RAIN (Records/Archives In the News) is a daily compilation of news stories from around the world. TECH Needs to Opt-In For ID Protection InternetNews.com - USA ... After the disclosure from credit-check company ChoicePoint that an ID theft ring gained access to the its vital credit information, putting 145,000 consumers ... <http://www.internetnews.com/commentary/article.php/3486001> WLBZ Bangor, Mon, 28 Feb 2005 5:03 AM PST PUBLIC DOCUMENTS SHOULD NOT BE FOR SALE http://www.wlbz2.com/home/article.asp?id=20557 AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap says public documents belong to the public, not private individuals. State Archivist Jim Henderson says many public documents have fallen into private hands over time, often because many town officials in Maine used to work from their homes. BANK of America loses data tapes VNUNet.com - UK Bank of America has admitted losing several computer data tapes during shipment to a backup data centre. The missing tapes contained ... <http://www.vnunet.com/news/1161545> "PRESUMED lost": 1m Bank of America customer records Silicon.com - UK ... Bank of America said it will continue to monitor the accounts on the data tapes and will contact the government cardholders if any unusual activity is observed ... <http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39128195,00.htm> BANK'S Tape Loss Puts Spotlight on Backup Practices Enterprise Storage Forum - Darien,CT,USA Bank of America's admission on Friday that the company lost data tapes containing federal workers' customer and account information will likely bring renewed ... <http://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/continuity/news/article.php/3486036> PIECES of history are going - then gone - on eBay Portland Press Herald - Portland,ME,USA ... the southern Maine town. The seller, however, did not get a bite from Maine State Archivist Jim Henderson. Instead, the online auctioneer ... <http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/state/050228auction.shtml> <http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2005/02/28/state_issues_warning_about_public_document_sales/> KY. bill strengthens open government Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati,OH,USA Kentucky officials won't be able to claim ignorance of the law the next time one refuses to cooperate with a public records request, thanks to a bill passed by ... <http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050228/EDIT01/502280358/1020/EDIT> ASHVILLE Archives & Museum seeks new home for its records AL.com - Birmingham,AL,USA ... accessible to the public. The state lacks the resources to store county records on a comprehensive basis, he said. Federal funds for ... <http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/110958580919850.xml> Baseline Philip Morris International: Smoke Screen <http://www.baselinemag.com/print_article2/0,2533,a=145480,00.asp> VILLAGE Leaders Fear Openness May Stress Working Relationships Springdale Morning News - Springdale,AR,USA BELLA VISTA -- Village leaders agreed to comply with the state Freedom of Information Act to show the membership that the Bella Vista Property Owners ... <http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2005/02/28/front/03foia.txt> BANK of America Loses Department of Defense Employee Data Banktech - USA In late December, Bank of America (Charlotte, NC, $736 billion in assets) lost computer data tapes containing information about 1.2 million federal employees ... <http://www.banktech.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=60404029> SEARCH engine surfs Web for public records Inman.com (subscription) - Emeryville,CA,USA Pretrieve has launched a free public record search engine, making public records information from multiple sources more accessible to consumers, real estate ... <http://www.inman.com/inmannews.aspx?ID=45034> NOT the first time for ChoicePoint MSNBC - USA By Justin Rubner. ChoicePoint's Feb. 15 ... employers. The information age has been good for ChoicePoint Inc., and its CEO Derek Smith. ... <http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7044301/> TREATING Personal Data Too Casually Los Angeles Times - CA,USA ... companies and banks would feel if they were among the 145,000 souls who recently received a rather disturbing letter from Alpharetta, Ga.-based ChoicePoint Inc ... <http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-golden28feb28,1,3279050.column?coll=la-headlines-business> BRINGING the past to life Toronto Star - Canada ... But volunteers from the Ontario Genealogical Society, with the help of the city's archives, have painstakingly transmuted the 1853 tax assessment rolls ... <http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1109547019525&call_pageid=970599119419> PAYROLL hole exposes dozens of companies ZDNet - USA The payroll records of at least a dozen companies were exposed to the Internet by a flaw in the online W-2 service of PayMaxx, the accounting firm has ...<http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5591029.html> CONFIDENTIAL data on firm's site unguarded Boston Globe - USA A Boston computer entrepreneur says a software glitch at PayMaxx Inc., a Franklin, Tenn., payroll processing company, has accidentally revealed personal ... <http://www.boston.com/business/personalfinance/articles/2005/02/25/confidential_data_on_firms_site_unguarded> PAYROLL site closes on security worries CNET News.com - USA Online payroll service provider PayMaxx shuttered its automated W-2 site on Wednesday, after a researcher claimed that two security holes had exposed data on ... <http://news.com.com/Payroll+site+closes+on+security+worries/2100-1029_3-5587859.html> KNOWN Hole Aided T-Mobile Breach Wired News - USA ... T-Mobile's servers that compromised customer records, sensitive government documents, private e ... that scattered Hilton's private files across the ...<http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,66735,00.html> FUNDING for New State Archives Building Is Long Overdue Arizona Capitol Times - Phoenix,AZ,USA Since 1997 a determined group of archivists, historians, librarians, and genealogists have been pacing the hallways and offices of the Arizona Legislature. ... <http://www.azcapitoltimes.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=2&ArticleID=1819> 'DEAR diary' is a boon for historians Shreveport Times - Shreveport,LA,USA ... The Texas State Archives (home to the original diary) thought he was William N. King until we saw the handwriting and realized the middle initial was H. ... <http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050228/NEWS01/502280321/1002/NEWS> SEOUL Moves to Disclose More Diplomatic Archives Involving Japan Yonhap News (subscription) - Seoul,South Korea SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is set to declassify more sensitive documents regarding its normalization of diplomatic ties ... <http://english.yna.co.kr/Engnews/20050228/300200000020050228140406E9.html> Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA Richmond, Va [log in to unmask] A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. 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