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

Shredded identities
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA
"Corporate espionage is a real concern," said Jason Mello, president of 
Universal Shredding LLC, a document-destruction company based in 
Georgetown. ...
<http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/03/25/shredded_identities
>

Legislation to End California's Sale of Social Security Numbers
California Progress Report - Oakland,CA,USA
... accounts or medical files. Jones said that his office logged on to 
the web site maintained by the Secretary of State and purchased about 
20 records over ...
<http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/03/legislation_to_1.html>

Police probe removal of city files by ex-employee
Eagle Tribune - North Andover,MA,USA
But a co-worker interviewed by police said it was clear to her why 
Anzalone took off with the records. "She told me she was going to take 
all of the files 
...<http://www.eagletribune.com/punews/local_story_084093811>

Slimmer Brambles back on acquisition trail
The Australian - Sydney,Australia
Recall would have a ready-made buyer in Iron Mountain, which is the 
world's biggest records management business. Iron Mountain made its 
first move into the ...
<http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,21444652%2
55E643,00.html>

Museum preserves Ohio history
Zanesville Times Recorder - Zanesville,OH,USA
Tom Kuhn, director of the Ross County Historical Society, works to 
establish new exhibits and update existing exhibits. Visitors are given 
an hour-long ...
<http://zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070325/L
IFESTYLE/703250309/1024>

State museum overflows quarters, needs to modernize
MaineToday.com - Portland,ME,USA
A task force that studied the needs of the agencies has put forward 
several options for the future, which include moving the museum, state 
library and state 
...<http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/state/070325museum.html>

Times of London 3/23/07
History 1980-2000 has disappeared into the ether. Sorry
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/ben_macintyre/articl
e1555570.ece>


Mary Livingston; Spotted Illegal Nixon Tax Move
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
Mary Walton McCandlish Livingston, 92, a federal archivist whose 
testimony before Congress revealed that President Richard M. Nixon's 
donated papers were ...
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/24/AR200703
2400989.html>

Rep. Hyde Donates Archives To Loyola Chicago
CBS2 Chicago - Chicago,IL,USA
(AP) CHICAGO Retired Republican congressman Henry Hyde will donate a 
massive collection of political memorabilia to Loyola University 
Chicago, ...<http://cbs2chicago.com/local/local_story_084155131.html>

Loyola gets slice of Hyde history
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA
Hyde's archives will become part of the university's new Center for 
Public Service, which will research public policy issues and promote 
public service ...
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-0703250002mar25,1,7
641190.story?coll=chi-newslocalchicago-hed>

Library theft highlights urgent need for fencing
The National - Port Moresby,Papua New Guinea
The chairman of the Board of Libraries and Archives Oseah Philemon has 
condemned the theft saying it was a crime against the children of Papua 
New Guinea. ...<http://www.thenational.com.pg/032607/nation4.htm>

UCLA archives honor pioneer of civil rights for Latinos, women
Contra Costa Times - CA,USA
The university announced the opening of her archives at the Chicano 
Studies Research Center as part of the school's new Mujeres Initiative. 
... 
<http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/state/16970883.htm>

Oracle accuses SAP of corporate espionage
Financial Director - London,UK
... filed a legal complaint against arch-rival SAP and its 
TomorrowNowsubsidiary, alleging that the German software maker engaged 
in corporate espionage. ...
<http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/vnunet/news/2186281/oracle-charges-sa
p-corporate>

Paranoia, fear run deep in business
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA
A former DuPont & Co. senior research chemist pleaded guilty to 
corporate espionage in US District Court in Delaware late last year. 
... 
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/investing/personalfinance/chi-070
3230613mar25,0,6486999.story?coll=chi-businessyourmoney-hed>

Oracle Claims SAP Stole Trade Secrets
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA
March 26, 2007 (Computerworld) -- Oracle Corp. last week charged 
applications archrival SAP AG with the electronic theft of “thousands 
of proprietary, ...
<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&
taxonomyName=enterprise_applications&articleId=287185&taxonomyId=87&intsr
c=kc_top>

Learning to Manage Records
Insurance Networking News - New York,NY,USA
E-mail, instant messaging, flash drives and voicemail are just some 
examples of electronic records. One of the amendments provides that, 
... 
<http://www.insurancenetworking.com/protected/article.cfm?articleId=4632&
pb=ros>

Central Vermont Public Service Successfully Implements Open Text's ...
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
The records management capabilities of Livelink ECM provide an 
automated system that resolves many of the complexities of electronic 
records management, 
...<http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2007/26/c6148.html>

Preserving old vinyl in the digital age
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA
Aimed squarely at Baby Boomers who did not grow up with computer 
technology, drop-and-record turntables that convert vinyl into MP3 
files and burn CDs are ...
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0703260076mar26,0,4059505.sto
ry?coll=chi-business-hed>

Iron Mountain's transport methods disturb some users
Search Storage - USA
... Iron Mountain (or one of its third-party contractors) has lost 
tapes belonging to many high-profile firms, including Bank of America 
Corp., Time Warner ...
<http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid5_gci124
8828,00.html>

Access to government information under scrutiny at Capitol
KRIS-TV - Corpus Christi,TX,USA
Wentworth has said he filed the bill because some people were making 
large open records requests and trying to dominate the time of a 
governmental agency. 
...<http://www.kristv.com/Global/story.asp?S=6281797>

Kennewick to replace thousands of paper records with electronic copies
Mid Columbia Tri City Herald - Mid-Columbia,WA,USA
Later this spring, the city will embark on a project to replace its 
paper records with electronic versions that can be filled out and 
modified online, 
...<http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/8740995p-8642689c.html>


Former Archivist for Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Speaks ...
University of Pittsburgh News (press release) - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
O'Toole's pre-academic archival career included positions at the New 
England Historic Genealogical Society and the Massachusetts State 
Archives in addition ...
<http://mac10.umc.pitt.edu/m/FMPro?-db=ma&-lay=a&-format=d.html&id=2876&-
Find>

Simulator to pass through Pratt
Pratt Tribune - Pratt,KS,USA
Besides the simulator, over a ton of documents covering 89000 simulator 
hours were discovered and they will go into the national archive vaults 
under the 
...<http://www.pratttribune.com/articles/2007/03/26/news/00.txt>

Records key to Cayman FOI
Cay Compass - Grand Cayman,Cayman Islands
The National Archive and Public Records Law sets out how public 
agencies will maintain, store and dispose of both paper and electronic 
records. ... <http://www.caycompass.com/cgi-bin/CFPnews.cgi?ID=1020939>

City preserves its past in a digital age
Delmarva Daily Times - MD,USA
"Attorney files and court records were wiped out. Paper is more 
susceptible to those types of activities. My office does document 
imaging now. ...
<http://www.delmarvanow.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070326/NEWS01/70
3260313/1002>

Abandoned Documents Expose Conservatives’ Lack of Accountability
Liberal Party of Canada (press release) - Canada
Personnel records are not the only confidential documents left behind 
by the Conservative Party. Last week, a series of documents were 
discovered indicating 
...<http://www.liberal.ca/news_e.aspx?type=news&id=12614>

Liberals Return Confidential Personnel Files to Conservatives
Liberal Party of Canada - Canada
Ottawa - The Opposition Liberals today handed over boxes of documents 
belonging to the Conservative Party to illustrate that this 
self-proclaimed 
...<http://www.liberal.ca/news_e.aspx?type=news&id=12611>

Letter of the Law
Wall Street Journal (subscription) - New York,NY,USA
Legal experts agree that companies will need to improve how they save 
and retrieve digital files, especially email. So companies are starting 
to turn to ...
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117434583190242025.html?mod=googlenews_w
sj>

Foul Sents
Wall Street Journal (subscription) - New York,NY,USA
Since a large company often has thousands of confidential documents, 
the process works largely automatically: Once the software has 
established what kind of ...
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117434571917242011.html?mod=googlenews_w
sj>>

Wall St Journal
Rethinking the Inbox
We aren't going to give up email. But we can be a lot smarter about the 
way we use it.
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117434555843141997.html?mod=JR-Technolog
y-March-2007>



Six staff face sack at History Centre
Dorset Echo - England,UK
County archivist Hugh Jaques said: "The plans do include a proposal to 
reduce opening hours and it will be a potentially reduced service. ...
<http://www.thisisdorset.net/display.var.1285179.0.six_staff_face_sack_at
_history_centre.php>





Peter Kurilecz
Richmond Va
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