PLANNING and zoning records easier to get than others WVLT - Knoxville,TN,USA ... Audits of 356 city and county offices statewide showed only a 67 percent compliance rate, which meant auditors had trouble getting information within 48 hours ... <http://www.volunteertv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2616319> FALCONER rules out freedom of information 'free for all' Manchester Evening News - Manchester,England,UK Lord Falconer of Thoroton said preparing Whitehall departments for the new Freedom of Information Act - which comes into force on January 1 - was like turning ... <http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/news/s/138/138352_falconer_rules_out_freedo m_of_information_free_for_all.html> VOLUNTEERS inventory outtakes of Harry Truman documentary Kansas City Star (subscription) - Kansas City,MO,USA ... Ray Geselbracht, a Truman Museum archivist, said the collection of 35mm film, 16mm film and some quarter-inch audiotapes may be unique among presidential ... <http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/10272373.htm> ONLY 60% of school systems honor records requests The Tennessean - Nashville,TN,USA ... chartered last year, is an alliance of newspapers, broadcast stations and citizen groups that works to ensure compliance with state open records and meeting ... <http://www.tennessean.com/government/archives/04/11/62043506.shtml?Element_ID =62043506> PLANNING and zoning records easier to get than others WVLT - Knoxville,TN,USA Tennessee's zoning and planning record keepers fared slightly better than other officials when it came to making public documents available to the public. ... <http://www.volunteertv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2616319> Contra Costa Times, Fri, 26 Nov 2004 3:22 AM PST Preserving digital data a tough job http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/business/10276182.htm America's 115 million home computers are brimming over with personal treasures -- millions of photographs, music of every genre, college papers, the great American novel and, of course, mountains of e-mail. Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA [log in to unmask] Richmond, Va