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CHAMBERS FILES FEDERAL LAWSUIT Seeking Damages for Destruction of ...
Environmental Media Services (press release) - Washington,D.C.,USA
... DC --Teresa Chambers today filed suit in federal district court on
the grounds that the Department of Interior illegally destroyed
documents
showing charges ...
<http://www.ems.org/nws/2005/02/24/chambers_files_f>
ARCHIVING Digital Photography (Part 5) Saving Photos and File ...
Blogcritics.org - USA
... Even the US National Archives converts a lot of their information to
something other than digital because they have no real hope that in the
near future ...
<http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/02/24/131535.php>
SLAVES forgotten no more
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - GA,USA
... has used only a fraction of the documents available in ... enough to
exhibit names of people previously classified by what ... any day to
find
a new set of papers.". ...
<http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/stories/0205/24slavewall.html>
BACK in the Bidding
Fort Worth Star Telegram (subscription) - Fort Worth,TX,USA
The scramble to land the George W. Bush presidential library intensified
Wednesday as Arlington announced that it is teaming with two sports
giants
-- the ...
<http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/local/states/texas/arlington/10979723.htm>
ARLINGTON? Don't laugh
Fort Worth Star Telegram (subscription) - Fort Worth,TX,USA
In the card game to win the grand tourism prize that is George W. Bush's
presidential library, the field is loaded with heavyweight players. ...
<http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/opinion/10979596.htm>
SULLIVAN archives a 'work in progress'
Bristol Herald Courier - Bristol,TN,USA
... BLOUNTVILLE -- Nearly a year ago, the Sullivan County archives
consisted
of rusty metal bookcases and massive piles of dirty papers in the
basement
of the ...
<http://www.bristolnews.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=TRI/MGArticle/TRI_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031781210450&path=Variables.path>
GOLDSCHMIDT files now are available on the Internet
Salem Statesman Journal - Salem,OR,USA
... "The state archives is a public resource, and I am extremely proud
to provide free and easy public access to these records on the Web.".
...
<http://159.54.226.83/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050224/STATE/502240350/1042>
LIBRARY of Congress gathers voices of civil-rights era
Scripps Howard News Service - USA
WASHINGTON - Last September, a busload of archivists, historians and
journalists
pulled up in front of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., the scene
of the ...
<http://www.knoxstudio.com/shns/story.cfm?pk=CIVILRIGHTS-02-24-05&cat=HR>
PHOTOS, Words & Memories
Palisadian-Post - Pacific Palisades,CA,USA
... that have been saved in boxes and envelopes. In most cases, women
are
the family archivists. But some of the women who are determined ...
<http://www.palisadespost.com/content/index.cfm?Story_ID=957>
SECURITY restored at clerk's office
Corning Leader - Corning,NY,USA
... a photo ID and sign for the records, Hunter said ... John Tunney
when
officials learned the documents had been ... had requested a number of
civil files which included ...
<http://www.the-leader.com/articles/2005/02/24/local_news/local02.txt>
A9 Search Looks to Patent Its Shtick
InternetNews.com - USA
... While others track clicks, it states, "these types of records
typically
lack the ... As mentioned above, users may also be permitted to 'delete'
specific events ...
<http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article.php/3485066>
ART detectives uncover hidden treasures
Kansas City Star (subscription) - MO,USA
... worked. To examine the changes made by the artist, the exhibit uses
the paintings along with photo enlargements and archival material. ...
<http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/nation/10979899.htm>
PETTEM: Records preserved in courthouse fire of 1932
Boulder Daily Camera (subscription) - Boulder,CO,USA
... Additional Boulder County documents are filed in the Colorado State
Archives in Denver, and some are even in the current courthouse
building.
...
<http://www.bouldernews.com/bdc/features_columnists/article/0,1713,BDC_2476_3569960,00.html>
CHOICEPOINT'S Error Sparks Talk of ID Theft Law
PC World - USA
WASHINGTON -- The revelation last week that data collector ChoicePoint
mistakenly gave private information on up to 145,000 US residents to
identity
thieves ...
<http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,119790,00.asp>
SOME Probation Information Is Destroyed in Brooklyn Fire
New York Times - USA
... judges to determine sentences. Some of that information is kept
elsewhere
in computer records, Mr. Ryan said. "We are certainly ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/24/nyregion/24fire.html>
UNIONTOWN Hospital changes charting system
Uniontown Herald Standard - Uniontown,PA,USA
... searching through records and deciphering messy handwriting, they
are
able to log on to computers and have access to patients' medical records
within seconds. ...
<http://www.heraldstandard.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14023504&BRD=2280&PAG=461&dept_id=480247&rfi=6>
MORRIS acts to digitize its records
NorthJersey.com - Hackensack,NJ,USA
... A $5 surcharge on records filed with New Jersey's county clerks is
funding the largest such program in the United States to allow all of
New Jersey's ...
<
http://www.bergen.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk0MjQmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTY2NTc4ODEmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkz>
THE Winchester Star
Winchester Star - Winchester,VA,USA
... are essential, said Rebecca Ebert, Handley Library's chief archivist
and president ... The archives room at Handley Library has plenty of
space
available for new ...
<http://www.winchesterstar.com/TheWinchesterStar/050224/Area_tales.asp>
BBC
The copyright 'copyfight' is on
There will be no winners if we do not sort out copyright, argues
columnist
Bill Thompson. But let us not forget moral rights.
Amidst all the "will they?, won't they?" excitement over whether
European patent
law should be updated, and whether the version currently on offer will
allow USstyle
software patents, it would be easy to forget that another, bigger,
battle
continues around the world.
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4277075.stm>
Digital memories: we can forget them for you wholesale!
By Andrew Orlowski (andrew.orlowski at theregister.co.uk)
Published Monday 21st February 2005 16:59 GMT
Analysis A Brazilian activist, who we'll keep nameless, had been
keeping your reporter up to date with his work. He
was on a mission to install computers in rural areas of the country,
but hadn't been able to offer a single reason why
anyone should use one - let alone why the communities should be getting
computers rather than say, a new school,
or a credit union, or better transport links, or even a voice network.
URL:
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/21/forgetting_digital_memories/>
TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY BOOK HEIST
A brazen plot doomed to fail
How four friends went from college classrooms to a federal courtroom
By Sarah Vos
HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITER
Four days before Christmas, two young men, one wearing a red tie, the
other in a yellow suit jacket, arrived at
Christie's, the famed New York auction house, claiming to represent a
very private collector. "Mr. Beckman,"
they told a woman in the manuscript division, wanted to sell some rare
books.
<http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/local/10947042.htm>
WSJ
A New Medical Worry:
Identity Thieves Find Ways
To Target Hospital Patients
<http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB110902598126260237,00.html?>
New York Times
Breach Points Up Flaws in Privacy Laws
By TOM ZELLER Jr.
The recently disclosed privacy breach at the data collection giant
ChoicePoint, in which con artists
gained access to the Social Security numbers, addresses and other
personal data of nearly 145,000
people, has exposed the shortcomings of the laws governing the
data-mining industry and consumer
privacy.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/24/business/24datas.html>
Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
Richmond, Va
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