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Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories
related to records and archives management.
Interwoven Records Manager Receives US Department of Defense ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
A comprehensive information lifecycle management solution across all
media and content types. This provides a way for firms to manage each
individual stage ...
<http://sev.prnewswire.com/computer-electronics/20070328/SFW02728032007-1
.html>
Living history: After more than 30 years, Mary O'Brien still ...
SU The Daily Orange (subscription) - Syracuse,NY,USA
Having worked as the assistant university archivist since 1981, O'Brien
should know a thing or two about Syracuse - and she does. ...
<http://www.dailyorange.com/home/news/2007/03/29/News/Living.History.Afte
r.More.Than.30.Years.Mary.Obrien.Still.Shares.University.Know-2810935.sht
ml>
Smithsonian seeks more Fellows Corp. records
Rutland Herald - Rutland,VT,USA
Orr asked that anyone with records or old photographs of the company
send the material to him at: Craig A. Orr, Acquisitions Archivist,
Archives Center, ...
<http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070329/NEWS02/
703290349/1003/NEWS02>
Local images live on
Corvallis Gazette Times - Corvallis,OR,USA
“The collection is just so massive, we’ve barely scratched the
surface,” said OSU archivist Larry Landis. The process of sorting and
categorizing the huge ...
<http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2007/03/29/news/top_story/4aaaloc01
_henderson.txt>
GOP panel seeks records bill veto
Rosenberg Herald Coaster - Rosenberg,TX,USA
Rick Perry to veto a bill - aimed at resolving the issue of Social
Security numbers and other sensitive data in public records - that it
says the Texas ...
<http://www.herald-coaster.com/articles/2007/03/29/news/top_story/topstor
y.txt>
Public records theft a serious matter
Eagle Tribune - North Andover,MA,USA
Police Chief John Romero says there's enough evidence to file criminal
charges for theft of public records against Anzalone. Romero said
Anzalone's story of ...
<http://www.eagletribune.com/opinion/local_story_088093843?keyword=topsto
ry>
Borderlines Archive Exhibition
University of Ulster Online - Coleraine,UK
Borderlines, one of the most significant collections of photographs and
recordings which documents the personal stories and experiences of
people living ...<http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2007/3093.html>
TJX data heist confirmed as largest ever
InfoWorld - San Francisco,CA,USA
... million credit card and debit card records stolen from its payment
processing and data storage systems over an 18 month period between
2005 and 2006.
...<http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/03/29/HNtjxfiling_1.html>
TJ Maxx Parent Company Data Theft Is The Worst Ever
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
And it puts to shame the Veterans Affairs Department, which last year
briefly lost track of more than 26 million records thanks to a stolen
employee laptop. ...
<http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=19870110
0>
Racy Letters From Hemingway to Dietrich to Be Unsealed
New York Times - New York,NY,USA
... of the great figures of the 20th century when the John F. Kennedy
Presidential Library and Museum here unseals 30 letters from Hemingway
to Dietrich. ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/30/books/30hemi.html?ref=books>
RadioShack customers' personal info found in dumpster
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
In this isolated instance, the disposal of customer data by this one
store was not in accordance with our shredding policy," Schmidt said in
the statement. ...
<http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2007/03/26/daily28.html>
CDC offering secure document destruction
Monticello Herald Journal - Monticello,IN,USA
Factored into the process was the amount of time office staff spent
shredding documents, which led back to the concept of the center's
consumers performing ...
<http://www.thehj.com/main.asp?SectionID=9&SubSectionID=32&ArticleID=2007
2&TM=21744.1>
Microsoft bundles ELO archiving with Office and Exchange
IDM.net.au - Strawberry Hills,NSW,Australia
... email archiving to manage the flood of emails and to comply with
legislations such as the Victorian Document Destruction and
Unavailability Act. ...<http://www.idm.net.au/story.asp?id=8225>
Electronic Fingerprints
Mondaq News Alerts (subcription) - London,UK
The fingerprints of most modern fraudsters will be found in the
electronic records their scams leave behind. Chris Wheeler, head of
Pinsent Masons’ ...<http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=47254>
Is Process a Cure for What Ails Hospital IT Investments?
IT Business Edge - Louisville,KY,USA
A Pennsylvania health care system featured in this Computerworld piece
spent $70 million implementing an electronic records system for its 40
hospitals, ...http://www.itbusinessedge.com/blogs/sts/?p=103
Tips for data retention and purging
Infostor magazine - Tulsa,OK,USA
Over time, more and more business functions have become automated
through technology (eg, e-mail, document management, databases, ERP,
CRM, etc.)....
<http://www.infostor.com/display_article/287954/23/ARTCL/none/TOPNW/Tips-
for-data-retention-and-purging/>
Options available to help manage unstructured storage
ComputerWeekly.com - UK
Use information lifecycle management (ILM) and data retention
policies...... to identify and eliminate old or unneeded data. We can
come up with all kinds ...
<http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/03/29/222738/options-availab
le-to-help-manage-unstructured-storage.htm>
Retention still critical
Michigan Business Review - Ann Arbor,MI,USA
By Mark Fellows. Automated backup systems for information technology
shouldn't be relied on for archiving purposes, a consultant warns, ...
<http://www.mlive.com/mbusinessreview/west/index.ssf?/base/test/117518042
197210.xml&coll=12>
How can a company set retention policies with such a glut of ...
ComputerWeekly.com - UK
It depends; there are no easy answers to this. There are a number of
initiatives that a company should undertake, including disaster
recovery, ...
<http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/03/29/222741/how-can-a-compa
ny-set-retention-policies-with-such-a-glut-of-unstructured.htm>
NC's drivers license scandal
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
Recent findings by state auditor Les Merritt revealed that 27000
invalid Social Security numbers were used to obtain NC drivers
licenses. ...<http://charlotte.com/127/story/67038.html>
Draft Freedom Of Information Fees Regulations: Further Consultation
Managing Information - UK
Information Rights Minister Baroness Catherine Ashton said: "The
Freedom of Information Act has benefited the public enormously. We must
continue to build ...
<http://www.managinginformation.com/news/content_show_full.php?id=5610>
BBC set to win FOI battle over Israel report
Press Gazette - UK
In a case with wide implications for the future working of the Freedom
of Information Act and its impact on public broadcasters, Mr Justice
Davis said at ...
<http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/article/290307/bbc_balen_report_high_court
_tribunal>
UIC worker charged in security breach
ABC7Chicago.com - Chicago,IL,USA
Officials at UIC Medical Center, an award-winning institution in the
field of computerized patient medical records, tell ABC7 the criminal
investigation was
...<http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=local&id=5164853>
45.7 Million Credit Cards Exposed in TJX Data Theft
TechNewsWorld - Sherman Oaks,CA,USA
Over the past few years, there have been a number of large-scale
breaches, including the disappearance of backup tapes containing the
Bank of America (NYSE:
...<http://www.technewsworld.com/story/56591.html>
Single National Archive System ARHiNET
Javno.hr - Zagreb,Croatia
The single national archive system ARHiNET represents the foundation of
digitalizing the archive service in Croatia. It was started by the
Croatian National
...<http://www.javno.com/en/croatia/clanak.php?id=30854>
Airplane Parts Manufacturer Manages Critical Documents
MCADCafe (press release) - Campbell,CA,USA
Instead of waiting up to an hour for paper copies or hunting for
missing files, employees enjoy immediate access to the latest versions
from their desktop ...
<http://www10.mcadcafe.com/nbc/articles/view_article.php?section=CorpNews
&articleid=371990>
Mary Penner: State archives offer wealth of information
Albuquerque Tribune - Albuquerque,NM,USA
Some of the court records I've used at state archives include criminal
case files, divorce records, naturalization records, state penitentiary
records, ...
<http://www.abqtrib.com/news/2007/mar/29/mary-penner-state-archives-offer
-wealth-informatio/>
Views of lives past
News-Leader.com - Springfield,MO,USA
The 40 images in "Recovered Views" are digitally printed,
high-resolution scans from the original glass negatives and prints. The
images easily fall into ...
<http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070329/ENTERTAIN
MENT/703290318/1005>
Preserving Waldo County — the way it was
VillageSoup Belfast - Belfast,ME,USA
We found old glass negatives, some of which were given to us, and many
postcards by Eastern Illustrating Co., of Belfast. We found photos done
by Cunningham ...
<http://waldo.villagesoup.com/community/story.cfm?storyID=89263>
Ex-Prosecutor's Assistant Convicted
WJLA - Washington,DC,USA
She then removed his appeal file and scrambled computer records. He
said he paid her 1000 dollars after she gave him a certified copy of
his new court ...<http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0307/409620.html>
Interior aide altered scientific reports, watchdog says
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
The report also said Ms. MacDonald "misused her position" by disclosing
confidential documents to "private-sector sources" such as the Pacific
Legal ...<http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07089/773736-113.stm>
Town hall archives will make documents available for first time
Dundas Star - Dundas,Ontario,Canada
The town hall archives will be created in several phases, with museum
staff and volunteers, led by archivist Sandra Kiemele, first completing
an inventory
...<http://www.dundasstarnews.com/dsn/news/news_753092.html>
Socks, Scissors, Paper: The Sandy Berger Caper
FOX News - USA
FOX News also reveals the stunning failure of the Archives — and
particularly Presidential Materials Staff Director Nancy Smith — to
secure the nation's
...<http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,262687,00.html>
Buhl Foundation awards $229000 to Fred Rogers Center for Oral ...
Saint Vincent College - Latrobe,PA,USA
Br. David Kelly, OSB, Rogers Center Archivist, is coordinating the oral
history project, which is being conducted by The Narrative Trust based
in New York ...
<http://www.stvincent.edu/news_stories/news_stories/buhl-foundation-award
s-229000-to-fred-rogers-center-for-oral-history-project>
When the 2 Billionth Customer Record Is Stolen, Insiders Will Be ...
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
These concerns could only have been heightened by the news shortly
after that DuPont scientist Gary Min stole $400 million worth of trade
secrets from the ...
<http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/03/when_the_2_bil
l.html>
RadioShack: normal shredding procedure not followed
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - TX,USA
RadioShack says the discovery of thousands of discarded store records
-- some with credit card and Social Security numbers -- is an isolated
incident. ...
<http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8O44U3O0.html
>
TJX card problem flags retail identify theft risk
Scientific American - USA
... card and bank statements to check for unauthorized transactions and
shredding documents that contain personal and financial information. ...
<http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?alias=tjx-card-problem-flags-re&chanId=
sa003&modsrc=reuters>
Air Force to implement new FOIA system
FCW.com - Falls Church,VA,USA
The National Security Archives had criticized the service for numerous
reasons, including that it fails to acknowledge FOIA requests, loses
requests, ...<http://www.fcw.com/article98112-03-30-07-Web>
BBO not subject to public records law
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly - Boston,MA,USA
Neither the Board of Bar Overseers nor the Office of Bar Counsel must
comply with a public records request seeking all documents related to
an attorney's ...<http://www.masslaw.com/news0402.cfm>
Board president blames legal advice for open records loss
Janesville Gazette - Janesville,WI,USA
The president of the Weyauwega-Fremont School Board is blaming faulty
legal advice for leading to an unsuccessful fight over an open records
request, ...<http://www.gazetteextra.com/openrecords033007.asp>
UTC follows state law in pipeline records dispute
The Olympian - Olympia,WA,USA
... information about hazardous pipelines requested by several
newspapers under the state Open Records Act. This characterization is
inaccurate and unfair.
...<http://www.theolympian.com/109/story/73657.html>
Tech Republic, Fri, 30 Mar 2007 1:24 PM PDT
Disaster recovery worst practices: Don't perform backups on a regular
schedule
http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-9592_11-6172127.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=tr
Consultant Peter Herbener has compiled a series of disaster recovery
worst practices based on his experience. The number one mistake is not
backing up on a regular schedule. If you're struggling with the basics,
here are some tips to get back on track.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:54 AM PDT
Your House . . . Back in the Day
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/athome/309352_archives31.html?source=rss
At the state archives Puget Sound branch in Bellevue you may be able to
find a photo of your home from up to 70 years ago.
Hackers Pull Off Biggest Heist in History
NewsFactor Network - Woodland Hills,CA,USA
With at least 46 million consumer records accessed by hackers, the TJX
case outranks the previous largest case tracked by the Privacy Rights
Clearinghouse: ...
<http://www.newsfactor.com/news/Hackers-Pull-Off-Biggest-Heist-Ever/story
.xhtml?story_id=13200C6WHHI0>
Gift of history: Publisher's widow donates Cerro Gordo papers to ...
Herald & Review - Decatur,IL,USA
By BOB FALLSTROM - H&R Community News Editor. MONTICELLO - The bundle
of brittle, faded newspapers was a historical "find" for the Piatt
County Historical ...
<http://www.herald-review.com/articles/2007/03/30/news/local_news/1022335
.txt>
Government offices lose Internet, problems arise
phillyBurbs.com - Philadelphia,PA,USA
Without Internet service, Jablonski said, emergency dispatchers were
unable to keep computer records of their calls and the emergency
equipment they
<http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/112-03302007-1322581.html>
IT expert optimistic on Citizens
2TheAdvocate - Baton Rouge,LA,USA
By TED GRIGGS. The computer systems muddle at the state-backed insurer
of last resort may be cleared in three months if everything goes well,
an information
...<http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/business/6782322.html>
Iowa Counties Launch First Statewide Electronic Recording Portal
Government Technology - Folsom,CA,USA
The portal integrates with the local county land records management
systems to enable the recording of documents submitted electronically.
... <http://www.govtech.net/news/news.php?id=104707>
Panel debates publishing all court records on Internet
Asbury Park Press - Asbury Park,NJ,USA
Some of the panelists said they believed all public records from courts
should be posted. Media outlets could then use their discretion in
determining how ...
<http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070330/NEWS03/703300367/
1007>
White House use of outside e-mail raises red flags
NetworkWorld.com - Southborough,MA,USA
... use government-issued e-mail accounts where all communications are
then stored, archived and preserved for eventual inclusion in the
National Archives. ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/032907-white-house-use-of-outside.
html>
What were we fighting for?
Guardian Unlimited - UK
... that they have just insisted on censoring from researchers scores
of ancient Falklands files in the National Archives dating as far back
as 1927. ...
<http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/david_leigh/2007/03/las_maleditas_ma
lvinas.html>
Secretary of State pulls Social Security numbers from site
KOLD-TV - Tucson,AZ,USA
PHOENIX The Arizona Secretary of State's Office yanked Internet access
to documents containing the Social Security numbers of Arizonans. ...
<http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=6306167>
Perry Signs Bill Into Law Declaring Social Security Numbers 'Not ...
FortBendNow - Richmond,TX,USA
Rick Perry has signed a bill into law changing the Texas Public
Information Act and declaring that Social Security numbers not be
considered confidential. ...
<http://www.fortbendnow.com/article/2737/perry-signs-bill-into-law-declar
ing-social-security-numbers-not-confidential>
Privacy advocate prompts Colo. to end Web access to some public docs
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA
Although very few UCC filings these days contain Social Security
numbers, many older documents do. Over the past few years, several
states including ...
<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&
taxonomyId=13&articleId=9015196&intsrc=hm_topic>
County goes high-tech
Fort Wayne News Sentinel - Fort Wayne,IN,USA
His office records documents as required by state and local law,
including deeds, mortgages, powers of attorney, real estate contracts,
federal tax liens
...<http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/17000553.htm>
MCC program director accused of withholding records, falsifying ...
East Valley Tribune - Mesa,AZ,USA
The Maricopa County Community College District began proceedings to
fire the director of its leading business and international program on
Thursday over ...<http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/86897>
Man who captured life through his lens
East Anglian Daily Times - Suffolk,England,UK
I still remember the crash of glass negatives, though I didn't think
anything about it at the time.” Fortunately, because his grandfather
turned most of ...
<http://www.eadt.co.uk/content/eadt/features/story.aspx?brand=EADOnline&c
ategory=Features&tBrand=EADOnline&tCategory=features&itemid=IPED30%20Mar%
202007%2015%3A37%3A05%3A287>
Peter Kurilecz
Richmond Va
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