RAIN 060316 Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management. EDITORIAL: Troubled recorder returns to work Las Vegas Review-Journal - Las Veagas,NV,USA ... She paid a $5,000 fine to the state Ethics Commission for planning to profit from the sale of free public documents over the Internet. ... <http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Mar-16-Thu-2006/news/6390521 .html> Improved Efficiency of Records Management System Enhances Services ... PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA HARRISBURG, Pa., March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Governor Edward G. Rendell said today that the Department of State's new records management system and online service ... <http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/0 3-16-2006/0004321646&EDATE=> Land records: e-governance at work, successfully Financial Express - Bombay,India ... in Assam is particularly interesting. It is the first web-based land records management system in India. Initiated in 2004 by the ... <http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=120588> New Home for Archives Jewish Exponent - Philadelphia,PA,USA ... diary of an aging doctor from 1946, the Philadelphia Jewish Archives Center celebrated ... relative humidity, and around 65 to 70 degrees," said archivist Don Davis ... <http://www.jewishexponent.com/ViewArticle.asp?ArtID=2737> Phishing scammers and data thieves prey on UK companies Zone-H - USA ... The poor marks come as European parliaments deliberate over implementation of the EU Data Retention Directive, considered one of the most ambitious data ... <http://www.zone-h.org/en/news/read/id=205999/> Falsifying logs earns probation Patriot-News - Harrisburg,PA,USA ... Wolf reached a plea agreement after being indicted on charges that he conspired to falsify logbooks, destroyed documents containing correct information ... <http://www.pennlive.com/business/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/business/11 42504488220780.xml&coll=1> Attics giving up their relics MaineToday.com - Portland,ME,USA ... trunks and boxes held old postcards, photographs, family genealogies, deeds, coins, maps ... in particular, had gathered many historical items and documents at her ... <http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/coast/060316georgetown.shtml> Rep. Molepske: Register of Deeds Privacy Act Signed Into Law WisPolitics.com - Madison,WI,USA ... Assembly Bill 536, known as the Register of Deeds Privacy Act, reduces public access to Social Security numbers on documents filed with Wisconsin?s seventy ... <http://www.wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=57453> Marriage records help trace paths of family romances Green Bay Press Gazette - Green Bay,WI,USA ... The Brown County Register of Deeds is one of the oldest offices in the state with marriage records dating to 1821. The office records documents including real ... <http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060316/ GPG0101/603160529/1207/GPGnews> Tape sale not BC ministry policy, says probe panel itWorldCanada.com - Canada ... of 41 high-capacity tapes containing 77,000 personal medical files at a ... "Tapes are typically destroyed by degassing, demagnetizing and shredding them, which ... <http://www.itworldcanada.com/a/News/641a0435-d77b-4be6-829f-b40a312fa523 .html> employee fired in bonus scandal files appeal abc13.com - Houston,TX,USA By Miya Shay. (3/16/06 - KTRK/HOUSTON) - One of the four city employees accused of getting improper bonuses appealed her termination ... <http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=local&id=3998671> New virus holds your documents hostage Ars Technica - Boston,MA,USA ... horse encrypts a user's documents and then directs the victim to pay US$300 into an e-gold account in return for the password that will unlock the files. ... <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060316-6397.html> bush library update MyWestTexas.com - Midland,TX,USA By Ruth Campbell. Efforts to bring the George W. Bush Presidential Library to the West Texas have picked up some fundraising power in the form of former US Rep. ... <http://www.mywesttexas.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16314824&BRD=2288&PAG=46 1&dept_id=475621&rfi=6> Lubbock Eliminated for the Presidential Library KCBD-TV - Lubbock,TX,USA ... Texas Coalition Chairman David Miller believes a selections decision to eliminate Lubbock for the location of the George W. Bush presidential Library was about ... <http://www.kcbd.com/Global/story.asp?S=4643454&nav=3w6y> SMU, Baylor, University of Dallas in running for Bush library Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA The committee charged with selecting a site for the George W. Bush Presidential Library announced today that the project will not be built in West Texas, as ... <http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/local/14116125.htm> Analysis: Broad privacy law urged United Press International - USA WASHINGTON, March 16 (UPI) -- As plans for a national medical records database inches forward, any new federal privacy law must reach all data handlers. <http://www.upi.com/HealthBusiness/view.php?StoryID=20060316-051824-2378r > Who's keeping the records? Lowell Sun - Lowell,MA,USA ... when there's a catastrophic event that leads to the destruction of documents ... stricter regulations on documenting and archiving local government records in the ... <http://www.lowellsun.com/front/ci_3608949> Beaverton workers begin scan of papers OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA ... Part of the recent holdup has been Nike officials' attempts to increase the number of city employees whose computer records are searched, she said. ... <http://www.oregonlive.com/metrowest/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/metro_west _news/1142490525248690.xml&coll=7> Haaretz Daily, Thu, 16 Mar 2006 8:59 PM PST Sharon's personal notes removed from Prime Minister's Office http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/695485.html The personal notes written and received by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon during his five years in office have recently been transferred from the Prime Minister's Office to Sharon's home, Sycamore Ranch. Great Falls Tribune, Fri, 17 Mar 2006 4:12 AM PST Charlie Russell's guns surface http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060317/NEWS 01/603170312/1002 To the astonishment of some experts, three of Charlie Russell's rifles are in the hands of a private collector in Great Falls. "You're kidding!" exclaimed Russell expert Ginger Renner Thursday night. "That's terrific!" Peter A. Kurilecz 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. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? 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