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Los Angeles Times Old-Time Coroner's Reports Shed Light on Deaths Richly detailed stories are available online for St. Louis and six Missouri counties. Together, the records cover 90 years to 1932. By Cheryl Wittenauer, Associated Press Writer ST. LOUIS — On the surface, former Missouri Lt. Gov. Thomas Reynolds had everything: a wife, community stature, a law practice in St. Louis. But a coroner's inquest conducted at Lynch's Undertaking Establishment tells a different story of Reynolds, who left Missouri briefly with other Confederate exiles during the Civil War. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-adna-suspicious11jul11,1,5837713.story? Boston Globe Town eager to show off historic signature finds Jefferson, Bulfinch documents excite officials By Robert Knox, Globe Correspondent | July 11, 2004 Now that the signatures have been verified on two historic letters discovered last month in Kingston's old town hall, local library trustees are planning to exhibit and celebrate the find. http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2004/07/11/town_eager_to_show_off_historic_signature_finds/ ( Naples Daily News Guest Editorial: Presidential library Not many empty shelves at Bill Clinton's library By Special to the Daily News July 12, 2004 In its eight years, the Clinton administration generated more than controversy. It generated paper, lots of paper, truckloads of paper, to be precise. You can see why the former president's book ran to 970 pages and may, in fact, be only the first volume of his memoirs. http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/perspective/article/0,2071,NPDN_14966_3028486,00.html ( The Advertiser Lost hopes: adoption papers destroyed By CRAIG BILDSTIEN 12jul04 HUNDREDS – maybe more – of former wards of the state and their families will never learn more about their childhood. Files – some of which could date back to the late 1800s – have been destroyed, erasing the personal history of an unknown number of South Australians. Records were discovered missing when archival searches on behalf of individuals wanting to retrace their past turned up only index cards. http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,10110271%255E2682,00.html CBS Marketwatch More workers losing jobs over e-mail Firings for violations rise as more firms subpoenaed By Andrea Coombes, CBS.MarketWatch.com Last Update: 12:01 AM ET July 12, 2004 E-mail it | Print | Alert | Reprint | RSS SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- The number of workers getting fired for violating e-mail policies is rising as companies face more subpoenas of e-mail records, according to a new poll. Twenty-five percent of companies terminated a worker for violating e-mail policies, up from 22 percent last year, according to the poll. http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7BDD2A78ED-D056-4102-84BA-A5A789294879%7D&siteid=google&dist=google Ottawa Business Journal New privacy legislation not main driver behind local shredding company's growth By Ottawa Business Journal Staff Mon, Jul 12, 2004 3:00 PM EST ON-SITE DOCUMENT destruction company Shred- It International is chalking up strong growth in eastern Ontario, due to a combination of steppedup promotional efforts and a growing interest in corporate security and privacy, company officials say. http://www.ottawabusinessjournal.com/290706268956367.php ( INDOLINK Tracking South Asian American Slaves http://www.indolink.com/displayArticleS.php?id=071204025816 Hudson Valley News Records management grants approved Over $326,000 in state grants will be coming to municipalities and organizations in the 96 th Assembly District. http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/rec_mgmt_grants-11Jul04.htm Fayetteville Observer Records on Internet pushed By Andrew Barksdale Staff writer Larry Godbold says Lee Warren, Cumberland County's register of deeds, should have more records available over the Internet for people who have trouble getting the courthouse. Godbold is challenging Warren in the July 20 primary. Both are Democrats. Republican David Ivey, the land records manager for the Cumberland County Tax Office, will face the winner Nov. 2. http://www.fayettevillenc.com/story.php?Template=local&Story=6408040 Court record room gutted Express News Service Ambala, July 10: THE Central District Record room was burnt to ashes in a fire which spread at around 5 pm in the courts complex Ambala city today. Some persons, who noticed smoke coming out from the record room, immediately informed the concerned authorities. But, by the time the officials reached, the fire had engulfed the record room, destroying all records. http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=91023 New Zealand Herald Philippa Stevenson: Time to get history on the record or it will disappear 13.07.2004 COMMENT When you're having a good old clean-out of the cupboards there's a fine line between hopelessly out-of-date and treasured history. You may toss out last month's magazine but keep one from 10, five or just two years ago because, already, the march of time has lifted some content from banal to significant. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3577868&thesection=news&thesubsection=dialogue EDITORIAL: Saving the Bay's history 12.07.2004 - Hawkes Bay Today The Bay's recorded history is short, and the early days were sometimes racially charged. However, that history, along with the earlier Maori oral tradition, are our links to the past and should be precious to all who live in the region. Understanding what happened, and why it happened, in past decades and centuries influences how we think and act today. Obvious examples are claims to the Waitangi Tribunal http://www.mytown.co.nz/story/mytstorydisplay.cfm?thecity=hawkesbay&thepage=news&storyID=3577815&type=nzh The Telegraph Delete our cultural heritage? (Filed: 12/07/2004) The world is suffering from a dark and silent phenomenon known as 'digital decay' – anything stored in computerised form is vulnerable to breakdown and obsolescence. And this has enormous implications for the arts, says Bruce Sterling http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2004/07/12/badigit10.xml&sSheet=/arts/2004/07/12/ixartright.html http://snipurl.com/e70 The Telegraph Cautious Whitehall keeps the secret state alive By Ben Fenton (Filed: 12/07/2004) The Government's passion for secrecy while it talks about openness is revealed today after a study by The Daily Telegraph that raises serious concerns about the new Freedom of Information Act. It shows that more than 76,000 files which have passed the normal 30-year closure period laid down by the Public Record Act remain hidden on the Lord Chancellor's instructions. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/07/12/nsec12.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/07/12/ixnewstop.html http://snipurl.com/7pjt The Telegraph Mystery and absurdity of secret Britain By Ben Fenton (Filed: 12/07/2004) Britain's mountain of secret documents, a pile that would stand taller than Nelson's Column, contains information that is genuinely dangerous, mysteriously obscure and just plain absurd. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/07/12/nsec112.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/07/12/ixnewstop.html http://snipurl.com/7pjw icWales Church accused of book sale 'vandalism' Jul 12 2004 Martin Shipton, The Western Mail THE Church in Wales has been accused of committing "historical vandalism" after deciding to break up and sell off part of one of the oldest collections of books in Wales. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_objectid=14416371&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=church-accused-of--book-sale--vandalism--name_page.html http://snipurl.com/7pjy Omaha World Herald Union Pacific's response Allegations of Spoliation of Evidence RESPONSE: Union Pacific's policy is clear: We do not destroy information or evidence needed for legal proceedings. In the rare instances when an individual employee intentionally destroyed or altered evidence, the employee was fired. The company also has in place an Ethics Committee to review allegations of misbehavior. http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_np=0&u_pg=46&u_sid=1145538 Computerworld Sarb-Ox Projects Still Lack IT Involvement, Auditors Say News Story by Thomas Hoffman JUNE 28, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - IRVING, Texas -- For many of the attendees at a Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance conference held here this month, getting technology managers and staffers involved in the process of documenting internal IT controls is turning out to be a big challenge. http://www.computerworld.com/governmenttopics/government/policy/story/0,10801,94159,00.html Computerworld Building a Compliance Framework As the flow of mandates continues, CIOs who can integrate corporate compliance efforts will be ahead of the pack. News Story by Steve Ulfelder JULY 05, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - Do you break out in a cold sweat whenever you hear the phrase Section 404? When a co-worker mentions HIPAA, do you race back to your office to figure out the earliest possible date you can retire? http://www.computerworld.com/managementtopics/management/story/0,10801,94263,00.html New York Times Bar Code Détente: U.S. Finally Adds One More Digit By STEVE LOHR Published: July 12, 2004 The humble bar code, the rectangular thicket of slender bars and spaces on products, ignored by shoppers, indecipherable to humans, is joining the forced march of globalization. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/12/business/12barcode.html ( FCW Technology aids search for MIAs BY Matthew French July 12, 2004 An enduring legacy of war is that some warfighters disappear — whether they are taken prisoner and never returned, lost in the chaos of battle or destroyed in battle so that their bodies are unidentifiable. Those combatants listed as missing in action stir the nation's psyche. A Navy organization in Hawaii has been working to investigate, find and identify missing U. S. servicemen. Information technology allows their researchers and analysts to more easily find relevant documents and interpret facts to link cases. http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2004/0712/tec-powmia-07-12-04.asp San Francisco Chronicle Digitizing the voices of the past Science perfects sound of century-old recordings Keay Davidson, Chronicle Science Writer A new technology under development in Berkeley could help thousands of long-dead Americans to "speak" again. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/07/12/MNGJP7JRC21.DTL -- Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA Richmond, Va [log in to unmask]