RAIN 060503 Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management. Follow the E-Mail Trail Mark A. Berman and Aaron Zerykier Monday, May 1, 2006 A benefit of having e-mails produced in electronic form is that it permits a litigator to follow the "information trail" contained in the embedded "header" of an e-mail that would otherwise be unavailable from the printed copy of the e-mail. For example, to view header information in Microsoft Outlook, a user clicks on View and then selects Options. <<http://www.law.com/ltn/pubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1146225613469>> Document Retention in the E-Commerce World Stanley P. Jaskiewicz Friday, April 21, 2006 E-commerce Web sites' only constant is change. They must nimbly adjust prices and offerings on the fly to meet market conditions and customer profiles. And those aren't all of these sites' ongoing change requirements. <<http://www.law.com/ltn/pubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1145538539912>> Recovering Hard Drives Craig Ball Wednesday, April 19, 2006 When the sea reclaimed New Orleans and much of the Gulf Coast, hundreds of lawyers saw their computers and networks submerged. Rebuilding law practices entailed Herculean efforts to resurrect critical data stored on the hard drives in sodden machines. <<http://www.law.com/ltn/pubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1145362823516>> House caps copying cost of documents Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA ... this state.". An FOIA audit last year found inconsistent copy fees at law enforcement agencies across the state. Journalists seeking ... <http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/news/local/144875 50.htm> Unregulated shredding industry causes concern among operators Great Falls Tribune - Great Falls,MT,USA Demand for document destruction services is at an all-time high, driven by high identity-theft rates and new rules requiring businesses to properly dispose of ... <http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060503/BUS INESS/605030331/1046> Iron Mountain loses backup tapes again ZDNet UK - UK ... In March last year Iron Mountain lost computer tapes containing the personal information of about 600,000 current and former Time Warner employees. <http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39266756,00.htm> Feds claim new witness to destruction of Chicago patronage files WQAD - Moline,IL,USA ... chief. And the prosecutors say that witness says he believes that index contained politically sensitive city hiring records. Authorities ... <http://www.wqad.com/Global/story.asp?S=4854020&nav=1sW7> New Witness Found in Daley Aide's Trial Guardian Unlimited - UK ... already had said that Sorich ordered his secretary to shred copies of patronage records and a ``computer liaison'' was ordered to delete the electronic versions ... <http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5797276,00.html> The Reality of a 'Paperless Society' TechNewsWorld - Sherman Oaks,CA,USA ... e-mails, photographs, medical records, depositions, spreadsheets ... that boxes and files occupy, significant ... online for information, documents, commentary, pricing ... <http://www.technewsworld.com/story/hardware/50302.html> CIS must improve e-records management: GAO GCN.com - Washington,DC,USA The US Citizenship and Immigration Services is not doing an effective job in managing the initial phase of its move from a paper-based filing system to ... <http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/40653-1.html> Missing records breather for Balco Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India ... “It was informed that the files had not come ... According to highly-placed sources, the relevant file is also missing from the records of the MP government. ... <http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060503/asp/jamshedpur/story_6175916.asp> Probation records under surveillance Dallas Morning News (subscription) - TX,USA ... department] has accessed records ... I can print a report" identifying the employee. Mr. Harman said Tuesday that he has begun tracking the files of two ... <http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-tw omenfolo_03pro.ART.State.Edition2.37e545d.html> Iron Mountain loses backup tapes for its major customers TG Daily - USA Boston (MA) - Tape retrieval and storage company Iron Mountain has lost the backup tapes for the Long Island Railroad (LIRR) and another unnamed customer, the ... <http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/05/03/ironmountain_loses_more_tapes/> The Monitor, Wed, 03 May 2006 11:47 AM PDT Privatisation Unit to digitise records http://www.monitor.co.ug/business/bus05041.php THE Privatisation Unit is to digitalise all public companies' information records to protect them from loss. "We are required by law to preserve public companies' information that we publicise," Mr Gary Agira, the IT Manager for Privatisation and Utility Sector Reform Project (PU) said on April 28. AllAfrica.com, Wed, 03 May 2006 1:33 PM PDT Uganda: Privatisation Unit to Digitise Records http://allafrica.com/stories/200605030822.html THE Privatisation Unit is to digitalise all public companies' information records to protect them from loss. Federal Trade Commission, Wed, 03 May 2006 7:19 AM PDT FTC Seeks Halt to Sale of Consumers’ Confidential Telephone Records http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2006/05/phonerecords.htm The Federal Trade Commission has filed federal court complaints charging five Web-based operations that have obtained and sold consumers’ confidential telephone records to third parties with violating federal law. Confidential police documents found outside downtown station CBC.ca - Alberta, Canada ... it," he said. Dennison hopes anyone else who discovered confidential documents on Princess Street will turn them over to police. <http://www.cbc.ca/winnipeg/story/mb-police-documents-20060426.html> Peter A. 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