RAIN 060309 Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management. The Guardian Give us back our crown jewels Our taxes fund the collection of public data - yet we pay again to access it. Make the data freely available to stimulate innovation, argue Charles Arthur and Michael Cross <http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,1726229,00.html> Citibank uncovers debit card fraud Chicago Tribune - United States ... breach, Citibank's reaction illustrates the heightened sensitivity over lost or stolen data. ... their names and account numbers were in a company laptop swiped in ... <http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/local/chi-0603090170mar09,1,102 6651.story?coll=chi-technologylocal-hed> Drive to Shred Documents Puts Kids and Pets at Risk Washington Post - United States As worries about identity theft have driven millions of Americans to buy document-shredding machines, safety officials and pediatricians are warning they can ... <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/08/AR200603 0802343.html> FBI retires its Carnivore SF.Indymedia.org - San Francisco,CA,USA ... Two reports to Congress obtained by the Washington-based Electronic Privacy Information Center under the Freedom of Information Act reveal that the FBI didn't ... <http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2006/03/1725429.php> City postpones shut down of e-mail site Jacksonville Business Journal - Jacksonville,FL,USA ... Though it has not routinely done so in the past, the city has the option under state law to charge fees for providing electronic records. ... <http://jacksonville.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2006/03/06/dail y16.html?jst=b_ln_hl> Trusted bank clerk was 'the ringleader in £400,000 fraud' Yorkshire Post Today - Leeds,Yorkshire,UK ... and had access to the computerised files of literally ... fingerprints were found on the documents recovered from ... was able to browse customer records undetected as ... <http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=55&ArticleID =1379075> Update: Archives for Africa and beyond RSC - London,UK The RSC has provided developing countries with free access to its journal archives, but its involvement shouldn't stop there, said RSC chief executive <http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2006/March/08030602.asp> $10,000 Bill Sent to NY for Safe Keeping Forbes - USA The bill - one of 15 large-denomination bills at a Chase Bank branch in Green Bay - was shipped to the bank's corporate archives in New York for safe keeping. ... <http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/ap/2006/03/09/ap2582121.html> Clark County Recorder: Sources: Activist bought access Las Vegas Review-Journal - Las Veagas,NV,USA ... of Licensed Professionals. County records show Miller as the licensed owner of American Document Co. Deane's campaign disclosure ... <http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Mar-09-Thu-2006/news/6271968 .html> Will county history wind up in shredder? Tooele Transcript-Bulletin - Tooele,UT,USA ... dating back 125 years & started a controversy when it was discovered that they were in the possession of a local antiques dealer, and not the state archives. ... <http://www.tooeletranscript.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=11 233&Itemid=2> 'I made a complete mess of everything' Guardian Unlimited - UK ... He's still the band's archivist, his collection worth millions. ... "1963 onwards, really," he answers instantly and po-faced, every inch the archivist. ... <http://arts.guardian.co.uk/Guardian/filmandmusic/story/0,,1726872,00.htm l> fleshing out college's past Kentucky.com - Lexington,KY,USA ... College archivist Shannon Wilson's favorite feature is the threshold on the building's east side, worn down by the footsteps of thousands of students. ... <http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/local/14053573.htm> SWINGING BACK TIME Glasgow Daily Record - Glasgow,Scotland,UK ... mark their event. Archie Baird is an archivist at Muir-field, where the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers are based. He said ... <http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16786211&method=full&sitei d=66633&headline=swinging-back-time--name_page.html> Walking in Walt's Apartment Mickey News (press release) - Clovis,CA,USA This is what I call "Walt's Window," and this is where Walt's Apartment is located. We met with Tim O'Day, the Disney archivist and Dave Kooi. <http://www.mickeynews.com/Columns/DisplayColumn.asp_Q_id_E_651> 'Bank man led £400,000 scam' Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom ... Imtiaz Khan, 28, had access to confidential computer records while working as a customer service adviser for the Halifax Bank of Scotland. <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/03/09/nfraud09 .xml&sSheet=/news/2006/03/09/ixhome.html> Call centre worker in the dock over £400,000 card scam Finextra - UK The alleged ringleader of the gang of eight was customer service adviser Imtiaz Khan, 28, who had access to confidential computer records while he worked in ... <http://www.finextra.com/fullstory.asp?id=15025> Citigroup Clients Hit by Hundreds of Illegal Debits Los Angeles Times - CA,USA ... Bank of America Corp. and Washington Mutual Inc. ... had lost computer tapes containing account and payment history data on about 3.9 million customers. <http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-citi9mar09,1,3165239.story?coll=la -headlines-business> Clark County recorder on paid leave during investigation Las Vegas Sun - Las Vegas,NV,USA ... in by the citizens of Clark County and she ... The county recorder receives and records more than ... Las Vegas police confiscated boxes of documents from Deane's home ... <http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2006/mar/08/030810118.h tml> Panel backs records exemptions for public hospitals Daytona Beach News-Journal - Daytona,FL,USA ... committee. Public records advocates have panned the bill as an end-around to the state's Sunshine Laws, but its sponsor, Rep. Joe ... <http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Politics/Leg/po lLEG01030906.htm> East Carolina Bank Dumpster Diving WNCT - Greenville,NC,USA ... numbers, credit cards numbers, tax ID numbers, dates of birth and salary records.? ... And why aren't these banks shredding documents, like they're supposed to? ... <http://www.wnct.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WNCT/MGArticle/NCT_BasicA rticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1137834609862> Court approves new files rules Seattle Times - United States ... commissioners in King County Superior Court have improperly sealed entire files in hundreds of cases dating to 1990. The story and related documents can be ... <http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002855602_dige10m.html> Dented cabinet adds to pro tem saga Houston Chronicle - United States ... Sources with knowledge of the cabinet's contents said the drawer contained files with administrative documents from the pro tem office, including some ... <http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/3713817.html> Poughkeepsie schools' computer, files seized Poughkeepsie Journal - Poughkeepsie,NY,USA ... County District Attorney's Office executed a search warrant to confiscate a computer and paper files from an office and to retrieve shredded documents from the ... <http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060310/N EWS02/603100335> Mountains of old files provide look into Guatemalan repression Dominican Today - Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic ... "The history of Guatemala is in these files," prosecutor Morales ... from thousands of dossiers on people who were monitored by the police, to documents that show ... <http://www.dominicantoday.com/app/article.aspx?id=11206> Peter A. 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