RAIN 070616
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories
related to records and archives management.
Govt, business must play role in preserving recordings, TV scripts
The Daily Yomiuri - Osaka,Japan
Meanwhile, the Television and Radio Writers' Association of Japan is
trying to establish national archives for broadcast scripts. In 2003,
Shinichi Ichikawa
...<http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/features/culture/20070615TDY04004.htm>
Researcher resurrects Australia's radio history
UQ News - Brisbane,Queensland,Australia
The University of Queensland Faculty of Arts academic has been granted
a fellowship with the National Archives of Australia in Canberra to
research ...<http://www.uq.edu.au/news/?article=12288>
Discovery of map sheds new light on Hailes Abbey
Cotswold Journal - UK
AN Elizabethan map discovered in the National Archives has shed new
light on Hailes Abbey and its surroundings at Winchcombe shortly after
the Dissolution. ...
<http://www.cotswoldjournal.co.uk/news/cotsnewsroundup/display.var.147081
0.0.discovery_of_map_sheds_new_light_on_hailes_abbey.php>
The eye of the beholder-50000 times
UI The Daily Iowan (subscription) - Iowa City,IA,USA
Looking through his pictures - which were all taken on glass negatives,
some as large as 11 by 17 inches - you are confronted by the mystery of
Grossheim ...
<http://www.dailyiowan.com/home/news/2007/06/15/Arts/The-Eye.Of.The.Behol
der50000.Times-2915358.shtml>
Cheever confirmed as state archivist
Kennebec Journal - Augusta,ME,USA
By SUSAN M. COVER AUGUSTA -- The Senate confirmed David Cheever to be
the next state archivist on a party-line vote Thursday. Cheever, 57, of
Augusta proved ...
<http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/4000589.html>
Unearth the benefits of buried data
ComputerWeekly.com - UK
"An attendant and equally important driver is that of information
lifecycle management. If the data can be discovered and classified,
then the
appropriate ...
<http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/06/15/224787/unearth-the-ben
efits-of-buried-data.htm>
Securit to open 86000-square-foot facility in Ottawa
Ottawa Business Journal - Ontario, Canada
By Ottawa Business Journal Staff Securit, parent company of Shred-it
Document Destruction, will open a new, 86000-square-foot National
Capital Region
...<http://www.ottawabusinessjournal.com/289129326550482.php>
Brando USB portable paper shredder
Mobile Digest - London,England,UK
As the company points out, it shreds your confidential documents,
notes, business cards easily on the go. Well, as long as you've got
something to shred
...<http://techdigest.tv/2007/06/brando_usb_port.html>
Today's Confidential Data Loss Is in Ohio
NewsFactor Network - Woodland Hills,CA,USA
State officials have said, however, that the device was not a laptop.
Ohio officials determined that the device contained personal employee
information
...<http://www.newsfactor.com/news/Today-s-Confidential-Data-Loss-Is-in-O
hio/story.xhtml?story_id=0330012S05JC>
Eden Project staff data on stolen laptop
ComputerworldUK - UK
By John E Dunn Personal information on 500 staff at Cornwall's Eden
Project was on a laptop stolen from the car of an employee at Moorepay,
the company that ...
<http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/security/data-control/news/ind
ex.cfm?newsid=3524>
National Archives considers shared data service
ZDNet UK - UK
The National Archives is to look at the possibility of a shared service
for government departments to take, migrate and preserve digital data.
... <http://news.zdnet.co.uk/itmanagement/0,1000000308,39287576,00.htm>
Civil War era poem could go to National Archives
Detroit Free Press - United States
"He said it belonged in the National Archives," Schultz recalled. "Who
knows where it will end?" Schultz said, her eyes twinkling at the idea
that her
...<http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070612/NEWS05/70612
0379/1007>
Agency learns an expensive lesson about public records
Yakima Herald-Republic - Yakima,WA,USA
At a time when exemptions from the state's Public Records Act are
undergoing a long-overdue review for relevance comes an emphatic
reminder to public
...<http://www.yakima-herald.com/page/dis/289126468598451>
Compliance: Stay ahead of the game
Secure Computing - Australia
... retention and disposal of documents may be one of the few things
that need to be considered for compliance, so a document or records
management system ...
<http://www.securecomputing.net.au/feature/3583,compliance-stay-ahead-of-
the-game.aspx>
Educating the masses for IT security
SC Magazine US - USA
And realizing that his seven-person team was inadequate to educate the
12000 employees, he called on the city's records management vendor to
train workers
...<http://scmagazine.com/us/news/article/664857/educating-masses-securit
y>
FBI investigates document shredding at Fulton jail
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA
Four aides to the former jail administrator, John Gibson, were
reportedly shredding the records while Gibson was wrapping up his last
day with the agency.
...<http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2007/06/15/061
6metjail.html>
Fulton jail needs outside probe
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA
But Taylor estimated that about 10 percent of the records and memos
saved from shredding were directed at Gibson or had been in his
control. ...
<http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2007/06/15/0615edjail
.html>
Google Tightens Limit on Its Data Retention
New York Times - United States
Mr. Fleischer said that the company faced a great lack of legal
clarity, with some of its services potentially falling under European
Union data retention
...<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/13/technology/13google.html?ref=techno
logy>
Google to limit data retention to 18 months
MSNBC - USA
... the Article 29 group, confirming the move, but pointing out that
future data retention laws "may obligate us to raise the retention
period to 24 months. ...<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19185549/>
A Data Discovery Department?
Law.com (subscription) - San Francisco,CA,USA
"We are seeing renewed interest by our clients in seeking our advice on
the law and on the technology to make sure that they have a handle on
the retention
...<http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLT.jsp?id=1181852925
555>
Tech tells 23000 current, ex-students of security breach
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA
The file did not contain Social Security numbers or credit card
numbers, institution officials said. The e-mail was sent to students
who took computing ...
<http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2007/06/14/0615me
ttech.html>
Pfizer Policies Questioned In Security Breach
TheDay - New London,CT,USA
Fretts and Lacasse also said that the type of information released in
the security breach -- Social Security numbers, names, addresses and
bonus amounts
...<http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=3abe16b9-6537-461f-8be1-6d7baad95652
>
David Brown Becomes First Archivist Of Securities And Exchange ...
Exchange News Direct - London,London,UK
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that David Brown
has become the first Archivist of the agency. Mr. Brown will play a
leadership role
...<http://www.exchange-handbook.co.uk/index.cfm?section=news&action=deta
il&id=67651>
Top Fulton jail aide quits; records shredded
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - GA, USA
After a reporter asked Shoob's staff on Monday about reports of ongoing
destruction of county documents, Shoob said he sent Taylor to
investigate and to
...<http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2007/06/12/061
3metjail.html>
Breaches often don't lead to ID theft
Columbus Dispatch - Columbus,OH,USA
So far this year, Chase, Nationwide, Ohio State University and the Ohio
Board of Nursing have reported that personal data such as Social
Security numbers ...
<http://www.columbusdispatch.com/dispatch/content/local_news/stories/2007
/06/16/IDTheft.ART_ART_06-16-07_A1_7471JCC.html>
The Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library looks to gain recognition ...
WDBJ7.com - Roanoke,VA,USA
The Virginian's Presidential Library in Staunton recently hit the
information jackpot. "Notes from Woodrow Wilson on a speech he's about
to give. ...<http://www.wdbj7.com/Global/story.asp?S=6666211&nav=S6aK>
NHS computer records project chief quits
Financial Times - London,England,UK
By Nicholas Timmins, Public Policy Editor Richard Granger, the UK's
highest-paid civil servant, is to leave as head of the £12bn programme
to develop an
...<http://www.ft.com/cms/s/5a361d74-1b8a-11dc-bc55-000b5df10621.html>
Strickland says additional information was on stolen storage device
Coshocton Tribune - Coshocton,OH,USA
Friday morning's revelation came after a data review team scanned
computer records using a keyword search program that looked for
sensitive information. ...
<http://www.coshoctontribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070616/UPDA
TES01/70616001/1002/NEWS01>
Recovering yesterday - collection and preservation of African ...
Diverse - Fairfax,VA,USA
In 1935, the National Archives opened to the public and, in gathering
together the records of the American government, also preserved African
... <http://www.diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_7467.shtml>
Professor loses student data
Corpus Christi Caller Times - Corpus Christi,TX,USA
The flash drive -- a thumb-sized memory data storage device -- may have
contained Social Security numbers and other identifying information for
students of
...<http://www.caller.com/news/2007/jun/16/professor-loses-student-data/>
IT Confidential: Google Vs. The FBI: Who's Got More Right To Data?
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
Not to mention the data flowing through its E-mail, data storage, and
app services. Uncle Sam gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling. On the other
hand,
...<http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=19990
4888>
Peter Kurilecz
Richmond, VA
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