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Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories
related to records and archives management.
Intel may have lost e-mails in antitrust case
MarketWatch - USA
Intel said a "fail-safe plan" to prepare back-up tapes missed some
employees, while some workers didn't properly follow document retention
policies. ...
<http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/intel-may-have-lost-e-mails/story.
aspx?guid=%7BBC9652AA-1FE2-4001-AF05-877F25A05DAD%7D>
ILM: Where It's Been, Where It's Going and How It Affects You
DMReview.com - New York,NY,USA
Key technologies that maintain and manage the critical aspects of
information come in the form of information lifecycle management (ILM).
... <http://www.dmreview.com/article_sub.cfm?articleId=1076562>
Attorney General's Office Now Investigating Pile of Dumped Documents
KCBD-TV - Lubbock,TX,USA
The attorney general is now investigating thousands of confidential
documents dumped in a Lubbock field. It's new information in a story we
broke on ...<http://www.kcbd.com/Global/story.asp?S=6201225&nav=3w6y>
Computer problem blacks out state insurance agency's records
Leesville Daily Leader - Leesville,LA,USA
BATON ROUGE (AP) - Computer problems have blacked out the financial
records of Louisiana's state-backed insurer of last resort for months,
and it may have ...
<http://www.leesvilledailyleader.com/articles/2007/03/08/news/news4.txt>
AHC Joins Rocky Mountain Online Archive
University of Wyoming News - Laramie,WY,USA
March 9, 2007 -- The University of Wyoming American Heritage Center now
provides access to the Rocky Mountain Online Archive, which describes
more than 2300 ...<http://www.uwyo.edu/news/showrelease.asp?id=14004>
Opening of activist's archive celebrated
Ventura County Star (subscription) - Ventura county,CA,USA
Colleagues, friends and family of Oxnard activist Lupe Anguiano will
gather Monday night at UCLA to celebrate the opening of her archive in
the Chicano ...
<http://www.venturacountystar.com/vcs/ox/article/0,1375,VCS_238_5405814,0
0.html>
Archive tools essential as data growth rises, says IDC
ComputerWeekly.com - UK
by Miya Knights. Organisations should ensure they maintain archiving,
search and discovery technologies to cope with a steep rise in volumes
of digital ...
<http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/03/13/222312/archive-tools-e
ssential-as-data-growth-rises-says-idc.htm>
'Hawk horde
Lawrence Journal World - Lawrence,KS,USA
“The nature of an archive is you set up a schedule where particular
records are destroyed after a certain amount of time,” she says.
...<http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2007/mar/09/hawk_horde/?city_local>
Cops hunt Queen Vic’s letters
Camden New Journal - London,UK
Particularly “iconic” documents, like those in the Jersey Collection,
are not accessible without applying for permission through the
principal archivist, ...
<http://www.thecnj.co.uk/islington/030907/news030907_02.html>
National Archives opens online exhibition about 300 years of ...
Caribbean PressReleases.com (press release) - Christ Church,Barbados
UK -- March 9, 2007 -- Caribbean Histories Revealed, a new online
exhibition from The National Archives, went live this week. The
exhibition traces the ...
<http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com/articles/1415/1/National-Archives-
opens-online-exhibition-about-300-years-of-Caribbean-history/Historical-r
ecords-of-the-Caribbean-more-accessible-to-everyone.html>
Archives given Florence Nightingale memos
Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
THE National Archives of Scotland has secured vintage documents
covering 900 years of the country's history. The Dalhousie Papers,
which had been on a
...<http://heritage.scotsman.com/news.cfm?id=377672007>
NetApp offers e-mail archiving
Techworld.com - London,UK
The subject of e-mail archiving has become prominent in the anti-trust
court case between AMD and Intel, where Intel has admitted that it has
lost e-mails ...
<http://www.techworld.com/storage/news/index.cfm?newsID=8224&pagtype=all>
Preventing critical data loss
Continuity Central (press release) - Huddersfield,UK
Data storage and recovery plan – a plan for the proper storage of all
information for the period of time that it needs to be maintained (data
retention ...<http://www.continuitycentral.com/feature0446.htm>
The New Storage Rules
CRN - Manhasset,NY,USA
The December adoption of updated Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is
forcing major changes in the way solution providers must approach the
data storage ...<http://www.crn.com/storage/197800898>
ID thief's 'gold mine:' 39 boxes of mortgage files dumped in recycling
Pacific Business News - Honolulu,HI,USA
... of records from a Honolulu escrow company that closed six years ago
were dumped in a recycling bin in Niu Valley last weekend, spilling
files containing ...
<http://pacific.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2007/03/12/story1.html?b=
1173672000%5E1429620>
CONNECTICUT:Lawyer Accused of Destroying Evidence in Connecticut ...
Virtue Online - West Chester,PA,USA
By MATTHEW J. MALONE. GREENWICH, Conn. - A well-known lawyer was
indicted on Friday on charges that he obstructed justice and destroyed
evidence in the ...
<http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5655
>
Census Bureau exposes personal data on public Web site
GovExec.com - Wahington,DC,USA
The information did not include Social Security numbers, and bureau
officials have no evidence that it was misused. "A breach of this kind
is unacceptable, ...
<http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=36323&dcn=todaysnews>
The Social Security Number debate - should your SSN be published ...
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA
In this post, Mr. Lindstrom takes the position that all social security
numbers should be published for all to see so as to "ensure that no
organization has ...<http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/node/5149>
OU hires new head of technology after security breaches, data thefts
Zanesville Times Recorder - Zanesville,OH,USA
The university last April discovered breaches in four computer systems,
exposing about 367000 files containing Social Security numbers, names,
...
<http://zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070309/N
EWS01/703090337/1002>
UPDATE - Intel may have lost e-mails related to AMD case
Infoworld - Netherlands
"Through what appears to be a combination of gross communication
failures, an ill- conceived plan of document retention and lackluster
oversight by outside ...
<http://www.infoworld.nl/idgns/bericht.phtml?id=002570DE00740E18482572960
0125DD4>
Unique archive is secured for £1.6m
Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
STACKED end to end, they would fill 75 metres of shelf space, and the
collection contains 13000 volumes of records covering 900 years of
Scottish history.
...<http://heritage.scotsman.com/news.cfm?id=381392007>
Literature given new lease of life
Shetland Times - Lerwick,Scotland,UK
However, the materials will still be identified in our online catalogue
as being part of the Goudie collection held within the archives."
Archivist Brian ...
<http://www.shetlandtoday.co.uk/Shetlandtimes/content_details.asp?Content
ID=21676>
WHY THE SEC CAN'T STOP SPAM
Lisa Lerer
''Operation Spamalot'' sounds good but won't mean much. Why your
in-box will still be clogged with junk
e-mail.<<http://www.forbes.com/2007/03/08/sec-spam-stock-tech-security-cx
_ll_0308spam.html?partner=daily_newsletter>>
Computer problem blacks out state insurance agency's records
Times Picayune - New Orleans,LA,USA
AP. BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Computer problems have blacked out the
financial records of Louisiana's state-backed insurer of last resort
for months,
...<http://www.nola.com/newsflash/louisiana/index.ssf?/base/news-30/11732
73551163990.xml&storylist=louisiana>
Fight Over UND Nickname, Documents Confidential
WCCO - Minneapolis,MN,USA
His order does not restrict the ability of either Stenehjem or the NCAA
to use confidential documents during the trial, although it says the
two sides would ...<http://wcco.com/local/local_story_069130922.html>
Bill would add charges for some public information requests
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA
SAN ANTONIO — Tired of hearing complaints from agencies that they've
been backlogged by requests to copy or even just take a quick look at
public documents, ...
<http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/4618561.html>
Cecil Herrington’s life is history
Grays Harbor Daily World - Grays Harbor and Northern Pacific
Counties,WA,USA
“Cecil is perhaps the best archivist of our community’s history of
anybody out there, and has done it without a lot of fanfare,” said John
Larson, ...
<http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2007/03/10/local_news/01news.txt>
TYC worker accused of destroying evidence
San Antonio Express - San Antonio,TX,USA
However, Rangers Thursday found evidence that 48-year-old Sylvia
Machado had been shredding documents. Machado is a 9-year veteran of
TYC and superintendent ...
<http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA030907.TYCarrest.KENS
.36ae9625.html>
Woes mount for troubled TYC
San Antonio Express - San Antonio,TX,USA
Authorities arrested her Thursday for apparently shredding TYC
documents,
but investigators could not say what evidence she may have destroyed.
...
<http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA031007.01A.TYC.371c36
d.html>
New Technique Stores Data in Bacteria
LiveScience.com - New York,NY,USA
Everything that was made of paper (like books and records) was burned
to stave off attacks by the Dark. Tying memories to a few suitable
bloodlines (DNA) ...
<http://www.livescience.com/scienceoffiction/070310_bacteria_storage.html
>
Our ID, Their Trash
Hartford Courant - Hartford,CT,USA
D'Amico said County Obstetrics & Gynecology has been shredding medical
records for years, and in 2003 hired a company to perform the task
because of the ...
<http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-cttrash0310.artmar10,0,133480.story
?coll=hc-headlines-local>
Two Marco council members admit destroying e-mails about city business
Naples Daily News - Naples,FL,USA
Asked in an interview Friday what would happen if someone made a public
records request for his e-mails, which he said he keeps backed up on
computer discs, ...
<http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2007/mar/10/two_marco_council_members_adm
it_destroying_emails_/?latest>
News Channel 6 Paducah, Fri, 09 Mar 2007 10:14 PM PST
No Law Against K's Merchandise Disposal Of Files
http://www.wpsdtv.com/mostpopular/story.aspx?content_id=7ee3e4da-bb71-463a-b444-b89417edf463
Bad news for people upset their personal information wound up at the
Salvation Army when K's Merchandise closed last fall. The people
responsible won't get in trouble... because there's no law that holds a
company's feet to the fire for not disposing of sensitive files.
KHNL News 8 Honolulu, Fri, 09 Mar 2007 11:49 PM PST
Financial Records Dumped
http://www.khnl.com/Global/story.asp?S=6207339&nav=menu55_2
WAIKIKI (KHNL)- As a journalist, Pacific Business News editor Jim Kelly
knows a story can be found anywhere. However, he never expected to find
one Sunday when he took his newspapers to a recycling bin.
Digging for buried treasure at the library
Goshen Chronicle - USA
In addition to deeds and handwritten church records, Anne has indexed
all of the cemetery records to corresponding obituaries from the 1820
to 1895 and is ...
<http://www.strausnews.com/articles/2007/03/10/the_chronicle/news/3.txt>
History, Digitized (and Abridged)
New York Times - New York,NY,USA
As more museums and archives become digital domains, and as electronic
resources become the main tool for gathering information, items left
behind in ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/10/business/yourmoney/11archive.html?ref=
yourmoney>
Tennis 'archives' displayed at Hall of Fame museum
Newport Daily News - Newport,RI,USA
NEWPORT - The International Tennis Hall of Fame and Museum has opened
an exhibit entitled "Mining the Archives," a collection of historical
information ...
<http://www.newportdailynews.com/articles/2007/03/10/news/news3.txt>
Documents shed light on ‘atom spy’ who triggered Cold War
Victoria Times Colonist - Victoria,BC,Canada
Among the files opened by the British archives are typed translations
of the coded messages sent between Moscow and the Soviet Embassy in
Ottawa reporting ...
<http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=61c97c56-
c671-4e34-84fd-1271758cbcd3&k=82160>
Sat, 10 Mar 2007 1:36 AM PST
Preston's on the map - but Blackpool was omitted
http://www.prestontoday.net/ViewArticle2.aspx?sectionid=73&articleid=2112641
This ancient document confirms what die-hard Prestonians have known for
years.
Carroll County Online, Fri, 09 Mar 2007 9:23 PM PST
Dear diaries: Collection of treasured works by J.T. Ward detail early
history of Western Maryland College and
http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/articles/2007/03/10/features/in_focus/focus4-01.txt
Morning at the College. Conducted the opening exercises and took the
names of the students who wish to pursue the branches I am to teach. So
began the first day at Western Maryland College, in the words of the
school's first president, J.T. Ward.
The Record, Thu, 08 Mar 2007 1:35 PM PST
Document key to birth of Czechoslovakia heading home
http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk1OCZmZ2JlbDdmN3ZxZWVFRXl5NzA4OTc5MiZ5cmlyeTdmNzE3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTM=
PASSAIC -- Fifteen years ago, John Holy traveled some 400 miles on a
mission for his cultural organization to collect a document that helped
change world history. Now, he's preparing to give it up.
The Mail Tribune, Sun, 11 Mar 2007 3:16 AM PDT
Keeper of history gets A's in our book
http://www.mailtribune.com/archive/2007/0311/local/stories/fattigcol11.htm
When Carol Harbison-Samuelson was a student at Medford Senior High
School, she failed a history test. Actually, failed is being
euphemistic. She bombed. Big time.
Technology aids farmer in keeping good records
Southwest Farm Press - Overland Park,KS,USA
Reeves has worked with Red Wing Software Inc. (redwingsoftware.com) to
develop a program for cotton records management. Currently, Red Wing
offers an ...
<http://southwestfarmpress.com/news/030907-technology-records/>
Peter Kurilecz
Richmond Va
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