RAIN 060125
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories
related to records and archives management.
E-Mail Saves the Day
The National Law Journal
Key e-mails and the gamble of letting the defendant take the stand
helped a Houston lawyer accomplish what many would have bet against:
winning a
defense verdict for an energy trading executive in the heart of Enron
country.
Todd Reid and co-defendant Timothy Kramer were acquitted thanks to
Thomas A.
Hagemann of Dallas' Gardere Wynne Sewell and his use of an e-mail
trail. "What I've
found is that when you've got the e-mails, people remember lots and
lots of
things," according to Hagemann.
<<http://www.law.com/jsp/ltn/pubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1138096936297>>
Asbury Park Press, Tue, 24 Jan 2006 2:09 AM PST
Press ex-publisher donates all that jazz to Rutgers institute
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060124/NEWS03/601240306/1
007/rss03
By the time E. Donald Lass' collection of vintage jazz recordings
reached the 10,000 mark, the vinyl discs "took up half my house," the
Ocean
Township resident said.
Trials And Tribulations Of Enron And S-Ox
<<http://www.forbes.com/2006/01/20/enron-sarbox-pitt-commentary-cx_hlp_01
23harveypitt.html>>
"NPR: Motown Building Razed for Super Bowl Parking"
<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5170641>
THIS year's Scott County budget to have new priorities
Southeast Missourian - Cape Girardeau,MO,USA
... the secretary of state's office to comply with the legal guidelines
for open records, and county will likely use a contract service to
handle
record storage. ...
<http://www.semissourian.com/story/1136896.html>
DELIGHT at Caravaggio discovery
BBC News - UK
... It is thought the paintings were probably half of a batch of four
bought
by Bethune, for which an inventory survives, kept in the national
archive
in Paris. ...
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4648258.stm>
EWU archivist keeps tabs on university history
The Easterner - Cheney,WA,USA
... Located in the bottom floor of the JFK Library, the archives are far
from the image ... And instead of a shady character guided by a torch,
EWU's archivist is an ...
<http://www.easterneronline.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/24/43d751da46
7e7>
HOMESTAKE archives building clears hurdle
Black Hills Pioneer - Spearfish,SD,USA
... to help create a plan to convert the building and move the archives,
Kopco said. ... The museum is also in the process of hiring an archivist
and two assistants to ...
<http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1300&dept_id=156923&newsid=159897
07&PAG=461&rfi=9>
PHOTOS in Common Bonds at Vulcan Park capture families in black ...
AL.com - Birmingham,AL,USA
... of black-and-white photos from family albums and Birmingham Library
archives. ... Jim Baggett, archivist at the Birmingham Public Library,
came up with the idea ...
<http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1138185504281
610.xml&coll=2>
IMPERIAL War Museum Awarded Grant To Digitise Film Archive
broadcastbuyer.tv - London,UK
... The Film and Video Archive is one of the oldest film archives in the
world and its collections now extend to over 20,000 hours of film and
video. ...
<http://www.broadcastbuyer.tv/publish/article_6689.shtml>
WOODVILLE city official steps down after guilty verdict
Beaumont Enterprise - Beaumont,TX,USA
... Tampering with a government record is a state jail felony,
punishable
by up to two years in jail and fines up to $10,000. Cooley ...
<http://www.southeasttexaslive.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15992972&BRD=2287
&PAG=461&dept_id=512589&rfi=6>
CITY decides to release internal files
Rocky Mountain News - Denver,CO,USA
... release police internal affairs files after deciding not to fight a
judge's order to turn over police records stemming from the
controversial
"Spy Files" case. ...
<http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_44139
66,00.html>
DON'T be undone by hidden information
ZDNet UK - UK
... Tools such as Antiword and Catdoc can reveal hidden application data
in Word files, and they're popular because they allow UNIX users to view
Word documents. ...
<http://insight.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,39020463,39248931,00.htm>
DISPUTE Between Mohan & Grelick Over Amherst Town Files
WIVB - Buffalo,NY,USA
... When we came into the office the first day, all of the files, all of
the ... drawers have given Dr. Mohan no frame of reference for signing
contracts or documents. ...
<http://www.wivb.com/Global/story.asp?S=4406245>
STEP forward on police records
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
... Court Judge Catherine Lemon ordered the Denver Police Department to
turn over internal-affairs documents on two officers disciplined in the
spy files case. ...
<http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_3433621>
VIDEO shows details of failed bid for Bush library
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA
... and an institution supporting infant democracies around the world if
the city was selected to be the site for the George W. Bush presidential
library and museum ...
<http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/13703438.htm>
LINCOLN library director leaving for academic post
Chicago Tribune - United States
SPRINGFIELD -- Richard Norton Smith, who threw himself into launching
the
heralded Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, announced his
resignation ...
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-0601250185jan25,1,7
55311.story?coll=chi-newslocalchicago-hed>
STATE newspapers create Web site for public records
Monroe Times - Monroe,WI,USA
MADISON -- To promote better citizen awareness of local government
actions,
public notices published in the Monroe Times now are available on a
statewide
Web ...
<http://www.themonroetimes.com/o0125wna.htm>
UW fights to keep tape secret
Billings Gazette - MT, USA
... She sued to get a copy of the tape, but District Judge Jeffrey
Donnell
ruled in June that she was not entitled to a copy under Wyoming's public
records law. ...
<http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2006/01/25
/build/wyoming/60-tape-secret.inc>
GREAT demand for Freedom of Information
Watford Observer - Watford,England,UK
ALMOST 400 submissions were made to Hertfordshire Constabulary last year
under the new Freedom of Information Act (FOI). Of these ...
<http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.675871.0.gre
at_demand_for_freedom_of_information.php>
THE public consents to government secrecy
Roanoke Times - Roanoke,VA,USA
... A formal written request from The Roanoke Times citing the Virginia
Freedom of Information Act jarred the number loose -- $94,000. ...
<http://www.roanoke.com/editorials%5Cwb/49754>
MICHIGAN State's library has antiques
Northwest Herald - Crystal Lake,IL,USA
Michigan State University has an online collection of epicurean history
-- more than 200 years of influential American cookbooks where users can
search by ...
<http://www.nwherald.com/StyleSection/andresky/355321510439753.php>
Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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