RAIN 070712
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories
related to records and archives management.
Japanese Bank Loses 1M Records
Dark Reading - New York,NY,USA
The report did not say whether the lost records were digital or paper
documents, and they did not say what forms of digital storage media the
bank uses. ...
<http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=128692&WT.svl=news1_1>
Ex-Boeing employee charged with theft of data
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
It says some of those documents were highly classified. Wallace on
Tuesday
said he might have been contacted by Eastman but never received any
information ...
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/323130_boeingcharges11.html>
IT managers criticize federal data-loss bill
InterGovWorld.com - Toronto,ON,Canada
... vice president of the commercial services division at Time Warner
Cable
Inc. Time Warner last spring reported the loss of backup tapes that
contained ...
<http://www.intergovworld.com/article/idgml-1ba87d86-dbc3-4515-9c4f-aca30
2b79877/pg1.htm>
GOP questions Corzine's use of private e-mail
All TV - New Jersey,USA
Today he filed a new request under the Open Public Records Act for any
and
all documents "relating to the use of external e-mail accounts on
servers
such as ...
<http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2007/07/gop_questions_corzines_use_of.h
tml>
FBI in the dark about its own lost laptops
InterGovWorld.com - Toronto,ON,Canada
"Without knowing the contents of these lost and stolen laptop
computers, it
is impossible for the FBI to know the extent of the damage these losses
might ...
<http://www.intergovworld.com/article/c61f24e70a01040800109fbfc57a389b/pg
0.htm>
Boeing Employee Charged With Stealing 320000 Sensitive Files
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
Boeing estimated in an arrest report that if only a portion of the
stolen
documents were given to competitors, it could cost the company between
$5
billion ...
<http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=20100082
0>
Sensitive Documents Unprotected Online
FOX News - USA
Agencies declined to release the files when asked for them directly,
even
though they were accessible to anyone with an Internet connection. ...
<http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007Jul11/0,4670,MilitaryOnlineInsecuritySu
mmaryBox,00.html>
Who is liable when computer tech swipes files?
Builder.com - USA
... has no business exploring you're My Documents folder. But how can
you
ensure that they won't? How can you ensure that they won't go into your
bank files ...
<http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/career/?p=158>
AP IMPACT: Sensitive documents found unprotected on FTP servers
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
They said files that never should appear online are often left
unprotected
by inexperienced or careless users who don't know better. ...
<http://www.charlotte.com/204/story/193238.html>
Military Files Left Unprotected Online
Forbes - NY,USA
It's material so sensitive that officials refused to release the
documents
when asked. But it's already out there, posted carelessly to file
servers
by ...
<http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/07/11/ap3904646.html>
Charges in Boeing download case
Seattle Times - United States
Eastman said Tuesday that Boeing officials accused him in May 2006 of
providing confidential documents that allowed Gates to write six
stories on
Everett's ...
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2003783810_boei
ng11m.html>
Hernando accountant accused of fraud
St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
Authorities say she deleted or altered computer records and destroyed or
concealed paper documents to help hide the crimes she was committing.
...
<http://www.sptimes.com/2007/07/11/Pasco/Hernando_accountant_a.shtml>
Nixon's new archivist
Orange County Register - Costa Mesa,CA,USA
... Presidential Library and Museum, which became the 12th presidential
library in the National Archives and Records Administration system on
Wednesday. ...
<http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/local/yorbalinda/article_17608
72.php>
Exclusive: Major E-health Records Project Unravels Into Legal Battle
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
In its court papers, Dossia says it will "suffer immediate and
irreparable
harm" if Omnimedix files a public suit that reveals confidential
details of
the ...
<http://www.informationweek.com/software/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=2010
00830>
Implementing An Electronic Document And Records Management System
ECM Connection (press release) - Erie,PA,USA
The case file was chosen because of the sheer volume of records
currently
accumulated, the difficulty of purging files of unwanted material, and
the
lack of ...
<http://www.ecmconnection.com/content/news/article.asp?DocID=%7BCBED4467-
E641-41DD-9427-ECEE72DE41D1%7D&Bucket=Current+Headlines>
Zimbra Helps Organizations Meet Compliance Requirements with ...
Earthtimes.org - USA
"Our customers are K-12 school districts that are under the gun to
establish policies to comply with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
(FRCP) amendment ...
<http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,136751.shtml>
Another A&M-CC professor misplaces students' information
Corpus Christi Caller Times - Corpus Christi,TX,USA
The university uses students' social security numbers as identification
numbers but will stop using them when the fall semester begins and
switch
to a ...
<http://www.caller.com/news/2007/jul/11/another-m-cc-professor-misplaces-
students-informat/>
Consultant Sentenced To 5 Years In Jail For Stealing Customer ...
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
According to a report from the US Attorney's Office, Schwartz admitted
to
investigators that he stole Social Security numbers and related
information
from ...
<http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=20100070
8>
VA to expand encryption to in-house removable storage
FCW.com - Falls Church,VA,USA
VA offered credit monitoring to 864000 affected veterans, employees and
health care providers whose full Social Security numbers might be at
risk
to ...
<http://www.fcw.com/article103192-07-11-07-Web>
Gov: Data for 860000 on Stolen Device
Forbes - NY,USA
By MATT LEINGANG 07.11.07, 7:13 PM ET The tally of people whose Social
Security numbers and other personal data were on a computer storage
device
stolen ...
<http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/07/11/ap3905672.html>
National Archives Release 11 Hours of Nixon Tapes
New York Times - United States
Allen Weinstein, the archivist of the United States, said the merging of
the Nixon library with the Archives made the Nixon administration, ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/12/washington/12nixon.html?hp>
Seminar on electronic recordation of deeds, title work held
MyWestTexas.com - Midland,TX,USA
... new level of convenience for abstracters and other people who need
to
submit official documents, such as deeds of trust, to the county for
recordation. ...
<http://www.mywesttexas.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18572469&BRD=2288&PAG=46
1&dept_id=475626&rfi=6>
Ex-Boeing employee charged in data-theft
SC Magazine US - USA
He stored the files on his home computer, police allege. Boeing
estimated
that the potential financial damage if even some of the documents fell
into
the ...
<http://scmagazine.com/us/news/article/670671/ex-boeing-employee-charged-
data-theft/>
Preserving old games is a service to humanity
Guardian Unlimited - UK
Last week, Microsoft took some time out from repairing Xbox 360s to
announce a joint initiative with the National Archives. There is concern
that billions ...
<http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,2123670,00.html>
Consultant Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison For Stealing Customer
Information
A business software consultant who stole identifying information on
110,000 customers from an insurance company was caught trying to sell
the information to an undercover Secret Service age
<http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=2010007
08>
Exclusive: Major E-Health Records Project Unravels Into Legal Battle
An ambitious e-health records project launched by an employer coalition
that includes Wal-Mart, Intel, Pitney Bowes, Applied Materials, British
Petroleum, and Cardinal Health is falling apart.
<http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=2010008
30>
Grants to move local records into digital age
Ithaca Journal - Ithaca,NY,USA
... Clerk's office digitize all of its property deeds, and $17500 for
the
county to hire a consultant to investigate creating a records management
facility. ...
<http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070712/NEWS
01/707120323/1002>
Hijacking History
Village Voice - New York,NY,USA
Even Giuliani's "World Trade Center files" and "Millennium Project
files,"
together with 6000 files of photographs, 1000 audiotapes, and 15000
videotapes, ...
<http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0204,barrett,31696,5.html>
Zimbra Zips Up Email Archives
Byteandswitch.com - New York,NY,USA
(See Federal Schmederal, Index Addresses FRCP, and Storage Goes to Law
School.) The amendments to the FRCP legislation, which force firms to
make
electronic ...
<http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=128942&WT.svl=news1_1>
A&M-CC adjunct temporarily loses list of student IDs
Corpus Christi Caller Times - Corpus Christi,TX,USA
The university uses students' Social Security numbers as identification,
but will stop using them when the fall semester begins and will switch
to a
<http://www.caller.com/news/2007/jul/12/aampampm-cc-adjunct-temporarily-l
oses-list-of/>
Cullen Speech to Archives NZ Conference
Scoop.co.nz - New Zealand
And they exist not only on celluloid, but in documents and records and
in
all the many files that are carried through the ages in the eighty
kilometres of ...
<http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0707/S00201.htm>
Mr. Rogers' shows to be digitized
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
The college has never before attempted an archival project of this
scale.
It is a collaboration between the on-campus Fred Rogers Center and
Family
<http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07193/800910-56.stm>
Intern gets 15 months for stealing Civil War papers from archives
International Herald Tribune - France
AP PHILADELPHIA: A financially strapped book dealer who stole scores of
Civil War-era documents from US archives and sold them on eBay was
sentenced ...
<http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/12/america/NA-GEN-US-National-Arc
hives-Theft.php>
Peter Kurilecz
Richmond, VA
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