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

Legal Departments Tell Firms: Get on the Tech Train
Law.com (subscription) - San Francisco,CA,USA
Raytheon's Abbott, for example, says there's a written company policy 
governing document retention, but that there are no electronic controls 
yet. ...<http://www.law.com/jsp/ihc/PubArticleIHC.jsp?id=1171965782119>

Used Hard Drives Offer Treasure Trove Of Private Information
Forensic experts analyzed used hard drives and found porn, driver's 
license numbers, medical information, and even one man's last will and 
testament.
<http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=1970074
44>

Keep data safe with backup plan
Bradenton Herald - Bradenton,FL,USA
Fortunately, there are many ways to preserve your files so data loss 
never happens to you. One method of backing up files is to burn them to 
DVDs or CDs ...
<http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/business/16743357.htm>

Justice Department Covered Up For Sandy Berger
Judicial Watch - Washington,DC,USA
He stole the files, hid them under a construction trailer and later 
tried to get a trash collector to retrieve them. He also destroyed and 
cut into small ...
<http://www.corruptionchronicles.com/2007/02/justice_department_covered_u
p.html>

Warner Lord takes on role of town historian
Shoreline Times - Guilford,CT,USA
"For a long time, I had to clarify to people that I was not the town 
historian, I was the archivist," says Lord. "Now I don't have to do 
that anymore." ...
<http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1630&dept_id=7736&newsid=17870455
&PAG=461&rfi=9>

A Shepherd For Memories
Hartford Courant - Hartford,CT,USA
"She kind of is a walking archives," said Margaret Mair, who came to 
the university in 2005, succeeding Bacon as a full-time archivist. ...
<http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-ctarchivist0221.artfeb21,0,5669661.
story?coll=hc-headlines-local>

New archivist joins history center
Daily News - Galveston County - TX,USA
She trained in the university’s Walter P. Reuther Archives of Labor and 
Urban Affairs, where she gained familiarity with processing and 
reference. 
<http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=4ae47b89936811e3>
Berger Case Still Roils Archives, Justice Dept.
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
While waving his own leg in the air in illustration, Paul Brachfeld, 
inspector general of the National Archives and Records Administration, 
asked the group ...
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/20/AR200702
2001344.html>

Taking contact info when you leave a job could be illegal
KHOU (subscription) - Houston,TX,USA
A Katy Loan officer is now facing charges accused of shredding computer 
file documents. “It’s common sense. It’s not something that you would 
accidentally ...
<http://www.khou.com/news/local/stories/khou070221_jj_computerbreach_.218
c73da.html>

Discarded documents prompt more controversy in Charlestown
New Albany Tribune - IN,USA
A campaign worker for Bob Hall recently filed an open-records request 
for documentation surrounding the discarded paperwork. In replying to 
the request, ...
<http://www.news-tribune.net/clarkcounty/local_story_052111825.html?keywo
rd=secondarystory>

More of chiropractor's records found dumped
San Antonio Express - San Antonio,TX,USA
More medical files from a San Antonio chiropractor were found dumped in 
atrash bin. This time credit card numbers, X-rays and even urine 
samples were found ...
<http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA022007.chiropractorre
cordsfound.KENS.1e43ad8a.html>

Life caching revisited -- Gordon Bell's digital life
Guardian Unlimited - UK
It also records the files he opens, the songs he plays and the searches 
he performs. The system even monitors which windows are in the 
foreground of his ...
<http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/archives/2007/02/21/life_caching_
revisited_gordon_bells_digital_life.html>

PhillyHistory.org Makes Thousands of Historic Photos Available to ...
HULIQ - Hickory,NC,USA
Until recently, this vast collection was stored in the depths of the 
City  Archives. Now, the Department of Records is making these 
photographs available to ...
<http://www.huliq.com/11859/phillyhistory-org-makes-thousands-of-historic
-photos-available-to-the-public>

Preserving Mitchell's Planet
http://www.richmond.com/news/output.aspx?from=rss&feed=features&article_id=4590000
Richmonder and former slave John Mitchell Jr. took on post-Civil War 
race issues one newspaper at a time in  The Richmond Planet .


County records offered online for the first time
Lancaster Newspapers - Lancaster,PA,USA
By PJ Reilly, Staff. Lancaster County Recorder of Deeds Steve McDonald 
on Wednesday unveiled a first-of-its-kind program which will allow 
people to get ...<http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/200918>

Brown assumes duties as commission scribe
Harrison Daily Times - Harrison,AR,USA
15 as custodian of the county's records and told Presiding Commissioner 
John Grubaugh that she or one of her deputy clerks would be recording 
the minutes of ...
<http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17874543&BRD=1815&PAG=461&dept
_id=59849&rfi=6>

Award-winning photographer donates thousands of pictures to UNT ...
TexasGigs - Dallas,TX,USA
He recently donated his collection to the University of North Texas 
Archives as the José L. Castillo Photograph Collection. The UNT 
Archives will formerly ...
<http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2007/feb/21/award-winning-photographer-d
onates-thousands-pictu/>

TJ Maxx parent's breach worse than thought at first
SunJournal.com (subscription) - Lewiston,ME,USA
TJ Maxx said its computer records had been hacked at different times 
dating back to 2003. TJX initially said the intrusion began in May 2006 
and ran into 
...<http://www.sunjournal.com/story/200317-3/Business/TJ_Maxx_parents_bre
ach_worse_than_thought_at_first/>

County to limit access to public records online
HeraldNet - Everett,WA,USA
County officials estimate 2.2 million public documents including about 
11.1 million pages are recorded and indexed on the county's Web site, 
...
<http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/07/02/22/100loc_a1records001.cfm>

Easily obtained documents can open door to identity thieves
WKYC-TV - Cleveland,OH,USA
Eric found social security numbers and dates of birth can be found in 
several public documents. But many people have little control over who 
sees these ...
<http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=63355&provider=gnews>


Reflections of RI's past
Pawtucket Times - Pawtucket,RI,USA
The idea behind the exhibition, says State Archivist R. Gwenn Stearn, 
is to "whet your appetite" for the hundreds of years worth of 
documents, artifacts, ...
<http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17881773&BRD=1713&PAG=461&dept
_id=24491&rfi=6>

MS dirty tricks archive trickles back to life
Register - London,England,UK
... from Microsoft and you're back to square one. Useful though it is, 
it's not really an archive in any sense of the word that an archivist 
would understand. 
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/21/microsoft_archive_not_lost/>

SnoCo removing some public online records
KNDO/KNDU - Yakima,WA,USA
Snohomish County plans to limit access to some online public records to 
prevent identity theft. The auditor, Carolyn Diepenbrock, says marriage 
certificates ...
<http://www.kndo.com/Global/story.asp?S=6126992&nav=menu484_2_10>

Allard steps in to save Clinton portrait
Rocky Mountain News - Denver,CO,USA
In a letter to Allen Weinstein, national archivist at the US National 
Archives and Records Administration, Allard wrote, "The Colorado State 
Capitol rotunda ...
<http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_53706
29,00.html>

Documents Reveal Planned Invasion Of Japan
Playfuls.com - Targu Mures,Romania
Documents found in London's National Archives reportedly show China, 
North Korea and the former Soviet Union may have planned an invasion of 
Japan. ...
<http://www.playfuls.com/news_10_15420-Documents-Reveal-Planned-Invasion-
Of-Japan.html>

Competition From Former Employees: Ohio Appellate Court Clarifies ...
Mondaq News Alerts (subcription) - London,UK
The decision also highlights several critical steps that employers 
should take if and when an employee leaves to compete, and when company 
trade secrets, 
...<http://www.mondaq.com/i_article.asp_Q_articleid_E_46476>

Emails As Evidence: Business Owners Face New Procedures
Accountingweb.com - Indianapolis,IN,USA
Mandating storage of paper documents when litigation is in the air is 
nothing new. Courts frequently order that shredding policies be 
suspendedto preserve ...<http://www.accountingweb.com/item/103193>

National Archives to Dedicate new Southwest Regional Records ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
The facility includes a 1000 square-foot, state-of-the-art electronic 
records storage vault that will allow the National Archives, for the 
first time in its 
...<http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/stor
y/02-22-2007/0004532653&EDATE=>

Bankruptcy dept eyes doc management
ZDNet.com.au - Australia
ITSA is currently using a case management system to provide "adequate" 
electronic records management, with a range of other document 
management methods also ...
<http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Bankruptcy_dept_eyes_doc_manag
ement/0,130061733,339273784,00.htm>


Switch to e-records lags behind other countries
Globe and Mail - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
... five of the nation's biggest corporations, including Wal-Mart 
Stores Inc., announced plans to give their employees electronic 
records. ...
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070222.wehealth22/B
NStory/GlobeTQ/home>

Millions of Shoah records will finally be revealed
The Jewish Journal of greater L.A - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... the Allied zone of occupation that captured the files. The American 
Zone is subgroup 2.1.1; the British Zone is 2.1.2. Nazi employment 
bureau records, 
...<http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=17256>

Harvey still searching for missing records
Chicago Daily Southtown - Chicago,IL,USA
Analysts sometimes can see when files are deleted. "When you delete a 
file in Windows, it's not truly removed from the hard drive," he said. 
...<http://www.dailysouthtown.com/news/267860,222NWS2.article>

Judge rescinds order to destroy Pitzel's files
Gary Post Tribune - Gary,IN,USA
Brown said Wednesday she was in the process of expunging the records, 
as Boswell had ordered and that the files had not been destroyed. ... 
<http://www.post-trib.com/news/267929,pitzel.article>

Brooklyn Historical Society Bounces Back
New York Sun - New York,NY,USA
Like the borough from which it takes its name, the Brooklyn Historical 
Society is experiencing a renaissance. After several years of financial 
strain, ...<http://www.nysun.com/article/49055>

BP employee deleted files from computer
Financial Times - London,England,UK
Court records show that on November 3 2006, plaintiffs’ lawyers 
subpoenaed Susan Moore, BP regulatory affairs manager, requesting 
certain documents and the ...
<http://www.ft.com/cms/s/072f13ec-c2c5-11db-9e1c-000b5df10621.html>
<http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2007/02/23/afx3455586.html>
<http://www.abcmoney.co.uk/news/23200728272.htm>

Help Preserve the History You Make
Oyster Bay Enterprise Pilot - Oyster Bay,NY,USA
... LIRR Oyster Bay branch manager suggests the community support the 
efforts of the Oyster Bay Historic Society's efforts to build a new 
archival building. ...
<http://www.antonnews.com/oysterbayenterprisepilot/2007/02/23/opinion/>


Patients: Give us our film!
Brooklyn Papers - Brooklyn,NY,USA
Dr. Martin Valdes, of the Central Brooklyn Medical Group, retrieved his 
patients’ records only after suing the company. ... 
<http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/30/8/30_08medicalrecords.html>

Britain throws open rare film archive
CNET News.com - San Francisco,CA,USA
The Mediatheque at BFI Southbank--due to open next month--will give 
visitors free access to more than 300 films and TV shows from the BFI 
National Archive, ...
<http://news.com.com/Britain+throws+open+rare+film+archive/2100-1026_3-61
61334.html>

New museum boss ‘reports’ for duty
Journal Newspapers - Wayne,MI,USA
... Corps major who developed a deep passion for the history of area 
and the preservation of historical artifacts during her stint as chief 
archivist. ...
<http://www.journalgroup.com/Plymouth/3237/new-museum-boss-reports-for-du
ty>

'03 Dogwood author's papers made available to researchers
Dowagiac Daily News - Dowagiac,MI,USA
University archivist Nancy Richard has spent the better part of the 
past year sorting, organizing and preserving the more than 300 boxes of 
materials 
...<http://www.dowagiacnews.com/articles/2007/02/22/news/dnnews4.txt>




Peter Kurilecz
Richmond Va
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