RAIN 060310
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories 
related to records and archives management.

Coming to Your Desktop Soon: Clash of the Titans
EContent (press release) - Wilton,CT,USA
... desktop. This time, it is about content?specifically, office 
documents:
word processing, presentation, and spreadsheet files. The ...
<http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/ArticleReader.aspx?ArticleID=15110&C
ontextSubtypeID=9>

Judge halts state's bid for computer records
Providence Eyewitness News - RI,USA
WARWICK, RI (AP) -- A Superior Court judge has blocked state regulators
from copying computer hard drives and reading e-mails during an audit
of Beacon Mutual ...
<http://ww2.wpri.com/Global/story.asp?S=4612765>

Loss of Corporate Laptops (now Verizon) Continues to Expose ...
Newsinferno.com - New York,NY,USA
... wind up. In terms of lost and stolen computer records, 2005 was a 
very
bad year; and, so far, 2006 has not been any better. These ...
<http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/949>

Waiting for Metadata Standards
Enterprise Storage Forum - Darien,CT,USA
... We'll take a look at information lifecycle management (ILM) from the
vantage point of HSM, since metadata standards are still years away. ...
<http://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/management/features/article.php/35
90746>

Future trends in data lifecycle management
Continuity Central (press release) - huddersfield,UK
By Geoff Hough. It has been reported that information lifecycle 
management
ILM is so complex, that it?s almost impossible. Even ...
<http://www.continuitycentral.com/feature0314.htm>

Ewell's e-mails were erased
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
... records-retention policy. E-mails are records open to public 
inspection
under the California Public Records Act. Other state laws ...
<http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20060310-9999-7m10ewell.html>

Ex-workers at SL county recorder's office tell tale of favoritism ...
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
... In 2004, Ott agreed to pay the Salt Lake City-based company an 
additional
$437,750 over four years for off-site record storage. ...
<http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_3588121>

Washington Post, Fri, 10 Mar 2006 6:32 AM PST
Government Health Researchers Pressed to Share Data at No Charge
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/09/AR2006030

901960.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy
Political momentum is growing for a change in federal policy that would
require government-funded health researchers to make the results of 
their work
freely available on the Internet.

U-Haul store records found in ID theft case
Sacramento Bee - CA, USA
... He noted that consumers hurt by improper shredding or destruction of
records can sue for up to $3,000 under state civil laws. Anthony ...
<http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/crime/story/14228328p-15051772c.html>


Minister apologizes for mishandled tapes
Parksville Qualicum News - BC, Canada
... NDP MLA Jagrup Brar said the release of 30,000 Canadian refugee 
records
on the tapes ... he said he favours a permanent ban on the sale of data
storage materials. ...
<http://www.pqbnews.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=50&cat=23&id=605968&m
ore=>

In future, tapes to be destroyed, de Jong says
Vancouver Sun (subscription) - Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada
... four or five years ago" that allowed citizens' personal records to
get into ... people's privacy, has not yet determined how many other 
data
storage devices have ...
<http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=fdde4464-4c4a-4bbe
-8102-74d2944c6be9>

Free Search Engine Identifies Unknown Windows Files
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
... com. The database holds approximately 25 million unique files and 
250
million records to source and identify the software. Bit9 ...
<http://www.informationweek.com/windows/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=18150
2765&subSection=Securityc>
http://shrinkster.com/cw7

Hard-Disk Risk
CSO - Framingham,MA,USA
... It was a simple matter to undelete the data files and retrieve their
secrets as ... Another had e-mail and personal financial records of a
45-year-old fellow in ...
<http://www.csoonline.com/read/040103/machine.html>
http://shrinkster.com/cw8


Court rules in favor of Mobile paper in expunged records case
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer - Columbus,GA,USA
... Court Judge James Lackey and the court clerk last year after being
denied access to expunged records. City court officials had removed the
files from public ...
<http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/local/14068955.ht
m>

Court Kills RI Subpoena of Beacon Mutual Files
Insurance Journal - USA
... State regulators have been reviewing records at the company's 
headquarters
in Warwick. But the company refused to let state auditors copy files 
from
22 ...
<http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2006/03/10/66344.htm>

Coping With PACS: A Brooklyn Tale
Byteandswitch.com - New York,NY,USA
... Maimonides can begin moving records it stored for seven years out of
its ... The software must read DICOM headers across all files, including
emails, prescriptions ...
<http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=90531&WT.svl=news1_1>

Hooked on handwriting
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
We communicate via email rather than letter. ... The Spanish destruction
of Mayan civilisation meant the loss of thousands of documents; only 
four
codices survive. ...
<http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/write-bother/2006/03/09/114170163
6808.html>

Heard on the Street: Rambus faces legal crapshoot
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
... a decision in January by US District Judge Ronald Whyte in San Jose
to dismiss Hynix allegations that Rambus improperly destroyed documents
associated with the ...
<http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06069/668417.stm>

Task force to look into e-mail practices after Ewell disclosures
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
SAN DIEGO ? An investigation was initiated Friday into the city's 
document
retention practices after it was learned that about 8,800 e-mails from
former San ...
<http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20060310-1604-missingsemails.ht
ml>


Insurance and Technology, Fri, 10 Mar 2006 9:58 AM PST
One Size Does Not Fit All
http://www.insurancetech.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=181500474
Information life cycle management is growing in popularity as insurers
rethink how they manage data.




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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