RAIN 061202
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories
related to records and archives management.
Comment - The various stories on the new eDiscovery rules have been
fascinating to read primarily because they contain so much
misinformation concerning the retention of records. Feel free to send
comments and corrections to the relevant news sites.
pak
New York Times
Old Records Go In, CD's Come Out
ARE you over 30? Sorry to hear it. That makes you part of the
Transition Generation, those who have witnessed the world’s shift from
analog to digital recordings. You therefore probably have a collection
of phonograph records, audiocassettes and videotapes sitting in a
closet somewhere at this very moment.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/17/technology/17pogue.html?>
Hoover Library Association director leaving
Gazette Online - Solon,IA,USA
WEST BRANCH, IA - The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association in
West Branch is looking for a new executive director. Pat ...
<http://gazetteonline.com/2006/11/29/Home/News/herberthooverlibrarydirect
or.htm>
Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News, Fri, 01 Dec 2006 4:00 PM PST
New Rules For Holding Onto E-Records May Be Expensive Headache For Firms
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20061202/bs_ibd_ibd/2006121general
The implications of that corporate e-mail you just sent changed as of
Friday. That's when rules kicked in requiring companies to keep track
of all electronic messages, from e-mail to instant messages to notes on
BlackBerry handhelds.
Rules add to records burden
St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
... Under the new rules, an information technology employee who
routinely
copies over a backup computer tape could be committing "virtual
shredding"
once a lawsuit ...
<http://www.sptimes.com/2006/12/02/Business/Rules_add_to_records_.shtml>
Companies now face tougher e-mail rules
San Antonio Express - San Antonio,TX,USA
... "Even smoking-gun documents can be ... technology employee who
routinely copies over a backup computer tape could be committing
"virtual
shredding," said Alvin F ...
<http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/stories/MYSA120206.01A.StoringEmail
s.30b2fd4.html>
New law requires businesses to save employee e-mails and more
KRIS-TV - Corpus Christi,TX,USA
... Following the downfall of Enron, employees were accused of shredding
documents that cut off the paper trail that could have lead to evidence
of
corporate fraud ...
<http://www.kristv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5758918>
Health Hazard: Computers Spilling Your History
New York Times - United States
... heart surgery, but that didn’t stop computer hackers, including
people working at the hospital, from trying to get a peek at the
electronic
records of his ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/03/business/yourmoney/03health.html?ref=y
ourmoney>
Feds tighten electronic records rules
Contra Costa Times - CA,USA
By Christopher S. Rugaber. AP. WASHINGTON - US companies will need to
know
more about where they store e-mails, instant messages and ...
<http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/16148290.htm>
E-Discovery May Target Unexpected Sources
Law.com (subscription) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... In cases where these secondary systems are hosted and stored by
third
parties, they may not even be governed by data-retention policies. ...
<http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLT.jsp?id=1164981804524
>
Patients will be ignored over privacy of records
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
The Government is to reject the objections of any patients who do not
want
their medical records on its new centralised computer system, The Sunday
Telegraph ...
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/12/03/nhs03.xm
l>
To Meet Modern Needs, States Put Birth Records on Computers
New York Times - United States
... death and marriage records to electronic files in January, a ... The
archive includes 26 million documents on 43 ... housed the state’s main
records collection, said ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/03/us/03birth.html>
Preserve archives, New Orleans photographer warns
Victoria Times Colonist - Victoria,BC,Canada
HAMILTON (CP) -- A New Orleans photographer has been travelling North
America for the past month with a message about history. Registered ...
<http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/life/story.html?id=0b87
f2be-d961-456f-8777-d42bba389c1d>
Peter Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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