RAIN 070206
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories
related to records and archives management.
Research Reveals Data Loss Still Major Threat Despite Increased ...
Government Technology - Folsom,CA,USA
Eighty-four percent of respondents said their organization has a policy
regarding the treatment of sensitive information, with that group
citing shredding
...<http://www.govtech.net/magazine/channel_story.php/103777>
SMU pressed to fight Bush's secrecy
KVUE (subscription) - Austin,TX,USA
In response to a 2002 records request at his library in Simi Valley,
Calif., he asked the National Archives to withhold 11 documents. ...
<http://www.kvue.com/news/state/stories/020507kvuebushsecrecy-cb.53d227f8
.html>
Crist Staff Mixes Up Public Record
Lakeland Ledger - Lakeland,FL,USA
But for a while last week, the state no longer seemed to have those
electronic records of Bush's governance. When the St. Petersburg Times
asked Gov. ...
<http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070205/NEWS/702050
342/1004>
Duracell Worker Stole Trade Secrets
Forbes - NY,USA
A Connecticut man pleaded guilty Friday to stealing trade secrets from
Proctor & Gamble subsidiary Duracell Corp., authorities said.
...<http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/02/02/ap3390199.html>
Former Duracell Employee Stole Trade Secrets
Dark Reading - New York,NY,USA
FEBRUARY 5, 2007 | CHICAGO -- A former Duracell employee pleaded guilty
Friday to one count of stealing trade secrets from the battery company,
...
<http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=116374&WT.svl=cmpnews2_1>
Guilty verdict in Coca-Cola trade secrets trial
Guardian Unlimited - UK
Former Coca-Cola secretary Joya Williams faces up to 10 years in prison
after being found guilty of conspiring to steal trade secrets in an
effort to sell
...<http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2004878,00.html>
The Daily Times, Mon, 05 Feb 2007 1:37 AM PST
Electronic documents pose challenge for HR
http://www.delmarvanow.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070205/BUSINESS/702050320
Human resource professionals are well aware of the importance of
documentation and routinely instruct managers to document, document,
document. Years ago, these documents were all printed and the resulting
piece of paper was filed in the relevant personnel or discipline files.
Public service or threat?
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/113-02052007-1294387.html
Bucks County now puts images of legal documents online, something
Montgomery County is reluctant to do out of fear of identity thieves.
Uncovering black history in Montana
Great Falls Tribune - Great Falls,MT,USA
In the archives of the Cascade County Historical Society are tens of
thousands of black-and-white photographs of Great Falls' early citizens
....
<http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070205/LIF
ESTYLE/702050306>
GAO Cites Medical Privacy Issues
Consumer Affairs - USA
In another blow to the federal government's crusade for a nationwide
infrastructure for sharing of medical records, the Government
Accountability Office
<http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2007/02/gao_privacy.html>
University Library receives treasure trove of Southeast Asian ...
Sacramento State University - Sacramento,CA,USA
The Sacramento State Library has strengthened its cultural and
historical resources with a significant gift from the Refugee
Educators’ Network (REN).
...<http://www.csus.edu/news/020507AsianLibraryCollection.stm>
Digital Librarian Digging into SDSU Presidential History
SDSUniverse - San Diego,CA,USA
The project requires digging through the rich resources of University
Archives and determining which artifacts are the most significant for
presentation ...<http://www.sdsuniverse.info/story.asp?id=49917>
Back to our roots
Barking and Dagenham Post - London,England,UK
Hundreds turned out to The East of London Family History Society's
annual fair to scour archives, pour through sepia-toned photographs,
and get advice on ...
<http://www.bdpost.co.uk/content/barkinganddagenham/post/news/story.aspx?
brand=BDPOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsbdp&item
id=WeED05%20Feb%202007%2015%3A03%3A16%3A037>
Haunting images from doomed expedition
Blackburn Citizen - UK
Geoff was entrusted with these priceless artefacts - including the
original glass negatives taken by expedition photographer Frank Hurley
- and will be...
<http://www.blackburncitizen.co.uk/leisure/whatson/display.var.1170001.0.
haunting_images_from_doomed_expedition.php>
Benjamin Hufbauer: A major partisan institute is a major ...
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - TX,USA
Some say that real history at presidential library museums isn't
possible, but this is wrong. The best presidential museum is at the
Truman Library in ...
<http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/viewpoints/storie
s/DN-hufbauer_05edi.ART.State.Edition1.2949d8e.html>
Businesses need to take steps to protect departing employees from ...
Security Park - Winkfield,UK
threats from insiders as the average European office worker takes 11
confidential documents out of their business weekly. Dutch employees
are the worst ...
<http://www.securitypark.co.uk/article.asp?articleid=26423&CategoryID=1>
Workers using USB sticks to remove sensitive data
Siliconrepublic.com - Dublin,Ireland
On average, European office workers take 11 confidential documents out
of their business weekly, according to the research.
...<http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/news.nv?storyid=single7744>
Coke Spy Tries to Sell Coca-Cola Secrets to Pepsi
Associated Content - Denver,CO,USA
In addition, in taped wiretapped conversations, co-conspirators Dimson
and Duhaney discuss how they need to get more confidential documents
and product ...
<http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/141112/coke_spy_tries_to_sell_c
ocacola_secrets.html>
Workers ignore data rules
iT News - Australia
... operate under company rules about how to treat sensitive
information, 1 in 5 admitted to leaving confidential documents in a
common printer output tray.
<http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=45422&src=site-marq>
Alexandria symphony a 'Dream'
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
With permission from Warner Bros. and with the aid of a part-time USC
archivist and violinist-composer Gary Dov Gertzweig, the desired
excerpts from the ...
<http://washingtontimes.com/entertainment/20070204-101330-2223r.htm>
VA Loses Another Hard Drive, Vet Data At Risk
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
Investigation revives data security debate eight months after a similar
incident involving a stolen laptop. By Gregg Keizer
...<http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=19700
3305>
Chronicle of Higher Education
U. of California Sues the Family of Jacques Derrida Over the Noted
Philosopher's Papers
By RICHARD BYRNE and AISHA LABI
The University of California has sued the family of Jacques Derrida, a
pioneer in contemporary philosophy and literary theory who died in
2004. The lawsuit is the first public eruption of a bitter,
behind-the-scenes battle that involves both the papers and, perhaps,
the legacy of the thinker.
<http://chronicle.com/temp/email2.php?id=Bz5kbqZpfrnng4mbmQtg5xpgmRXPgcdG
>
Wall St Journal
Help Wanted: Bank Officials To Watch Cash
Compliance Executives Are in Growing Demand As Regulation Increases
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117071792938998839-email.html>
BBC
Discord over Bush's lavish library plans
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6309755.stm>
Inside Higher Ed
Broadening the Bush Library Debate
As professors at Southern Methodist University have mobilized against
the plans to build President Bush’s library there, their focus has not
been the library, but a policy institute to be affiliated with it that
would have as its mission promoting the Bush philosophy.
<http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/02/06/library>
The Mountain Press (Tn)
Tour sheds light on conditions
<http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1211&dept_id=169689&newsid=178024
61&PAG=461&rfi=9>
Is Identity Theft Decreasing?
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
Young adults are at greatest risk of identity fraud because they're
less likely to take precautions such as shredding mail or other
documents with personal ...
<http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thecheckout/2007/02/is_identity_theft_dec
reasing.html?nav=rss_blog>
Audit of Blackwell office requested
Columbus Dispatch - Columbus,OH,USA
The shredding of documents before J. Kenneth Blackwell left office as
secretary of state is one reason his successor wants a complete audit
of the office. ...
<http://www.columbusdispatch.com/news-story.php?story=dispatch/2007/02/06
/20070206-D3-02.html>
Historical Society seeks fire protection
Sioux City Journal - Sioux City,IA,USA
... is 53 years old and lacks return air ducts. The system also can't
maintain the temperature and humidity levels necessary to meet state
archive requirements.
<http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2007/02/06/news/nebraska/7a0355
09c0494ae38625727a000cf927.txt>
DCF tries to salvage waterlogged records
Daytona Beach News-Journal - Daytona,FL,USA
The state Department of Children & Families has contracted with a
records recovery company to try to salvage its water-damaged files. ...
<http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Headlines/frtHE
AD09020607.htm>
Police Find Trash Bin Full Of Personal Records
NBC5i.com - Ft. Worth,TX,USA
They said the files once belonged to the defunct bill collection
company Metro Credit Services, and that the owner of the building at
which the company once
...<http://www.nbc5i.com/news/10943763/detail.html>
United States: E-Discovery: Understanding The Safe Harbor Provision
Mondaq News Alerts (subcription) - London,UK
... the volumes of data now involved in daily transactions practically
demand that data retention practices be addressed and formalized in a
written policy. ...
<http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=46082&searchresults=1>
Public Records Dance
Government Technology - Folsom,CA,USA
The law's core tenets spread in the decade that followed through
citizen initiatives in what are now known as "open records states."
...<http://www.govtech.net/magazine/story.php?id=103626>
Firms struggle with e-mail storage
ComputerWeekly.com - UK
Iron Mountain also found that 55% of firms had experienced an e-mail
outage in the past 12 months, putting valuable company information held
in e-mail out ...
<http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/02/06/221641/firms-struggle-
with-e-mail-storage.htm>
Step into Oregon's attic
The Regal Courier - King City,OR,USA
Paintings that don’t have a place on the wall at the Oregon Historical
Society’s downtown museum hang for now in a Gresham warehouse. ...
<http://www.theregalcourier.com/features/story.php?story_id=1170698065902
73200>
Kingsport Times-News, Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:04 PM PST
Kingsport Library's electronic archive opens window to the Model City's
history
http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=9000791
Delivery of Chicks Description: Tri-City Airport's Air Express package
delivery
of baby chicks. The boxes read "Baby Chick" and "KNOXVILLE,TENN."
Why the FoI Act needs protecting AND boosting
Guardian Unlimited - UK
This is the kind of story that exposes the inadequacy of the current
operation of the Freedom of Information Act before it is further
neutered by government ...
<http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/greenslade/2007/02/why_the_foi_act_needs_pro
tecti.html>
Texas treasures on display
News 8 Austin - Austin,TX,USA
The Legislature is currently considering appropriating $21 million for
the complete renovation of the Texas State Library and Archives
Commission building ...
<http://www.news8austin.com/content/your_news/default.asp?ArID=178820>
Dismay at archives' hours cut
Wigan Observer - Wigan,England,UK
Professional and amateur researchers today queued up to complain that
access time to both the History Shop in Wigan and Leigh Archives are to
be drastically ...
<http://www.wiganonline.co.uk/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=2027113§ioni
d=66>
A chance to help NCSE's archives!
National Center for Science Education - Oakland,CA,USA
NCSE's archives house a unique trove of material on the
creationism/evolution controversy, and we regard it as part of our
mission to preserve it for ...
<http://www.ncseweb.org/resources/news/2007/ZZ/499_a_chance_to_help_ncse3
9s_ar_2_6_2007.asp>
'Kooky' photograph continues to spawn theories
Sheboygan Press - Sheboygan,WI,USA
"He'd speculate that they were shooting glass negatives and the
emulsions weren't very sensitive and they had to stage these things so
that the people could ...
<http://www.sheboygan-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070206/SHE01
01/702060429/1062/SHEnews>
Rights leader's files unearthed
Miami Herald - FL,USA
The documents found in a vacant barn last November will have no bearing
on the closed cased, McCollum said. He delivered the find to Evangeline
Moore, ...<http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/16630812.htm>
Woman discovers personal information in dumpster
AZFamily (subscription) - Phoenix,AZ,USA
Coleman says he doesn't know how the sensitive documents got into his
files. He says he didn't steal them and has done nothing wrong. ...
<http://www.azfamily.com/news/local/stories/KTVKLNews20070206_documents_d
umpster_baja-blue.5a06d12b.html>
SMU confirms park could be used for library site
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - TX,USA
He also said a lot depends on what the presidential library site
selection committee wants, if it does award the library to SMU.
...<http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN
-smusite_06met.ART0.State.Edition2.299b067.html>
Baghdad Day to Day: Librarian’s Journal
New York Times - New York,NY,USA
Dr. Eskander said that a friend who works at the National Archives in
Britain suggested he write a diary for an archivists’ Web site.
...<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/07/books/07libe.html?ref=books>
Bigger fine again ordered for King County public records delay
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Seattle,WA,USA
The case already has been before the state Supreme Court once, and
Yousoufian said Hayden's award was the largest in a public records
dispute in Washington
...<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420AP_WA_Disclosure_Fine.html>
Who’s in charge of deciding access to public records?
Ottumwa Courier - Ottumwa,IA,USA
As the lawful custodian of public records, a government body is
obligated to decide whether a record should be confidential or should
be released for ...
<http://www.ottumwacourier.com/opinion/local_story_037104414.html?keyword
=topstory>
Peter Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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