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

HELP on way to save endangered archives
Scotsman - United Kingdom
THOUSANDS of documents detailing the history of Edinburgh could be saved
after councillors admitted to the dire state of the city's archives 
yesterday
and ...
<http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh.cfm?id=236062006>

WILL Big Brother Snoop Through Your Medical Records?
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
... what exactly "private and secure" means when it comes to digitized
medical data. Otherwise, the nation's difficult transition to E-health
records, which is ...
<http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2006/02/will_big_broth
e.html>

HOW a law firm races to repair its Vioxx files
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
... and the firm is scrambling to recreate those documents to meet a 
court
deadline Thursday to turn over files for 90 ... "We've got medical 
records
destroyed at ...
<http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06046/655708.stm>
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB113997284614974345.html?>

INTELLIGENCE Breach Revealed In Dallas Terror Case
CBS 11 - Dallas/Fort Worth,TX,USA
... as a deadline approached for handing records over to ... 
Responsibility
for copying the files was hastily given to ... copied some of the wrong
documents, which were ...
<http://cbs11tv.com/topstories/local_story_045210859.html>

IMPERIAL Oil Announces $4 Million Gift to Glenbow Museum
SocialFunds.com - USA
... consists of Imperial Oil's extensive corporate archives, a $1.2 
million
endowment for the ongoing care, maintenance and access of the archival
material, and ...
<http://www.socialfunds.com/news/release.cgi/5052.html>

WISCASSET'S 1776 Copy of Declaration of Independence Found in ...
Lincoln County News - Damarsicotta,ME,USA
... An investigation that the office along with Maine Archives began two
years ... would be considered a public document, according to State 
Archivist
James Henderson. ...
<http://www.mainelincolncountynews.com/index.cfm?ID=16982>

NEW library source of campus 'pride'
Western News - London,Ontario,Canada
The library's Hudler Archives are named in his honour. By Karmen 
Dowling.
"Thank you from the bottom of my heart - my very queer and very happy
heart!". ...
<http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/story.html?listing_id=20726>

COUNTY Website Reveals Social Security Numbers
LongIslandPress.com - NY,USA
... The records, which include deeds, foreclosures, mortgages, and court
documents, are completed before they enter the clerk's office, which is
responsible for ...
<http://www.longislandpress.com/?cp=162&show=article&a_id=7455>

NEWFOUND Relics are ghosts of Phillips County's past
Helena Daily World - Helena,AR,USA
... More land deeds from 1824 grace the sterilized table and are handled
with care as they are unfolded and displayed for a preview. Cook says
the documents would ...
<http://www.helena-arkansas.com/articles/2006/02/14/news/news2.txt>

DOCUMENT shredding under investigation
WVEC.com (subscription) - Norfolk,VA,USA
... 2,400 Virginia Beach schools employees have been told they need to
get in touch with human resources after some documents in personnel 
files
were mistakenly ...
<http://www.wvec.com/news/investigates/stories/wvec_local_021506_vb_schoo
l_shredding.2ca8ac29.html>

DIGITAL Dialogue: Do e-mail logs affect privacy?
International Herald Tribune - France
... of keeping data really becomes apparent, I expect the data retention
period will ... for suggestions for the cheapest (preferably free) 
shared-document
platform. ...
<http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/02/15/business/ptdigit16.php>

PRISON records leaked to Web
Asahi Shimbun - Tokyo,Japan
... Among the files known to have been leaked are personal details, such
 as records of prisoners being questioned for breaking rules as well as
work instructions ...
<http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200602150153.html>


JUDGE: Firm not negligent in failure to encrypt data
ZDNet - USA
... unsuccessful. The judge noted that there was no evidence that the 
database
on the stolen laptop was used for identity fraud. After ...
<http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6039645.html>

DATA negligence suit thrown out of court
Silicon.com - UK
... unsuccessful. The judge noted there was no evidence that the 
database
on the stolen laptop was used for identity fraud. After the ...
<http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39156463,00.htm>

Fort Bend Now
Wilson Not Alone In Putting Records On Web For Public Benefit
<http://www.fortbendnow.com/opinion/726/wilson-not-alone-in-putting-recor
ds-on-web-for-public-benefit>

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Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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