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

Littleton Historical Society receives research inventory grant
Littleton Independent - Concord,MA,USA
The Society has hired Phyllis E. Steele, Ph.D., a certified archivist,
to inventory the journals, letters, and historical papers of three 
generations
of the ...
<http://www2.townonline.com/littleton/artsLifestyle/view.bg?articleid=526
013>

Sarbanes-Oxley impact extends far beyond public companies
BusinessJournalism.org - USA
... Destruction of documents: SOX makes it illegal to destroy or alter
a document to prevent its use in a legal action ... Availability of 
financial
records should be ...
<http://www.businessjournalism.org/pages/biz/2006/06/sarbanesoxley_impact
_extends_f/>

Caught On Tape: Floodwaters Creep Into Business
NBC 4.com - Washington,DC,USA
... Video from inside the showroom showed water creeping in to destroy
the company's inventory, and more footage showed the destruction of 
records
going back for ...
<http://www.nbc4.com/weather/9444051/detail.html>

Keeping Worthless Data
B-EYE-Network - Boulder,CO,USA
... This brings us to a discussion of archival data. In years past, 
archival
data was a graveyard. I recall my first experience with archival data.
<http://www.b-eye-network.com/view/2960?jsessionid=9d9b226a5c1af6e558500a
67f26b90eb>

Oh Canada, we go online for thee
Ottawa Citizen - Ontario, Canada
... bills itself "the gateway to Canada's collective memory," and its 
website
(www.archivescanada.ca) provides access to the Canadian Archival 
Collection,
which ...
<http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/technology/story.html?id=4c6628
e5-8827-4bba-b79a-62f1495270a3>

De-Classifying Data Classification
Byteandswitch.com - New York,NY,USA
... says. "Not all our confidential documents need to be on the top tier
of storage because they're not accessed all the time. Compellent's ...
<http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=98324&WT.svl=news2_1>

EADs files complaint over publication of confidential documents
Zee News - Noida,India
Paris, June 29: EADs, the parent company of Airbus, filed a complaint 
over
the publication of audit committee draft documents in the press and 
launched
an ...
<http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=305907&ssid=51&sid=BUS>

Clark County Considers Changing Recorder Position
KLAS-TV - Las Vegas,NV,USA
... state legislative session next year, Clark County District Court ...
capable of absorbing the recorder's office staff ... at the University
of Nevada, Las Vegas, was a ...
<http://www.klastv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5080801&nav=168Y>

Clark County might ask Legislature to change recorder position
Las Vegas Sun - Las Vegas,NV,USA
LAS VEGAS (AP) - With Clark County's elected recorder facing criminal 
corruption
charges, administrators are again considering asking the state 
Legislature
to ...
<http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2006/jun/26/062610875.h
tml>

Porter closes business
Reporter-Times - Martinsville,IN,USA
... Sonnega said it appears that many organizations do not have a “paper
trail” to follow and that many of the computer records are missing.
<http://www.reporter-times.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=33518&format
=html>

Navy contractor arrested for alleged computer system sabotage
GovExec.com - USA
... Later, investigators used computer records and interviews to trace
the malicious code back to Sylvestre, who had apparently programmed them
to run at a future ...
<http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=34443&dcn=todaysnews>

CG moves ahead with scanning documents
Casa Grande Valley Newspapers - Casa Grande,AZ,USA
The latest addition, authorized during the City Council meeting last 
week,
is the start of a program to scan documents into computer records. ...
<http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16860387&BRD=1817&PAG=461&dept
_id=68561&rfi=6>

Blagojevich Downplays Report Of Personnel List, Computer Records ...
WBBM780 - Chicago,USA
... Wednesday directing 15 state agencies to compile lists of everyone
who has worked in their personnel offices since 2003 and to inventory
their computer records ...
<http://www.wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=165294>
Identity theft to be focus of research center
Austin American-Statesman (subscription) - Austin,TX,USA
... of Veterans Affairs analyst in Maryland. In February 2005, 
Alpharetta,
Ga.-based ChoicePoint Inc. announced that it might have improperly ...
<http://www.statesman.com/business/content/business/stories/other/06/29id
entity.html>

ChoicePoint buys vital records firm
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - GA, USA
Alpharetta-based ChoicePoint has acquired Memphis-based USCerts, a small
firm that provides state vital records online. The buyout price wasn't
released. ...
<http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/stories/0628bizchoice.html>


America's Most Precious Documents Are Dry For The Fourth Of July
W*USA 9 - Washington,DC,USA
However, like the Library Of Congress, The National Archives is one of
the most important depositories which keeps the national 'treasures' on
paper safe and ...
<http://wusa9.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=50453>

Canterbury town clerk rejects new request for financial records
Norwich Bulletin - Norwich,CT,USA
... "We have done what we are supposed to do and now we are going to see
if they are determined public records or private records," Spruance 
said.
<http://www.norwichbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060629/NEWS0
1/606290331/1002>

NEW TODAY: Real Salt Lake drops appeal in leaked documents case
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
... Terry Ellis, records manager for the county, says she canceled a 
hearing
scheduled Monday after receiving the letter a few days prior. ...
<http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_3993849>

Laptop stolen from VA recovered
Washington Technology - Washington,DC,USA
The Department of Veterans Affairs said today that law enforcement 
officials
recovered the stolen laptop containing the personal data of more than
26 million ...
<http://www.washingtontechnology.com/news/1_1/daily_news/28853-1.html>

Insurers' Aim: Tame the Document Bull
Insurance Networking News - New York,NY,USA
... In AIIM's survey of 2,100 records and information managers, more 
than
two-thirds (68%) don't have a plan in place to preserve electronic 
records
that need to ...
<http://www.insurancenetworking.com/protected/article.cfm?articleId=4122>



RecordFusion's Technology: Offers Answer to South Carolina's Land ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... "Several states in the Southeast, including Georgia and North 
Carolina,
have been utilizing electronic records management systems since 1996.
<http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news
_view&newsId=20060629005661&newsLang=en>

NHS found to use inadequate security in data storage
Computer Business Review - UK
... A survey on the use of portable data storage devices in the 
healthcare
... NHS trust or organization downloading sensitive or patient records
should automatically ...
<http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=FCBC036C-752A-4BA2-B197-8
E2D66ED3C12>

Records not in peril, officials say
Hattiesburg American - Hattiesburg,MS,USA
... "Most of those have been addressed.". Forrest County computer files
are backed up nightly off site, he said. Because Forrest County ...
<http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060629/N
EWS01/606290334/1002>

Delray Historical Society seeking new home for city’s archive
Boca Raton News - FL, USA
Representatives from the Historical Society met with City Commissioners
last week to discuss where the city archives could be relocated within
the next few ...
<http://www.bocaratonnews.com/index.php?src=news&prid=16008&category=Loca
l%20News>

Washington Post, Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:20 PM PDT
Beneath a Treasure of Documents, a Stinky Mess
<<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/29/AR20060
62902221.html?nav=rss_metro>>
The chief archivist of the United States of America immediately seized
on a single, all-important question when an aide woke him at 1:40 a.m.
Monday to report massive flooding at the National Archives.

Times Online, Thu, 29 Jun 2006 4:55 PM PDT
Lost images expose truth of Great War
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-2250106,00.html
A TREASURE trove of photographs from the Battle of the Somme has been
found in a damp village attic, giving a rare insight into the German 
view of the
First World War.


BBC News
The History Bloke
By San Coughlan
History has got hip. And genealogy is getting radical. Popular 
history's poster boy, Tony Robinson, explains why the past means so 
much to the present. And how a "turnip-loving moron" came to his rescue.
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/5124114.stm>




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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