RAIN (Records/Archives In the News) is a daily compilation of news stories from around the world. SECURITY Breach At Atlanta Firm Affects Tri-staters WCPO - Cincinnati,OH,USA ... Information Center. Johanna Staral had her personal information stolen when thieves stole computer records from her bank. "I was ... <http://www.wcpo.com/news/2005/local/02/21/choicepoint.html> FEDS _ three from CIA _ examine late senator's papers Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA ... 10 documents. She would not disclose the exact number of papers or their subject matter, citing UW privacy policies. The papers, now considered classified, are ... <http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/aplocal_story.asp?category=6420&slug=WA%20Jackson%20Papers> PRESSURES Archivists Face Washington Post - USA The Feb. 7 editorial "A New Archivist" overlooked the pressures someone in this position may face. I once was an archivist responsible ... <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42684-2005Feb21.html> CONFIDENTIAL clinic files dumped BBC News - E,UK ... records were found dumped in Birmingham. The files, from the Whittall Street Clinic, were found in a rubbish skip near the city centre building. The documents ... <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_midlands/4288409.stm> SCHOLAR opens British can of worms in Kenya Independent Online - South Africa ... "But when I found the files and realised ... In fact, the records of more than 800 capital cases ... for five shillings, readers can examine the documents firsthand. ... <http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=87&art_id=qw1109053621880B213> JONATHAN Turley USA Today - USA ... More than 75% of counties include Social Security numbers on public documents, exposing as many as 94% of citizens to identity theft. ... <http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/2005-02-21-identity-theft_x.htm> GOLDSCHMIDT records are now available online Katu.com - Portland,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://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=75161> CANADIAN AV archives inducts Peterson, Follows, Frum CBC Edmonton - Edmonton,Alberta,Canada ... Since its establishment in 2000, Masterworks has inducted 60 Canadian works into its archives, including sketch comedy show SCTV; Cré-Basile!, Quebec's first ... <http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2005/02/22/Arts/masterworks050222.html> VENANGO County Archives Email Byteandswitch.com - New York,NY,USA "While archiving for storage purposes is the leading driver for deployment of archiving solutions, regulatory compliance is the second most powerful driver. ... <http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=68533> GIVE tapes to National Archives Rocky Mountain News - Denver,CO,USA ... is anything but a betrayal. But he should also arrange to turn the tapes over to the National Archives. Some years from now, when ... <http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/opinion/article/0,1299,DRMN_38_3565356,00.html> NEW Book Aids Irish History Research Scotsman - UK Entitled Handbook and Select Calendar of Sources for Medieval Ireland in the National Archives of the United Kingdom, the book is jointly edited by Dr Brendan ... <http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4163295> GET a Grip on Your Data SQL Server Magazine (subscription) - Loveland,CO,USA ... 7-year retention period that the government recommends for personal records. After this archive period, I dispose of the registers via a document shredder and ... <http://www.windowsitpro.com/Windows/Article/ArticleID /45245/45245.html> POLES nervous as their secret past becomes public Financial Times - UK ... Until now the IPN had been methodical about releasing secret police files, fearing that those that survived shredding in 1989 could be inaccurate. ... <http://news.ft.com/cms/s/bb7087f8-8476-11d9-ad81-00000e2511c8.html> RAMBUS Destroyed Evidence in Patent Suit, Lawyer Says (Update2) Bloomberg - USA ... ``We are confident that the hearing will help to clarify and determine the facts surrounding Rambus's document destruction, false statements made under oath ... <http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000100&sid=ai8fBY.m0XYU&refer=germany> KEEP fees for public records realistic News-Herald.com - Willoughby,OH,USA Put yourself in the position of Lake County Recorder Frank A. Suponcic. It is your statutory duty to record and keep on file every ... < http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14006328&BRD=1698&PAG=461&dept_id=21846&rfi=6> PRIVACY fleeting in Internet world Mason City Globe Gazette - Mason City,IA,USA ... "How can a man be less than outraged by this destruction of his ... easy to find as tapping a few buttons on a computer keyboard or browsing through records at the ... < http://www.globegazette.com/articles/2005/02/22/local/doc421accf10838a773283934.txt> AT your service? ComputerWeekly.com - UK ... "Electronic document and records management systems should play a central role in the overall strategy," says a spokesman for Open Text, but adds, "Open Text ... <http://www.computerweekly.com/articles/article.asp?liArticleID=136857&liArticleTypeID=20&liCategoryID=2&liChannelID=28&liFlavourID=1&sSearch=&nPage=1> Chesterton Tribune, Mon, 21 Feb 2005 1:15 PM PST Calumet Regional Archives a treasure trove of Region history http://chestertontribune.com/Local%20History/calumet_regional_archives_a_trea.htm Maps of the shore of Lake Michigan from the early 1800s, minutes of the Save the Dunes Council from 1952-1966, Arthur Anderson photographs and original South Shore posters are just a few of the things visitors can see at the Calumet Regional Archives located at Indiana University Northwest in Gary. ChoicePoint: Verdict still out > Identity theft fallout may include litigation, access limits <http://www.ajc.com/news/content/business/0205/20choicepoint.html> New York Times 2/17/05 Bits of History (of Bits) on the Auction Block By KATIE HAFNER IN the spring of 1946, J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly sent out a business plan for a company that would sell "electronic computors." In their eight-page proposal for financing, sent to a handful of prospective backers, the two engineers predicted that the market for such a machine might consist of scientific laboratories, universities and government agencies. <http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/17/technology/circuits/17bidd.html?> Fight over 'forms' clouds future of Net applications By Paul Festa, CNET News.com <http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5581106.html> U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News, Tue, 22 Feb 2005 1:45 PM PST Clinton Library Opens Presidential Papers for Research http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usnw/20050222/pl_usnw/clinton_library_opens_presidential_papers_for_research135_xml The William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum, 1200 President Clinton Avenue, Little Rock, Ark., announced that it is making over 100,000 pages of Clinton presidential records available for research. They represent the first public release of Clinton presidential records since the end of the Clinton Administration. This opening is a collaborative effort between the National 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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