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Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories 
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University of Virginia’s Timothy Naftali to Direct the Richard M ...
University of Virginia - Charlottesville,VA,USA
... announcement, the archivist said, "As the Nixon Library prepares to
join the other 11 Presidential libraries that are part of the National
Archives system, I ...
<http://www.virginia.edu/topnews/releases2006/20060411TimothyNaftali.html
>

BACK TO THE FUTURE
Carthage Press - Carthage,MO,USA
Sandy Hempe, conservator of the Missouri State Archives, said Tuesday 
that
her team ... But despite a pretty well-sealed box, Hempe and archivist
Linda Myers of ...
<http://www.carthagepress.com/articles/2006/04/11/news/02%20future.txt>

History Hunting in the Nation's Capital
Washington Post - United States
... Here are a few suggestions: - The National Archives: The nation's 
founding
documents are obviously a big draw, but the Public Vaults exhibition 
gives
a good ...
<http://blog.washingtonpost.com/goingoutgurus/2006/04/history_hunting_in_
the_nations_1.html>

Heritage Weekly
Waterford Today - Waterford,Ireland
The Waterford County Archive Service holds the collection of minute 
books
of the County Council and has mounted an exhibition of the relevant 
pages
referring ...
<http://www.waterford-today.ie/index.php?id=18000&what=2&issue=297>

Magnetic Data Recovery – The Hidden Threat
eBCVG - USA
... These businesses are increasingly using computers to work with their
internal and external documents, depending more and more on digital 
storage
every day. ...
<http://www.it-observer.com/articles/1111/magnetic_data_recovery__hidden_
threat/>

Data exposure: Counties across the US posting sensitive info ...
ComputerWorld - USA
The exposure follows the failure to redact sensitive information from 
land
records and other public documents posted on the Internet and makes 
county
Web sites ...
<http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/privacy/story/0,108
01,110453,00.html>

More emerges on Florida document shredding
Rock River Times - Rockford,IL,USA
... The official said Bush had brought in a number of individuals from
Texas to carry out the job of shredding records pertaining to state 
gaming
licensees, slot ...
<http://www.rockrivertimes.com/index.pl?cmd=viewstory&cat=2&id=12907>

Data for Life
Computerworld Malaysia - Malaysia
... So what were the main concerns of data storage among the 
participants
... In the medical field, keeping clean and accurate patient records is
very important, as the ...
<http://computerworld.com.my/ShowPage.aspx?pagetype=2&articleid=3756&pubi
d=4&issueid=88>

Iron Mountain's CIO on Data Protection
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Journal - Fairfield,NJ,USA
... The use of backed-up electronic records as official legal documents
for compliance and litigation will lead to considerable time and money
spent to restore ...
<http://www.s-ox.com/Feature/detail.cfm?ArticleID=1765>

Sensitive Documents Found In Dumpster
KETV.com - Omaha,NE,USA
... the name to Hamilton College. President Jim Horner most sensitive 
documents
from Hamilton go into gray bins marked for shredding. ...
<http://www.ketv.com/news/8641187/detail.html>

Afghan Shops Searched for Stolen Files
ABC News - USA
... "They were all stolen from offices ... The shopkeeper showed an 
Associated
Press reporter a bag of about 15 and allowed them to be reviewed on a
laptop computer. ...
<http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1836303>

New service deletes files on stolen laptops
Techworld.com - London,UK
... But the service depends utterly on the thief being naive enough to
connect the stolen PC/laptop to the Internet without wiping the the 
existing
software on the ...
<http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?newsid=5781&pagtype=all
>


The Skinny on the Virtualized Desktop
Line 56 News - USA
... last month, a laptop loaded with personal information about almost
200,000 HP employees was stolen. Before that, a thief walked into a UC
Berkeley office and ...
<http://www.line56.com/articles/default.asp?ArticleID=7513>

Historians strive to save old sounds
Christian Science Monitor - Boston,MA,USA
... were just people who - through trial and error - knew how to 
position
people around a recording horn," says Sam Brylawski, a sound archivist
and consultant to ...
<http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0413/p13s02-stct.html>

Vaults protect county records during fire
Aberdeen American News - Aberdeen,SD,USA
McINTOSH, SD - Concrete vaults did their job when the Corson County 
courthouse
burned to the ground. Sheriff Keith Gall said most ...
<http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/14325571.htm>

Who Needs Stinking Badges? History Will Tell
The Lookout News - Santa Monica,CA,USA
... going as far as seizing documents, floppy disks ... clearance to go
through police files and conduct ... the relatives of former officers,
according to police records. ...
<http://www.surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_lookout/news/News-2006/April
-2006/04_13_06_Who_Needs_Stinking_Badges.htm>

Column: Presidential library would honor 'lost' patriots
Norwich Bulletin - Norwich,CT,USA
... of history. He has proposed creating a presidential library in 
Norwich
that would recognize America's forgotten founders. It is ...
<http://www.norwichbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060412/OPINI
ON/604120310/1014>

U-Va. History Professor Named First Director of Nixon Library
Washington Post - United States
... of Virginia history professor with expertise in presidential 
recordings
will be the first director of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and
Museum, the ...
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/10/AR200604
1001517.html>




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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