RAIN 070216
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories 
related to records and archives management.

Open records act a loophole for spam
Red and Black - Athens,GA,USA
The proposed legislation failed because state officials deemed it 
unlawful to determine the intent of an open records request prior to 
the divulgence of the ...
<http://www.redandblack.com/news/2007/02/15/News/Open-Records.Act.A.Looph
ole.For.Spam-2720179.shtml>

Old records reside in counties forever
The Tennessean - Nashville,TN,USA
There are criminal records dating to 1860 and full case files from the 
1920s. Many files are available to the public electronically, but the 
papers exist ...
<http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070215/NEWS02/702
150385/1009/NEWS>

Technical experts take another step toward opening long secret ...
International Herald Tribune - France
The files occupy 25 kilometers (16 miles) of shelf space. When 
digitization is complete, the archive will comprise seven terabytes, or 
7000 gigabytes,...
<http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/15/europe/EU-GEN-Nazi-Archive.php
>

Not all data thieves face two-year prison threat
Out-Law.com - London,England,UK
The exclusion of most manual records systems was designed to alleviate 
the burden of cross referencing files in manual systems not designed 
for that purpose ...<http://www.out-law.com/page-7775>

Judge issues email restraining order
Hartselle Enquirer - Hartselle,AL,USA
... and David Hannah, as data processing manager, are temporarily 
restrained and enjoined from causing or allowing the destruction of any 
electronic records ...
<http://www.hartselleenquirer.com/articles/2007/02/15/news/news3.txt>

Kaiser Has Aches, Pains Going Digital
Insurance News Net - Harrisburg,PA,USA
Kaiser Permanente's $4-billion effort to computerize the medical 
records of its 8.6 million members has encountered repeated technical 
problems, ...<http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.asp?a=top_lh&id=75853>

The North East’s museums, libraries and archives have brought ...
n-e-life.com - Gateshead,UK
... hopefully, convince its users that the North East is the place to 
visit to enjoy our history, our museums, our libraries and our 
archives.”<http://www.n-e-life.com/foryou/article2.php?id=79778>

City looks to main library to house archives
Ottawa Citizen (subscription) - Ottawa,Ontario,Canada
A proposal to build a new home for the City of Ottawa's archives has 
been delayed to see whether money can be saved by constructing the 
facility in ...
<http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/story.html?id=27586cfd-60a7-4519-860
a-519dde1209ab&k=0>

AP via Yahoo! News, Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:50 AM PST
Nazi files' release wait for panel's OK
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070215/ap_on_re_eu/nazi_archive_1
Concentration camp and incarceration records would be the first Nazi 
documents released under a just-completed plan to make millions of 
files stored in Germany accessible to Holocaust researchers, the 
archive director said Thursday.

Mission to save manuscripts Second phase of survey from Thursday
Newindpress (subscription) - Chennai,India
T’PURAM: The State Archives will launch a post-survey of manuscripts 
throughout the state as part of the mission to save manuscripts from 
destruction. ...
<http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEO20070214235105&Page=O&Tit
le=Thiruvananthapuram&Topic=0>

On-line archive brings BC history to public
Georgia Straight - Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada
Hives is UBC’s archivist, and in recent years one of his passions has 
been digitizing university records and making them available over the 
Inter¬net. ...
  
<http://www.straight.com/article-70977/on-line-archive-brings-b-c-history
-to-public>

In Old Files, Fading Hopes of Anne Frank’s Family
New York Times - New York,NY,USA
... all I can in time to be able to avoid worse,” he wrote in a letter 
that forms part of a 78-page stack of newly uncovered documents 
released yesterday. ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/15/arts/15otto.html?hp&ex=1171515600&en=4
dd189abdbaebc30&ei=5094&partner=homepage>

Organize your data before storage
NetworkWorld.com - Southborough,MA,USA
I especially hate to lose files, because I can see the network-attached 
storage device holding the files from my desk. But wasting time 
searching for files ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/sbt/2007/0212smbtech1.html>

History told in postcard form
Mission City Record - Mission City,British Columbia,Canada
Many of these postcards are considered rare and a number of them are 
images that have never been seen before, according to archivist Val 
Billesberger....
<http://www.missioncityrecord.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=42&cat=23&i
d=833300&more=>

Opening more hours!
This Is Lancashire - Blackburn,England,UK
In addition extra staff will be on hand during at least one of these 
days to allow the archivist greater flexibility to carry out his duties 
while keeping ...
<http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.1196802.0.o
pening_more_hours.php>

Ohio chemist faces 10-year sentence for stealing trade secrets
Akron Beacon Journal - Akron,OH,USA
Investigators also found garbage bags filled with shredded DuPont 
documents and remains of DuPont documents in the fireplace. Other 
confidential documents ...
<http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/state/16706351.htm>

DuPont scientist admits downloading, stealing $400M worth of trade ...
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA
Gary Min pleaded guilty to stealing trade secrets from Wilmington, 
Del.-based DuPont in November 2006, but details of the case were 
officially unsealed only ...
<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&
articleId=9011367&intsrc=hm_list>

DuPont employee steals $400m in trade secrets
InfoWorld - San Francisco,CA,USA
14, 2006 found him in the process of erasing data from his hard drive, 
and
shredding DuPont technical documents and burning others in the 
fireplace.
Ooops!
<http://weblog.infoworld.com/techwatch/archives/010288.html>

Eli Lilly Recovers Confidential Documents But Loses Secrets To The Web
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
The judge rejected Eli Lilly's request to ban Web sites from publishing 
the documents based on the difficulty of enforcing such an order. By 
Thomas Claburn ...
<http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=19700624
5>

'Chook' song put on new national sound registry
ABC Online - Australia
Sound archivist Graham McDonald says the 'chook' song is one of the 
first 10 sound pieces to be placed on the register. 
...<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200702/s1849326.htm>

Presidents' libraries join forces on Web
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA
Archivist of the United States Allen Weinstein praised the project as 
"enormously helpful to students and teachers to use documents to 
understand American 
<http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/nation/4557416.html>


Rare Slim Dusty songs found
ABC Online - Australia
But now the National Archives has stumbled upon four previously unheard 
songs, written when the singer was just 15 years old. 
...<http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2007/s1849432.htm>

GOP lawmaker rips Justice's Berger probe
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
Last month, the National Archives Office of Inspector General said Mr. 
Berger left the building unescorted for a break and placed the papers 
"in an 
...<http://washingtontimes.com/national/20070214-103210-4735r.htm>

Losing the laptop blame game
ZDNet UK - UK
Nationwide was at fault not because it allowed a machine to be stolen 
 from the house of one of its employees, but because it was not prepared 
for such an 
...<http://opinion.zdnet.co.uk/leader/0,1000002208,39285945,00.htm>

Electronic Records Management in focus
Barbados Advocate - Barbados
... to approach Electronic Records Management projects and their 
implementation and developing processes, rules and guidelines to ensure 
compliance and also ...
<http://www.barbadosadvocate.com/NewViewNewsleft.cfm?Record=29939>

Chicago Records Management Launches Digital Services With ...
Data Storage Connection (press release) - USA
... fire-resistant vault, Chicago Records Management (CRM) is one of 
the largest independently owned records management centers in the US 
Founded in 1988, ...
<http://www.datastorageconnection.com/content/news/article.asp?DocID=%7B8
14FF3F8-11C1-41D0-B384-A9FAB2877F1E%7D&Bucket=Current+Headlines>

Fire Department records donated to Historical Society
Block Island Times - Block Island,RI,USA
The Historical Society has just received a collection that records the 
formation of another group dedicated to saving neighbors and strangers 
from danger: ...
<http://www.blockislandtimes.com/news/2007/0217/News/033.html>

Industrial espionage case reads like spy thriller
The News Journal - Wilmington,DE,USA
In it, he admitted to stealing data and thousands of DuPont documents 
relating to some of the company's best-known products -- Teflon, Kevlar 
and Lucite, ...
<http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070216/NEWS/7
02160337/1006/NEWS>


Legislation To Protect Hospital Records Being Introduced
Southern Maryland Online - MD,USA
... steps to destroy or arrange for the destruction of the records in a 
manner that makes the information unreadable or undecipherable through 
any mean. ...<http://somd.com/news/headlines/2007/5417.shtml>

Bank records turn up in trash
St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
"Nine times out of 10, it's because there's been an error involving the 
separation of documents for proper destruction and office trash," she 
said....
<http://www.sptimes.com/2007/02/16/Northpinellas/Bank_records_turn_up_.sh
tml>

From out of right field: What’s the penalty for destroying ...
Binghamton University Pipe Dream - Binghamton,NY,USA
Where’s an irate archivist with a sharp pencil when you need one? — 
Megan Donahue is a junior nursing major. She is currently taking 
donations o send the ...
<http://www.bupipedream.com/pipeline_web/display_article.php?id=4119>

Former state rep donates $150K for UMD Portuguese-American archives
SouthCoastToday.com - New Bedford,MA,USA
Mr. Dinis' gift is the latest investment made in UMass Dartmouth's 
campaign to raise $1.5 million for the Ferreira Mendes 
Portuguese-American Archives. ..
<http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/02-07/02-16-07/06local.htm>

National Archive to investigate postwar repatriations of Ingrians
Helsingin Sanomat - Helsinki,Uusimaa,Finland
Now the Finnish National Archive has started to investigate what 
actually happened to the tens of thousands of Ingrians who were in a 
similarsituation. ...
<http://www.hs.fi/english/article/National+Archive+to+investigate+postwar
+repatriations+of+Ingrians/1135225145919>

Insider Tries to Steal $400 Million at DuPont
Dark Reading - New York,NY,USA
Agents also found several garbage bags full of shredded DuPont 
documents and the remains of numerous confidential documents in ashes 
in Min's fireplace. ...
<http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=117605&WT.svl=news1_1>

$400 million corporate espionage incident at DuPont
SC Magazine US - USA
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) pulled the covers off a 
previously-sealed case of corporate espionage by a former DuPont 
scientist who stole $400-million ...
<http://scmagazine.com/us/news/article/633578/400-million-corporate-espio
nage-incident-dupont/>


Cutting through the shred tape
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
Fasken, 56, got the idea for his business on TV: "I was watching the 
news, and one of these shredding trucks pulled up to Enron, and I said, 
'What is that? ...<http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_5237062>

HP worker spills company secrets
Inquirer - Harrow,Middlesex,UK
Now that his or her NDA is expired, the worker felt the need to release 
14 trade secrets that the outfit likes to keep hidden. The Consumerist 
reports that ...<http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37672>

As Blogging Grows, So Do Its Do's and Don'ts
Law.com (subscription) - San Francisco,CA,USA
DO consider, before creating a corporate blog, how the posted content 
will affect the company's discovery and document-retention obligations. 
...
<http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLT.jsp?id=1171620175568
>




Peter Kurilecz
Richmond Va
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