RAIN 061130
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories 
related to records and archives management.

Singaporean agency to help Viet Nam improve archiving
Viet Nam News - Hanoi,Vietnam
... On Tuesday, NAS Director Pit Quan Oa and Head of the State Archives 
of
Viet Nam Tran Hoang signed a memorandum of understanding on co-operation
pro-grammes for ...
<http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=04SOC301106>

Troax Custom Designs document solution for Iron Mountain
Materials Handling World Magazine - West Yorkshire,UK
The wire mesh enclosure, which has been installed at Iron Mountain’s
secure record storage centre in Coulsdon, Surrey, provides high density
storage for ...
<http://www.mhwmagazine.co.uk/bsp/10130/ews.asp?DBID=103-281-013-010&iPag
e=1&id=4159>

Ancient cultures inspire modern archiving at NAU
Northern Arizona University (Press Release) - Flagstaff,AZ,USA
... 30, 2006) - When Karen Underhill took the helm as archivist at 
Northern
... non-Native colleagues to create "Protocols for Native American 
Archive
Materials," a ...
<http://vocuspr.vocus.com/VocusPR30/Newsroom/Query.aspx?SiteName=nau&Enti
ty=PRAsset&SF_PRAsset_PRAssetID_EQ=109787&XSL=PressRelease>

Secrets of Swedish witch hunt revealed
The Local - Sweden
... in northern Sweden has been discovered in a museum archive in 
northern
... text is already available at the National Library of Sweden,”
archivist Göran Gullbro ...
<http://www.thelocal.se/5654/20061130/>

The ‘Digital Divide’ Haunting Organisations
IDM.net.au - Strawberry Hills,NSW,Australia
... Fisher says compliance should not merely be associated with the 
usual
... Instead, organisations should seek to develop records management
policies to drive ...
<http://www.idm.net.au/story.asp?id=7751>

Pa. courts set rules for viewing case records over Internet
Centre Daily Times - Centre County,PA,USA
... Heinz said. And in response to public concerns, the electronic 
records
will include full dates of birth for defendants. But they ...
<http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/politics/16132947.htm>

NIST: paperless e-voting systems are fundamentally flawed
Northwest Progressive Institute Official Blog - Redmond,WA,USA
... Undetected errors in the software may lead to bogus electronic 
records,
but because the systems produce nothing at all besides those electronic
records ...
<http://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2006/11/nist-paperless-e-voting-syst
ems-are.html>

The Ripple Effects Of E-Discovery
Information Week Weblog - Manhasset,NY,USA
... might think. It may seem that we're just talking about data 
retention,
preservation and management policies. Big deal, right? But ...
<http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2006/11/the_ripple_eff
e.html>

Lose your laptop (but not your mind)
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA
... you don't need. Consider the time period that defines a project for
you, and adjust personal data retention practices accordingly.
<http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&arti
cleId=9005544>

Immigration services bureau loses thousands of records
GovExec.com - USA
... and Immigration Services agency may have processed as many as 30,000
citizenship applications in 2005 without reviewing critical background
files, thousands of ...
<http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=35568&dcn=todaysnews>

Film special for Mitchell and Kenyon fans
Manchester Evening News - Manchester,England,UK
... Painstakingly restored and researched by the British Film 
Institute's
National Archive, the films proved something of a quiet sensation when 
they
were screened ...
<http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/filmandtv/s/229/229
659_film_special_for_mitchell_and_kenyon_fans.html>




Peter Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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