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RAIN 070228 Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management. BIZARRE BAZAAR New York Post - New York,NY,USA February 26, 2007 -- Decades from now, historians sifting through the city's archives will find 1000 origami cranes, two scarves from Pakistan and even a ... <http://www.nypost.com/seven/02262007/news/regionalnews/bizarre_bazaar_re gionalnews_david_seifman__city_hall_bureau_chief.htm> Lawmakers review plan to improve Nevada public records access Las Vegas Sun - Las Vegas,NV,USA Barry Smith, executive director of the Nevada Press Association, endorsed the bill, saying Nevada's existing open records laws lack accountability, ... <http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2007/feb/26/022610385.h tml> Social Security numbers yanked from public records News 8 Austin - Austin,TX,USA State Attorney General Greg Abbott ruled that Social Security numbers be removed from all public records immediately. That's good news in the battle for ... <http://www.news8austin.com/content/your_news/default.asp?ArID=179864> County clerk‘s ‘extra step' continues records access Brenham Banner Press - Brenham,TX,USA Then she indicated, “We can provide a copy of the document, but with the Social Security numbers blacked out.” Rothermel said this system is obviously far ... <http://www.brenhambanner.com/articles/2007/02/27/news/news01.txt> Getty Images Acquires The Michael Ochs Archives, Offering ... PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA Over the past three decades, imagery from The Michael Ochs Archives has provided cultural context to a variety of entertainment and communication outlets, ... <http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/0 2-27-2007/0004535608&EDATE=> Torrent archives store Microsoft/SCO documents Neoseeker - USA When an embarrasing collection of documents were to be destroyed, Bittorent comes to the rescue, saving them for posterity. ...<http://www.neoseeker.com/news/story/6547/> NOTE: readers will want to read the following story as it contains a link to the panel’s report Court records destruction "harmed" public Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville,KY,USA The panel made 13 recommendations, including stopping all destruction of misdemeanor records and maintaining such record for at least 25 years. ... <http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070227/NEWS0 1/70227040> Glasscock vows e-mail explanation Tuesday The Decatur Daily - Decatur,AL,USA Haddock granted a temporary restraining order for George weeks ago that prohibited destruction of electronic records. ... <http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/070227/email.shtml> SanDisk to launch permanent storage medium for digital photography Pocket-lint.co.uk - UK 27 February 2007 - SanDisk is planning to release a new form of storage media that it hopes will provide archival storage for photographers. ... <http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/news/news.phtml/6833/7857/sandisk-permanent -storage-medium-photography.phtml> Curbs on freedom of information are ‘best option’ Financial Times - London,England,UK Proposals put forward by the government to stop over-burdensome requests under the Freedom of Information Act remain “the best option” currently available, ... <http://www.ft.com/cms/s/bffc7f6e-c689-11db-be1a-000b5df10621.html> Kaiser replaces chief of digital records project Los Angeles Times - CA,USA The senior executive overseeing Kaiser Permanente's massive effort to digitize its members' medical records is being replaced, the company said Monday, ... <http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-kaiser27feb27,1,358757.story?col l=la-headlines-technology> BROWNtech Streamlines Access to County Records IT Jungle - New York,NY,USA by Alex Woodie. Business was painfully slow at the Norfolk County (Massachusetts) Registry of Deeds. Until it implemented an i5/OS-based document management ...<http://www.itjungle.com/fhs/fhs022707-story10.html> Looking Up County Records Becomes More Tedious KLTV - Tyler,TX,USA A big pain if you look up records at any courthouse in Texa: the days of looking up land deeds and surveys yourself is over. ...<http://www.kltv.com/Global/story.asp?S=6145314> Town weighs digital archiving plan Greenwich Time - Greenwich,CT,USA Town officials are requesting $1.76 million for a computer archiving system that would include 16 million pages of public documents such as land records and ... <http://www.greenwichtime.com/news/local/scn-gt-a1paperlessadvancefeb27,0 ,2659841.story?coll=green-news-local-headlines> New privacy precautions for public records bogs down land men Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel - Nacogdoches,TX,USA Instead of pouring into the office and digging through files, the land men, attorneys and surveyors — who search public records for a living — had to wait ... <http://www.dailysentinel.com/news/content/news/stories/2007/02/27/public records.html> Attorney general opinion causes records backlogs Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA ... to Social Security numbers from billions of official documents such as title records, deeds and tax liens, whether they are paper or scanned digitally. ...<http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/state/16792940.htm> AG opinion hamstrings County Clerk’s Office Weatherford Democrat - Weatherford,TX,USA “Those records belong to the people,” Brunson said of the untold number of title records, deeds, tax liens, birth and death records that are affected. ... <http://weatherforddemocrat.com/cnhi/weatherforddemocrat/homepage/local_s tory_058160103.html?keyword=leadpicturestory> County Clerks Putting Personal Information At Risk CBS 11 - Dallas/Fort Worth,TX,USA Clerks now must print out documents and black out each page with personal information. Robyn Moye verifies deeds for a title company. ... <http://cbs11tv.com/consumer/local_story_057210554.html> How To Keep Your Data From Being Destroyed InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA A layman can get find via a search engine the software needed to delete and wipe a drive. This includes open-source freeware such as Darik's Boot and Nuke, ... <http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=19700919 2> SmartBuy seeks info on e-records management system FCW.com - Falls Church,VA,USA BY Matthew Weigelt. The General Services Administration is formulating a request for information for a commercial solution for electronic data records ...<http://www.fcw.com/article97782-02-27-07-Web> Secured Digital Chairman Unveils Digital Document Management ... Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA Customers can design and implement a document retention program that automatically manages the destruction or retention of aged documents. ... <http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news _view&newsId=20070227005571&newsLang=en> Sioux City To Change Record Keeping Policy KTIV - Sioux City,IA,USA It's important for us to re-evaluate the various policies that we have and this has given us a better understanding of the document retention policy and the ...<http://www.ktiv.com/News/index.php?ID=10570> Historic maps help preserve Texas history News 8 Austin - Austin,TX,USA Logan’s letter is signed “Good Bye,” which GLO archivist Jerry Drakesays means Logan knew his fate was dire. By the time his family received the letter, ... <http://www.news8austin.com/content/headlines/?ArID=179886&SecID=2> Abbott abates SSN opinion for 60 days Brunson proposes deputizing landmen for redaction process Galen Scott [log in to unmask] A letter sent by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott Wednesday granted county clerks 60 more days to figure out some way to prevent documents marked with social security numbers (SSN) from getting out the door. <http://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/homepage/local_story_059145859.html> New storage capacity to increase by eightfold by 2012 Global Sources - Singapore United States – Data storage analyst and consultant Coughlin Associates has predicted an eightfold increase in new digital storage capacity and the doubling ... <http://www.computerproducts.globalsources.com/gsol/I/Hard-drive/a/900000 0084229.htm> Leopold Foundation, UW-Madison to digitize Aldo Leopold archives University of Wisconsin-Madison University Communications - Madison,WI,USA The grant is one of three given by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, affiliated with the National Archives, in a new program ..<http://www.news.wisc.edu/13501.html> Attorney general's ruling limits access to public records MyWestTexas.com - Midland,TX,USA Access to public documents maintained by the Midland County Clerk's Office will remain open, but residents will no longer be able to freely browse through ... <http://www.mywesttexas.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17902157&BRD=2288&PAG=46 1&dept_id=475626&rfi=6> Changes being made in the handling of public records in an attempt ... KCEN-TV - Eddy,TX,USA Social security numbers will be removed from all public records. The move is causing some concern for area counties. Bell County Clerk Shelley Coston said, ... <http://www.kcentv.com/news/c-article.php?cid=1&nid=12239> City's payment settles Nike public records dispute Beaverton Valley Times - Portland,OR,USA The payment ends one of the biggest and most contentious public records access case in the state. The move was prompted after the city attorney informed ... <http://www.beavertonvalleytimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=117259908794 737200> AG stalls record-keeping at courthouse Bryan College Station Eagle - Bryan-College Station,TX,USA ... but I think this has implications for every government agency because every agency is subject to receiving an open records request," Phelps said. ...<http://www.theeagle.com/stories/022707/local_20070227003.php> Well-Traveled Documents: IBM FileNet’s BPM Solution Routes ... EContent (press release) - Wilton,CT,USA "If you're a large American corporation with many employees, operating in many countries, you need to have corporate deletion and retention properties in ... <http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/ArticleReader.aspx?ArticleID=19252> Del. bill subjects legislature to Freedom of Information Act— WMDT - Salisbury,MD,USA Republican lawmakers today unveiled new legislation to make the General Assembly subject to Delaware's Freedom of Information Act, although the bill carries ... <http://www.wmdt.com/wires/displaystory.asp?id=59046874> Report criticizes agency over Jefferson County records purge Kentucky.com - Lexington,KY,USA The panel recommended 13 policy changes, including that misdemeanor records be kept for at least 25 years and that the destruction of such records be...<http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/16802655.htm> United States: Six Additional State Data Security Breach ... Mondaq News Alerts (subcription) - London,UK Vermont enacted a comprehensive law that addresses data security breaches, social security number protection and the safe destruction of documents. ...<http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=46586&searchresults=1> Manager: Morgan e-mail not missing The Decatur Daily - Decatur,AL,USA The action was contingent on Circuit Judge Steve Haddock agreeing to amend a restraining order that prohibits destruction of computer records. ... <http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/070228/email.shtml> National Archives, West Virginia University Announce New ... PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA The new partnership complements NARA's establishment of the Electronic Records Archives Program operations at the US Navy's Allegany Ballistics Laboratory ... <http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/0 2-28-2007/0004536517&EDATE=> Attorney General's ruling puts squeeze on Texas' county clerks Waco Tribune Herald - Waco,TX,USA An investigation by the Fort Bend Herald raised concerns about identity theft from county records, prompting the county attorney to ask the attorney ... <http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/news/stories/2007/02/28/02282007wac countyclerks.html> Your life in the public domain Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia Once online, personal information is almost impossible to delete. The "Wayback Machine" is one of several permanent caches, snapshots of the internet ... <http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/your-life-in-the-public-domain/2007/02/27 /1172338610757.html> E-discovery rules could prompt e-mail archive crunch ITBusiness.ca - Canada “There are some companies which are very aggressive and delete everything after a certain period of time. That reduces storage requirements, ... <http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/home/News.asp?id=42446&cid=9> District clerk to limit access to public records (2:02 pm) El Paso Times - El Paso,TX,USA District clerk staff will now review all requested documents to remove Social Security numbers before the documents can be released to the public. ...<http://origin.elpasotimes.com/breakingnews/ci_5323492> Recall Uses RFID to Make Records Auditing Possible RFID Update - Alexandria,VA,USA Industry forecasters and researchers are generally bullish on RFID adoption for asset tracking, but have not specifically identified documents and records ...<http://www.rfidupdate.com/articles/index.php?id=1307> Professionals grapple with restrictions on records Bryan College Station Eagle - Bryan-College Station,TX,USA He said that redacted copies of the dozens of court records his office maintains are available, but case files can no longer be viewed by the public. ...<http://www.theeagle.com/stories/022807/local_20070228003.php> Opinion stills flow of public records Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA Clerks have taken documents off their Web sites and are issuing paper copies of real estate deeds and other records only after removing Social Security ...<http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/4588286.html> AT&T's Attic IEEE Spectrum - New York,NY,USA The AT&T Archives and History Center doesn't make much of a first impression. Located on a quiet wooded road in Warren, NJ, its fluorescent-lit hallways and ...<http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/mar07/4953> Irish architectural archive goes online ElectricNews.net - Dublin,Ireland The archive also lists important public buildings such as hospitals, as well as noteworthy gardens and other private buildings with recorded architectural ...<http://www.electricnews.net/frontpage/news-9941245.html> Fresno photographer donates archive to Fresno State Fresno State News - Fresno,CA,USA Longtime Fresno community photographer and attorney Howard K. Watkins is donating his photographic archive to the Henry Madden Library at California State ... <http://www.fresnostatenews.com/2007/02/photodonation.htm> KGBT 4 Rio Grande Valley, Mon, 26 Feb 2007 5:22 PM PST County Property Files Restricted http://www.team4news.com/Global/story.asp?S=6145677 Connie Ray of Hillsboro, Texas is a deed researcher for a seismic company. She spends plenty of time researching documents in Hidalgo County to find owners of property for oil drilling purposes. The Lufkin Daily News, Mon, 26 Feb 2007 2:52 PM PST Records lockdown at courthouse forced by AG's ruling http://www.lufkindailynews.com/news/content/news/stories/2007/02/27/county_clerk.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=9 A clamp-down on securing Social Security numbers, ordered by the attorney general's office last week, has left oil and gas mineral rights researchers locked out of the deed room in Angelina County Clerk's office until those numbers can be redacted. Infomatics, Wed, 28 Feb 2007 4:31 AM PST California considers open document migration http://www.infomaticsonline.co.uk/vnunet/news/2184374/california-mulls-open-document A proposed bill before the California State Assembly would require the state to adopt an open document format for all government records. The move would make California, with a population of more than 33 million, the largest government body to move to an open document format. The Bryan-College Station Eagle, Wed, 28 Feb 2007 5:55 AM PST Brazos Valley adjusts to AG opinion http://www.theeagle.com/stories/022807/local_20070228002.php District and county clerks from across the Brazos Valley hovered in a state of chaos for the second day in a row Tuesday as elected officials scrambled to protect them from possible arrest if they're unable to comply with an old law that has new implications. Clerks in the Brazos Valley, just like those from every other Texas county, have been in a frenzy for several days following the release ... The Marshall News Messenger, Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:13 PM PST AG RULING: Lack of access could adversely impact companies that depend on records http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/news/stories/2007/02/02282007_agside.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=7 Business that depend on access to public records — namely oil and gas companies, petroleum landmen, real estate companies and even banks — may be adversely affected by a state ruling that those records cannot be released unless Social Security numbers on them are removed. Who can see your social security number? KHOU (subscription) - Houston,TX,USA Those social security numbers are all over Harris County's archive of 75000 boxes of microfilm, each containing 3000 records. That's a lot of documents. ... <http://www.khou.com/news/local/stories/khou070228_mh_socialsecuritylocal .77b325a.html> Striking proper balance between access, privacy HeraldNet - Everett,WA,USA ... strange as that may sound coming from a newspaper editorial board, an entity that can't do its job without broad access to public documents. ... <http://heraldnet.com/stories/07/02/28/100edi_editorial001.cfm> Clerks figure out how to work with AG ruling Paris News - Paris,TX,USA ... let individuals work from an index, have her staff pull the files, copy them and redact the Social Security numbers before handing out the documents to ...<http://web.theparisnews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=1f054b3d38a12a49> How to Stay Out of the Penalty Box CSO - Framingham,MA,USA The digital Shadow Holmes told Easton enough for the company's lawyers to inform Warrior's lawyers that Ghassemi was suspected of stealing trade secrets. ...<http://www.csoonline.com/read/030107/fea_secrets.html> Trash collectors haul off paper and guilt Savannah Morning News - Savannah,GA,USA Seacoast makes its money, as its name suggests, from on-site shredding that protects sensitive documents. That shredded paper is recycled. ... <http://new.savannahnow.com/node/234923> Managing Reputation CSO - Framingham,MA,USA During the trial, it emerged that Morgan Stanley had overwritten e-mails and been careless in its data storage. Unable to respond to the court's requests ...<http://www.csoonline.com/caveat/022707.html> AG opinion creates open records nightmare Mineral Wells Index - Mineral Wells,TX,USA By Libby Cluett. On any day in the recent past, the Palo Pinto County Clerk’s office could be busy with landmen and title company staff searching public ... <http://www.mineralwellsindex.com/homepage/local_story_059113224.html?key word=leadpicturestory> Attorney General suspends open records ruling LubbockOnline.com - Lubbock,TX,USA The Texas Attorney General suspended Wednesday morning a recent open records ruling that aimed to protect residents from identity theft but threatened ... <http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/022807/upd_5635541.shtml> Peter Kurilecz Richmond Va ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. =0