges
Leesburg Today - Leesburg,VA,USA
... The more the council heard about FOIA reproduction costs, including
the fact it was charged for copying two sets of everything so that one
set could be ...
<http://www.leesburg2day.com/current.cfm?catid=2&newsid=11449>
HISTORICAL Archives Change Hands in NJ
6abc.com - Philadelphia,PA,USA
By Nora Muchanic. December 14, 2005 - A treasure trove of valuable
historical
documents has been turned over to the state archives. ...
<http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=local&id=3726229>
NOBLE claims
Czech Business Weekly - Prague,Czech Republic
... in court," Kinsky said. "It seems that the [state] archives aren't
to be trusted anymore.". The police resolution further ...
<http://www.cbw.cz/phprs/2005102401.html>
ROMANIA libera - The secret storage and Moraru's bravery
Bucharest Daily News - Bucharest,Romania
... the Warsaw Treaty and CAER. The state's archives will still keep
them
secret for about ten years. If such documents were published ...
<http://www.daily-news.ro/article_detail.php?idarticle=20502>
CARROLL man's JFK collection going on auction block today
Baltimore Sun - United States
... His collection, the largest in private hands, is rivaled only by
that
of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston. White ...
<http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.kennedy15dec15,1,3427511.s
tory?coll=bal-local-headlines>
Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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