RAIN 070302
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories
related to records and archives management.
Policy of marking out social security numbers on public records ...
KCEN-TV - Eddy,TX,USA
County officials across the state are getting a 60-day reprieve from
having to mark out social security numbers from all government records
available to the
...<http://www.kcentv.com/news/c-article.php?cid=1&nid=12264>
Unsecured court records found in Brecon
Daily Home Online - Talladega,AL,USA
Some of the other documents, which range from at least 1974 to 1999,
include bank account numbers, Social Security numbers and dates of
birth — information ...
<http://www.dailyhome.com/news/2007/dh-talladegacounty-0301-dmackey-7b28v
5629.htm>
ISPs fear safety act retention requirements
Search Storage - USA
... already at least some precedent for this type of regulation
elsewhere in the world, in the form of the European Union's (EU) data
retention directive. ...
<http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid5_gci124
5803,00.html>
ISPs fear safety act retention requirements
Search Storage - USA
... already at least some precedent for this type of regulation
elsewhere in the world, in the form of the European Union's (EU) data
retention directive. ...
<http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid5_gci124
5803,00.html>
One from the archives
Advertiser 24 - Herts,UK
She has an amazing memory and runs the archives so well. Since I gave a
room to the archives in 1988 she has developed the resource which is so
often used ...
<http://www.hertsad.co.uk/content/herts/news/story.aspx?brand=HADOnline&c
ategory=News&tBrand=herts24&tCategory=newshadnew&itemid=WEED01%20Mar%2020
07%2011%3A32%3A16%3A580>
National Archives, WVU join forces
The Daily Athenaeum Interactive - Morgantown,WV,USA
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and West
Virginia University announced on Wednesday an agreement to establish a
10-year research and ...
<http://www.da.wvu.edu/XMLParser/printstory.phtml?id=26667>
Abbott calls off Social Security ruling for 60 days
News 8 Austin - Austin,TX,USA
Travis County says 60 days isn't enough time to strike Social Security
numbers from all county records. The clerk's office has already
processed 11 million ...
<http://www.news8austin.com/content/your_news/default.asp?ArID=179976>
AG: Counties Get 60-Day Buffer To Clear Public Records
ClickonSA.com - San Antonio,TX,USA
During a simple internet search over the Summer, the Defenders found
many Social Security numbers on online county records.
...<http://www.ksat.com/news/11139431/detail.html>
Engraved Treasure Auction: Paper Money & Postage Printing Plates
News-antique.com (press release) - Garden City,NY,USA
The one-of-a-kind artistic pieces of history were consigned to the
auction by Archival Collectibles of Far Hills, New Jersey, which
acquired the legendary ...
<http://www.news-antique.com/?id=782249&keys=stamps-currency-auction>
Education Notices
Catonsville Times - Catonsville,MD,USA
14 and trains students in archival records management, digital imaging
and historical methods. Applications must be postmarked by March 30 and
can be...
<http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpID=351&NewsID=786713&Catego
ryID=11091&show=localnews&om=1>
Archival Environment, Part 3
B-EYE-Network - Boulder,CO,USA
The archive had state-of-the-art archival technology. The archival
storage was protected. The telemetry data was classified. The metrics
were protected and ...<http://www.b-eye-network.com/view/3819>
Are you disposing of confidential waste securely?
Workplace Law Network (subscription) - Cambridge,UK
BS 8470:2006, which came into force last year, gives recommendations
for the management and control of the collection, transportation and
destruction of
...<http://www.workplacelaw.net/display.php?resource_id=8322>
Abbott freezes records ruling
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA
Therefore, county officials are required to delete them before
releasing documents to the public. The opinion said county clerks who
release documents
...<http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/politics/4591769.html>
Public outcry causes AG to suspend earlier opinion for SSNs to be ...
Monitor - McAllen,TX,USA
He works fast and diligently, visiting courthouses across Texas on a
regular basis to sift through deeds, mineral-rights documents and
right-of-way
...<http://www.themonitor.com/onset?id=414&template=article.html>
Nueces County Clerk's office reopened
KRIS-TV - Corpus Christi,TX,USA
... courthouse Tuesady while she tried to figure out how to remove the
numbers from 15 years worth of public documents - on everything from
deeds and liens. ...<http://www.kristv.com/Global/story.asp?S=6158922>
County officials brand Abbott ruling impractical, offensive
Waco Tribune Herald - Waco,TX,USA
... that Social Security or driver’s license numbers are no longer
required on deeds or deeds of trust and that those documents are
available to the public. ...
<http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/news/stories/2007/03/01/03012007wac
countyclerksupdat.html>
Vermillion officals deny destorying documents
The Morning Journal - Lorain,OH,USA
... Anderson asked Vermilion police to investigate city workers'
concerns about possible deleted computer files and disorganized city
records. ...
<http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17914928&BRD=1699&PAG=461&dept
_id=46371&rfi=6>
Time Stamp Confirms BBC Reported WTC 7 Collapse 26 Minutes In Advance
Prison Planet.com - USA
We received an interesting e mail from a CNN archivist in Atlanta who
stated their utter disbelief at the notion that BBC has lost any of
their 9/11
...<http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/february2007/280207timestamp.htm
>
Call grows to do library gifts by the book
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - TX,USA
If disclosure remains voluntary, "the Bush presidential library has not
yet decided how disclosure will be handled." ...
<http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/030107
dnnatlibrarysecrecy.39371ab.html>
Air raid archive center reopens after renovation
The Daily Yomiuri - Osaka,Japan
The Center of the Tokyo Raid and War Damages (Tokyo Daikushu Sensai
Shiryo Center) in Koto Ward, Tokyo, was reopened Thursday--extensively
renovated and ...
<http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20070302TDY04004.htm>
War record archive put on internet
Wigan Observer - Wigan,England,UK
John Wogan, an archive assistant at the History Shop, says the records
will help budding historians to find out more about their family's
past. ...
<http://www.wiganonline.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleID=2090157&SectionI
D=66>
War record archive put on internet
Wigan Observer - Wigan,England,UK
John Wogan, an archive assistant at the History Shop, says the records
will help budding historians to find out more about their family's
past. ...
<http://www.wiganonline.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleID=2090157&SectionI
D=66>
UPI Offering 300000 Photos in Online Archive
Editor & Publisher - USA
More than 300000 UPI current and historical images will be available in
one searchable online archive. In addition to news events, the archives
include ...
<http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/syndicates/article_d
isplay.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003552566>
AG puts a hold on public records ruling
Victoria Advocate - Victoria,TX,USA
BY DAVID TEWES - VICTORIA ADVOCATE. Confusion continued Wednesday over
Attorney General Greg Abbott's opinion limiting public access to
information on ...
<http://www.thevictoriaadvocate.com/428/story/26749.html>
Bill to limit access to public records
New Zealand Herald - Auckland,New Zealand
Legislation tightening controls on access to births, deaths and
marriages records could make it more difficult to carry out
genealogical research,
...<http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=1042658
6>
Suggested county e-mail policy an abomination to democracy
The Decatur Daily - Decatur,AL,USA
Morgan County’s data processing manager, David Hannah, has given his
bosses on the County Commission an ideal way to hide public records.
...
<http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/opinion/editorials/070301a.shtm
l>
A Tug of War On Presidential Papers' Release
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
Bush's order "has added to the endemic problem of delay," Allen
Weinstein, the national archivist, said in his testimony. Since the
order, White House ...
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/01/AR200703
0101555.html>
County bids for new records office
Seaford Today - Sussex,UK
A MULTI-million pound bid for a new archive and record office to serve
East Sussex is being planned by East Sussex County Council which is
developing a bid ...
<http://www.seafordtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=509&ArticleID=
2088906>
American Heritage, Thu, 01 Mar 2007 8:03 AM PST
THE FDR TAPES
http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1982/2/1982_2_8.shtml
INTRODUCTION BY ARTHUR SCHLESINGER, JR. What an astonishing discovery!
Rumors had long circulated about a recording device in Franklin
Roosevelt’s White House. But these rumors were denied for years by
archivists who had custody of the Roosevelt papers. This denial was
understandable.
Los Angeles Times, Thu, 01 Mar 2007 0:05 AM PST
Rare book stolen from UCLA Library
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/los_angeles_metro/la-me-rarebook1mar01,1,1305375.story?track=rss
The 18th century Italian manuscript is about the Orsini palace in Rome.
InformationWeek, Wed, 28 Feb 2007 2:47 PM PST
FAIR USE Act Aims To Clarify Copyright Limits
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197700216&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_All
The legislation would amend the Digital Millennium Copyright Act so
that teachers, libraries and certain individuals could circumvent DRM
locks.
New York Times, Wed, 28 Feb 2007 5:57 PM PST
An Off-the-Wall Tribute to America?s Pastime
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/01/sports/baseball/01reliquary.html
Terry Cannon is the president, founder and general instigator of the
Baseball Reliquary, a California-based traveling museum that serves as
a puckish alternative to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
The Columbus Dispatch, Thu, 01 Mar 2007 4:15 AM PST
Delicate state document on display a few hours
http://www.dispatch.com/news-story.php?story=dispatch/2007/03/01/20070301-B4-01.html
It is bedrock yet fragile, a document that carved a state out of the
wilderness two centuries ago and was personally reviewed by Thomas
Jefferson.
MSNBC, Fri, 02 Mar 2007 3:54 AM PST
Hillary Clinton's hidden thesis http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17388372/
Hillary D. Rodham's senior thesis at Wellesley College, written in
1969, has been speculated about, spun, analyzed, debated, criticized
and defended. But rarely has it been read, because it was locked away
for the eight years of Bill Clinton’s presidency. It's no longer
private, as MSNBC.com found when it visited the prestigious women’s
college outside Boston
Florida Today, Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:39 PM PST
Blacks trace ancestry
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070302/NEWS01/703020348
Ancestry research is an integral part of life for many blacks, despite
some special challenges. With more records available online and search
capabilities becoming more sophisticated, the job is getting easier.
Six Hard-Learned Lessons About EDD
Law.com (subscription) - San Francisco,CA,USA
Frustrated by the defendants' production to that point, plaintiffs
deposed several NTL Europe and new NTL employees regarding the document
retention ...
<http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLT.jsp?id=1172743392663
>
By the numbers
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA
The din created by the state's county clerks in response to an AG
opinion that required blacking out Social Security numbers on
decades-old public documents
...<http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/opinion/16818228.htm>
Getty Images acquires The Michael Ochs Archives
photographypress.co.uk - Ascot,Berkshire,UK
2 March 2007 - Getty Images has acquired The Michael Ochs Archives that
features stacks of imagery of music and entertainment legends from the
last century ...
<http://www.photographypress.co.uk/news/news.phtml/6131/7155/getty-images
-michael-ochs-archive.phtml>
Photographic memories: Out of the archives and on the road
Evansville Courier & Press (subscription) - Evansville,IN,USA
Marilyn Monroe leans against a wall, her shoulders bared in a sexy
dress. Babe Ruth, bat in hand, sits alone in the dugout. Angela Davis
peers from a &lquot ...
<http://www.courierpress.com/news/2007/mar/02/photographic-memories-out-a
rchives-and-road/>
Archives-documental memory of nation: Culture and Information Minister
Kazinform - Astana,Kazakhstan
KAZINFORM /Muratbek Makulbekov/ - “New dimensions are opening within
the frame of the President’s program Cultural Heritage and film
archives are the most ...
<http://www.inform.kz/showarticle.php?lang=eng&id=149006>
County clerks shut down access to some records
Austin American-Statesman (subscription) - Austin,TX,USA
An investigation by the Fort Bend Herald newspaper raised concerns
about identity theft from county records and prompted the county
attorney to ask the ...
<http://www.statesman.com/news/content/region/legislature/stories/02/27/2
7clerks.html>
EDITORIAL: Public Info
Lufkin Daily News - Lufkin,TX,USA
County records offices need to remain open, for the sake of both the
public and the businesses that rely on the legitimate use of the
available information. ...
<http://www.lufkindailynews.com/opin/content/news/opinion/stories/2007/03
/2/Open_records.html>
Yes we need a Freedom of Information Act
The Freeport News - Bahamas
Wendall Jones, chief executive officer of Jones Communications Network,
made an excellent case for the passage of a Freedom of Information Act
by our
...<http://freeport.nassauguardian.net/editorial/288326878960483.php>
Medical Records Blown Away
Click 2 Houston.com - Houston,TX,USA
HOUSTON -- Hundreds of medical records were found blowing in the wind
near the Texas Medical Center on Thursday, KPRC Local 2 reported.
...<http://www.click2houston.com/news/11154501/detail.html>
A Growing Divide in Healthcare IT
NewsFactor Network - Woodland Hills,CA,USA
Electronic medical records and other IT upgrades are seen as a "silver
bullet" in the health industry's struggle against rising costs and
quality problems,
...<http://business.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=00200049NZPS>
Mountain district goes transparent, posts records requests online
San Bernardino Sun - San Bernardino,CA,USA
The district posts documents that are released as a result of
public-records requests unless the files are very large. If records are
denied, the district's ...<http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_5337547>
Preserving our history
Delta Democrat Times (subscription) - Greenville,MS,USA
Emily Weaver, archivist for Delta State's Charles W. Capps Jr. Archives
and Museum, is charged with the task of conserving the rich and
idiosyncratic
...<http://www.ddtonline.com/articles/2007/03/02/news/news4.txt>
The Biloxi Sun Herald, Fri, 02 Mar 2007 1:18 AM PST
State Farm records access sought
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/local/16815929.htm?source=rss&channel=sunherald_local
Policyholders suing State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. over Hurricane
Katrina claims should have access to the same records showing how the
company a djusted claims, an attorney argues in one case.
Lancaster Online, Thu, 01 Mar 2007 9:56 AM PST
A discovery for the books http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/201227
A custodian was clearing out a storage closet at Manor Middle School
not too long ago when she stumbled upon a set of 19th and early 20th
century records that were hiding in an old, unmarked copy-paper box.
This window into the Manor Township School District's history
almost went unnoticed,...
The Decatur Daily, Fri, 02 Mar 2007 3:35 AM PST
Manager can't recall if sheriff had e-mails now invisible
http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/070302/email.shtml
Morgan County Data Processing Manager David Hannah said he does not
recall if Sheriff Greg Bartlett had e-mails on the county server
between April 1 and June 14, 2006, that are now invisible because of an
overloaded computer system.
New Security Rules For Public Records Unveiled
KFOXtv.com - El Paso,TX,USA
In response to an opinion by the Texas attorney general, public records
that contain Social Security numbers must now be reviewed and the
numbers redacted. ...<http://www.kfoxtv.com/news/11149504/detail.html>
Legislation filed to fix statewide records fiasco
Lufkin Daily News - Lufkin,TX,USA
An uproar from the business world over a statewide shutdown of public
records this week made itself heard clearly in Austin. ...
<http://www.lufkindailynews.com/news/content/news/stories/2007/03/02/cler
k_records_update.html>
State delays enacting ruling on documents
Huntsville Item - Huntsville,TX,USA
Patton said his office “closed down” late last week, denying copies of
public documents when he got word of the opinion, but when Abbott’s
office issued a ...
<http://www.itemonline.com/local/local_story_061014621.html?keyword=secon
darystory>
DuPont spy case hints at Chinese connection
The News Journal - Wilmington,DE,USA
A half-dozen more involving the less serious crime of theft of trade
secrets have had a Chinese connection, but no proof that information
was funneled to ...
<http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070302/NEWS/7
03020363/-1/NEWS01>
Company secrets tough to protect
Connecticut Post - Bridgeport,CT,USA
... economy where few people stay with one company throughout their
work experience and in which some unscrupulous people are willing to
sell trade secrets? ...<http://www.connpost.com/ci_5336822>
Justice Department takes aim at image-sharing sites
CNET News.com - San Francisco,CA,USA
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has been lobbying Congress for
mandatory data retention, calling it a "national problem that requires
federal legislation. ...
<http://news.com.com/Justice+Department+takes+aim+at+image-sharing+sites/
2100-1028_3-6163679.html>
EU data retention law could impact Asia
ZDNet Asia - Asia
The data retention legislation passed by the European Union (EU) could
spill over to Asia and force communications service providers and
operators in this ...
<http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/business/0,39044229,61993426,00.htm>
Alto man gets seven years in prison for stealing company trade secrets
News Journal - Longview,TX,USA
LUFKIN — An Angelina County district judge sentenced an Alto
businessman to seven years in prison Thursday for stealing company
trade secrets from a Lufkin ...
<http://www.news-journal.com/news/content/region/ETtoday/stories/2007/03/
02/mcclain_sentence.html>
Open Up, Mr. President!
Inside Higher Ed - Washington,DC,USA
In defense of the order, Allen Weinstein, archivist of the United
States, testified that “there should be no question that, to date,
Executive Order 13233
...<http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/03/02/documents>
Brecon facility where records stored now locked
Daily Home Online - Talladega,AL,USA
Circuit Clerk Clarence Haynes, an elected official responsible for the
court’s records, said the files were moved there when he ran out of
storage space in ...
<http://www.dailyhome.com/news/2007/dh-talladega-0303-dmackey-7c02v4647.h
tm>
Peter Kurilecz
Richmond Va
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