RAIN 060301 Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management. BURGLARS snatch MP's vital files Rochdale Observer - UK ... "While I would like to assure the public that we do have a back-up system, some highly-confidential documents have been taken," he said. <http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/news/s/209/209875_burglars_snatch_mps_ vital_files.html> WHEREABOUTS of court papers from trial remain a mystery Miami Herald - FL,USA ... Who gave Sotheby's the stamped original? Were other Morrison documents being auctioned? Enter Gordon Winslow, the clerk's historian and archivist. <http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/13986086.htm> 'CARELESSNESS' led to dumping files Providence Journal (subscription) - Providence,RI,USA ... important records, such as court files, should have ... than others at dealing with records, Mulhearn said. ... for the destruction of sensitive documents that contain ... <http://www.projo.com/northwest/content/projo_20060301_landfill.12fc9d64. html> NEW Garda inquiry on theft of patient files likely Irish Times - Ireland ... an agenda to harm him" had removed the documents. ... Garda investigation into the missing files ended in ... scheme, particularly for women whose records are missing ... <http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/front/2006/0301/538280927HMLOURDESFRONT .html> OPEN records bill faulted as court gets oversight Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati,OH,USA ... "The last thing you want an open records bill to do is close records," said Catherine Turcer, legislative director with Ohio Citizen Action. <http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060301/NEWS01/6030 10400/1056> NAVIGATING The Data Minefield CIO Asia - Singapore ... These procedures should include the identification of document retention policies, including hard copy, microform (microfilm and microfiche), and electronic ... <http://cio-asia.com/ShowPage.aspx?pagetype=2&articleid=3488&pubid=5&issu eid=83> ELECTRONIC Medical Records: Helping Keep Disaster at Bay DMReview.com - New York,NY,USA More and more doctors are realizing that electronic medical records (EMR) not only optimize operations, reduce costs and improve care - but also serve as an ... <http://www.dmreview.com/article_sub.cfm?articleId=1048527> LEVELS of Storage and Service Inside Self-Storage - Phoenix,AZ,USA ... As a provider of records storage in a self-storage environment, you have options when it comes to your level of service, which depend on human and financial ... <http://www.insideselfstorage.com/articles/631recor.html> ELECTRONIC medical records targeted by ID thieves Scripps Howard News Service - Washington,DC,USA ... As medical and dental offices digitize, patient records also become easier to steal. Paper files that once occupied 20 feet of floor-to-ceiling file space and ... <http://www.shns.com/shns/g_index2.cfm?action=detail&pk=MEDICAL-03-01-06> GUATEMALAN Police Files May Reveal Secrets Guardian Unlimited - UK ... Security, a non-governmental group helping to analyze and protect the Guatemalan files. ``They detail everything, not like US declassified documents that come ... <http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5656209,00.html> SAFEGUARDING Data Has Companies Locking Digital Files Engineering News-Record - New York,NY,USA ... security advisor. RMS controls can be applied to Microsoft Office documents, including PowerPoint, Excel and Word files. Third-party ... <http://enr.ecnext.com/coms2/summary_0271-25285_ITM> STOLEN computer contained state workers' Social Security numbers Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA ... The laptop was stolen Dec. 28 from a Medco employee doing a routine audit of prescription drug transactions while out of the office ... <http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--stolencompute r0228feb28,0,679708.story?coll=ny-region-apnewjersey> CAN Legislation Stop Identity Theft? TechNewsWorld - Sherman Oaks,CA,USA ... The recent US$15 million settlement between ChoicePoint and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) signals regulators have cranked up the heat on companies that ... <http://www.technewsworld.com/story/49099.html> INTERNATIONAL Evaluation of Finland's National Archives Service eFinland - Finland ... 1 March, 2006 -- An international expert Panel has evaluated the Finnish National Archives Service (NAS), which comprises the National Archive and seven ... <http://e.finland.fi/netcomm/news/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=48426> YAHOO! Sues Mforma Over Trade Secrets GameDAILY BIZ - USA ... These trade secrets apparently involved technology that enables content to be easily transferred to ... we felt compelled to do in order to stop the theft and make ... <http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/feature/?id=11985> PRIVACY Rights in Self-Storage Inside Self-Storage - Phoenix,AZ,USA ... unauthorized access or use. He can handle the disposal himself or hire a third-party document-destruction service. In most instances ... <http://www.insideselfstorage.com/articles/631feat9.html> MUG Shot Archives: Library Unearths Criminal History Style Weekly - Richmond,VA,USA ... Both her image and her story would have been forgotten if Roger Christman, a senior archivist with the Library of Virginia, hadn't taken an interest in ... <http://www.styleweekly.com/article.asp?idarticle=11866> ARCHIVES for Africa and beyond RSC - London,UK The launch of the programme Archives for Africa in London, UK, was preceded last week by an announcement by RSC president Simon Campbell at the inaugural <http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2006/March/01030602.asp> LIBRARY escapes near-disaster Michigan Technological University Online Lode - Houghton,MI,USA ... She added though, that the water did come perilously close to some very valuable materials. "There was some dripping in the Archives, but it was in the ... <http://www.mtulode.com/index.php?issuedate=§ion=12&artid=5181> LAWRENCE Walsh: Record-keeping snafus costly as well as ... Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA ... the documentation to a clerk in the recorder of deeds office. Unfortunately, she didn't notice the envelope contained two original documents from the SBA that ... <http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06060/662758.stm> THE Price of Privacy Government Technology - Folsom,CA,USA ... heard civil complaints about numbers appearing on public documents -- especially veterans ... "The Social Security numbers are right there on mortgages and deeds.". ... <http://www.govtech.net/magazine/story.php?id=98593> HITTING delete isn't enough Metro Toronto - Toronto,Ontario,Canada ... Shredding machines may be enough to permanently destroy physical documents. ... 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