RAIN 070522
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories
related to records and archives management.
Fight over ethanol secrets might be settled out of court
Sioux Falls Argus Leader - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
... of the nation's top ethanol producers, is seeking injunctions to
keep Hanson and Akers from working in the industry or sharing
confidential documents. ...
<http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070518/NEWS/7051
80306/1001>
Florida Allots More Time to Remove Personal Data
CSO - Framingham,MA,USA
The county inspected 14 million public documents dating back to 1965,
and about 4 percent of them contained personal data that needed to be
redacted, ...<http://www2.csoonline.com/blog_view.html?CID=32932>
Piece of Uncle Ho history surfaces in London
Viet Nam News - Hanoi,Vietnam
If the truth be known, I might have overlooked this small gem in the
British National Archives had colleagues at the Ho Chi Minh Museum not
noticed a
...<http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=04SUN200507>
Sensitive information of 140000 new Georgia parents compromised
SC Magazine US - USA
... trained all Vital Records staff on properly disposing of personal
information and implemented updated shredding machines, according to a
statement. ...
<http://scmagazine.com/us/news/article/658694/sensitive-information-14000
0-new-georgia-parents-compromised>
How to Jump-start a Records Management Program
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA
Establish a position responsible for records management. Compliance
requires day-to-day attention. Without a watchdog, retention policies
are unlikely to be ...
<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&
taxonomyName=government&articleId=290476&taxonomyId=13&intsrc=kc_feat>
Red Cross goes diskless
Australian IT - Australia
Sensitive data storage on user devices was eliminated, cutting hardware
cost by 30 per cent, enabling efficient bandwidth usage and cutting
security ...
<http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,21756856%5E24171%5E%5Enb
v%5E24169,00.html>
Illinois Realtors, Brokers Warned of Data Compromise
PC World - USA
Social Security numbers and other personal data on an estimated 300000
licensees and applicants may have been compromised. ...
<http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,132070-c,cybercrime/article.html>
RenewData Launches Data Migration Service for E-Discovery
eWeek - Woburn,MA,USA
... preservation of ESI (electronically stored information) and
application
of a document retention policy across all of their data, Frazier said.
...
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2134053,00.asp>
AG: Lawmakers' instant messages may break Idaho open-records law
Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
AP. BOISE, Idaho - Idaho lawmakers have asked the Legislature's
technology committee to find out if e-mailing and instant messaging
comply with the state's ...<http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_5945687>
MLA Partnership Fights To Develop Our Archives
Managing Information - UK
The Museums, Libraries and Archives Partnership (MLA) has launched a
new four year programme to develop England’s archives. Action for
Archives consists of
...<http://www.managinginformation.com/news/content_show_full.php?id=5690
>
Udupi: Committee Set up for Documentation of State Archives
Daijiworld.com - Mangalore,India
She further informed that the state archives had documents from the
last 300 years, including those connected with the British regime in
Mysore, ...
<http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=33719&n_tit=Udupi%3A+C
ommittee+Set+up+for+Documentation+of+State+Archives>
Library's newspaper archive project set to open
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
The newspaper digitisation project by the National Library of Australia
is expected to be available from the beginning of next year. ...
<http://www.theage.com.au/news/web/librarys-newspaper-archive-project-set
-to-open/2007/05/21/1179601309969.html>
Medical files missing for a year after move
Blackpool Today - Blackpool,England,UK
Stephanie Davis contacted The Gazette after seeing our story about the
"shocking" state medical records were being kept in at Blackpool
Victoria Hospital.
...<http://www.blackpooltoday.co.uk/blackpool-news?articleid=2891214>
Glendora's documents may turn electronic
San Gabriel Valley Tribune - West Covina,CA,USA
GLENDORA - With city records in "disarray," the City Council is
scheduled to consider purchasing a new program that would convert paper
documents into ...<http://www.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_5951705>
School records go on history site
ic Coventry - Coventry,UK
Lesley Caine, archivist at Warwickshire County Record Office said:
"Updating Warwickshire's Past Unlocked is an ongoing project.
<http://iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0125nwarksnews/tm_headline=sc
hool-records-go-on-history-site&method=full&objectid=19144851&siteid=5000
3-name_page.html>
Email archive near completion
Web User - London,UK
An effort to create a massive archive of British email is just two
weeks from completion, with some 13807 emails received so far. ...
<http://www.webuser.co.uk/news/news.php?id=120940>
Public record archives may leave county
Kingman Daily Miner - Kingman,AZ,USA
An early 20th century law requires public records to either be stored
by the county government or by the Arizona State Library, according to
Melanie ...
<http://www.kingmandailyminer.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=18&A
rticleID=12164&TM=48536.01>
Rare Beatles photos to go on display
NME.com - UK
University archivist Patricia Whatley told the BBC: "Michael Peto's
photographs of The Beatles give us a remarkable behind-the-scenes look
at a band which ...<http://www.nme.com/news/the-beatles/28508>
Preserving for posterity: Archives’ record office to go digital
Ahmedabad Newsline - Ahmedabad,India
Vadodara, May 22: THE age-old documents and files being preserved at
the State Archives’ South Circle Record Office here is all set to go
electronic as the
...<http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=237605>
It makes sense to …
Tracy Press - Tracy,CA,USA
... the shredding and destroying of documents one week after a records
request leads us to believe perhaps an ethics policy could help any
lost souls. ... <http://tracypress.com/content/view/9334/2/>
Finger Pointing Follows Discovery Of Dumped Docs
NBC Sandiego.com - San Diego,CA,USA
... records department employee, David Stanley told NBC that two
companies -- Shred-It and Iron Mountain -- are responsible for
shredding their documents.
...<http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/13368434/detail.html>
Archives offer new way to dig up past
Daily News - Galveston County - TX,USA
Especially because the process of getting all the information that the
national archives has online is still in its infancy. “In one form or
another,
...<http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=b5620187f2878ad0>
Cry arises over historian cut
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester,NY,USA
The position, created by state education law in 1922, has doubled as
city archivist or records manager since 2004. Whether it will survive
depends on City ...
<http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070522/
NEWS01/705220337/1002/NEWS>
How To Tighten Data Security And Avoid A Major Trade Secret Breach
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
One of the first things to do is figure out where you confidential data
and trade secrets reside and who has access to this information. ...
<http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=19970106
2>
Former Coke secretary to be sentenced in trade secrets case
Daily Report - Atlanta,GA,USA
The conspiracy was foiled after Pepsi warned Coca-Cola it had received
a letter in May 2006 offering Coca-Cola trade secrets to the "highest
bidder.
...<http://www.dailyreportonline.com/Editorial/News/new_singleEdit.asp?in
dividual_SQL=5%2F23%2F2007%4013425_Public_.htm>
Federal agencies told to eliminate unnecessary collection, use of ...
International Herald Tribune - France
Johnson gave the agencies 120 days to review all their files for
instances in which the use of Social Security numbers is superfluous
and "establish a plan ...
<http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/23/america/NA-GEN-US-Federal-Priv
acy-Breaches.php>
Social Security Numbers Displayed On UPMC Mailers
Pittsburgh Channel.com - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
The region's largest health care provider is accused of sending out
mailers with recipients' Social Security numbers in plain view through
the window on the
...<http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/13368107/detail.html>
Peter Kurilecz
Richmond, VA
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