RAIN 060511
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories 
related to records and archives management.

Feds Ding Data 'Dumpster'
InternetNews.com - USA
... Majoris' case in point was ChoicePoint, the national data broker 
that
allowed identity thieves to obtain access to the personal information
of more than 
...<http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3605251>

Fire reminds us of precious archives at UNM library
Albuquerque Tribune - Albuquerque,NM,USA
... That's how University of New Mexico archivist Terry Gugliotta 
reacted
to the April 30 ... What if the Library of Congress, the National 
Archives,
the rotunda where ...
<http://www.abqtrib.com/albq/ne_neighborhoods/article/0,2565,ALBQ_19853_4
690929,00.html>

Agency criticizes records delay
Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville,KY,USA
... Mitch Daniels' office took too long to produce some public documents
sought by Democrats and his transportation department might have 
violated
the state's ...
<http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060511/NEWS0
2/605110410>

Iron Mountain Opens Large Shredding Facility in NJ
Scure Destruction Business - Cleveland,OH,USA
... state organizations manage the secure destruction and disposal of 
sensitive
records and information, and also comply with ever-changing shredding
regulations. ...
<http://www.sdbmagazine.com/news/news.asp?ID=7706>

Clerks want new online records law
Utica Observer Dispatch - Utica,NY,USA
... Clerk Richard Allen and county clerks from across the state want new
laws that would help them protect people's privacy when posting public
records online. ...
<http://www.uticaod.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060511/NEWS/60511031
2/1001>

Judges skeptical of Delaware’s limits on public records access
The News Journal - Wilmington,DE,USA
... panel of the 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals asked sharply skeptical
questions today about why Delaware allows only state residents access
to its public records ...
<http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060511/NEWS03
/60511013/1008>

Iron Mountain opens world's largest document-shredding facility
Boston Business Journal - MA, USA
... what it claims is the world's largest document-shredding facility,
a ... is also equipped to destroy computer disks and tapes, and provide
certification documents. ...
<http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2006/05/08/daily44.html?jst
=b_ln_hl>

NASA checks out UM space center's records
http://www.montanaforum.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article

&sid=5305
MISSOULA - Investigators with the NASA Office of Inspector General have
examined financial records from the University of Montana's NASA-funded 
space
research center, apparently investigating reports in the Missoulian 
that the
center didn't fulfill its mission to commercialize space technologies.

Regents probably won’t turn over tuition records
Diamondback Online - College Park,MD,USA
... said turning over the records would be extremely laborious for the
system schools. “Can you imagine going to 11 campuses and pulling the
files of thousands ...
<http://www.diamondbackonline.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/05/11/44631924
da9ef>

Documents with confidential data left unsecured
PSU Daily Vanguard - Portland,OR,USA
... student disciplinary files from 1978-1989 that were found in a 
kitchen
on the third floor of Smith Memorial Student Union. After the records
were returned, the ...
<http://www.dailyvanguard.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/05/11/4462fe12e8ac
5>

Making storage technology work for you
ZDNet - USA
... management. Today's businesses are faced with an expanding set of 
data-protection
challenges and regulatory data-retention requirements. ...
<http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6071282.html>

Groundbreaking international conference explores GLBT collections ...
UMN News - Minneapolis,MN,USA
... and Transgender (GLBT) people worldwide and the people who preserve
and maintain that historical record are the subjects of GLBT ALMS 
(Archives,
Libraries, and ...
<http://www.ur.umn.edu/unsreleases/find.php?ID=2985&from=umnnews>


Archives on victims of Holocaust are open
Albany Times Union - Albany,NY,USA
... perished in concentration camps." In fact, the April 19 Associated
Press article that Mr. Abrams referenced stated correctly that Red Cross
archives have been ...
<http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=480690&category=O
PINION&newsdate=5/11/2006>

China Opens Diplomatic Files 1956-1960
CRI - Beijing,China
... Director of the Archives Bureau, Lian Zhengbao, says the archives 
are
open to all Chinese citizens as well as individuals and organizations
from overseas with ...
<http:[log in to unmask]>

Iron Mountain opens its largest shredding facility
Boston Globe - United States
JERSEY CITY, NJ --Records storage company Iron Mountain Inc. on Thursday
said it has opened a new shredding facility here, the largest ...
<http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/05/11/iron_
mountain_opens_its_largest_shredding_facility>

Governor's office, agency scolded
Indianapolis Star - United States
... Davis noted that state law requires agencies to keep public records
according to a retention schedule and that employees can't delete 
records,
including e-mails ...
<http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060511/NEWS02/60511
0417/1006/NEWS01>

Archivists Meet Comes To A Close
Bru Direct - Brunei Darussalam
... forge partnerships with public offices, schools and universities to
conduct training and publish manuals/guides on the effective use of 
archival
resources, in ...
<http://www.brudirect.com/DailyInfo/News/Archive/May06/120506/nite17.htm>


CSU Libraries welcomes historic photographic collection to ...
CSU e-comment - Fort Collins,Colorado,USA
... Once transferred to the University Archive, the collection will then
be described, organized, and processed by archival staff to optimize the
use of the items ...
<http://comment.colostate.edu/index.asp?page=display_article&article_id=3
67964757>


Review: SL County recorder's intent innocent in records deal
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
Recorder Gary Ott did not purposely circumvent rules when he spent 
nearly
half a million taxpayer dollars for off-site records storage - even 
though
the ...
<http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_3811158>

RECOVER HUGE HARD DISK SPACE BY REMOVING DUPLICATE FILES
Press World (press release) - Russia
... discovery that your disk is filled with duplicate files: the same 
dll
installed by different programs, the same music files, or the same 
documents
are filling ...
<http://computer-software.press-world.com/v/68686/recover-huge-hard-disk-
space-by-removing-duplicate-files.html>

Foreign Ministry opens classified diplomatic documents to public
Interfax China - China
The files contain 25,651 items and 366,551 pages of documents, and 
include
recorded conversations, telegrams and documents from Chairman Mao Zedong
and Premier ...
<http://www.interfax.cn/showfeature.asp?aid=12756&slug=DECLASSIFIED%20DOC
UMENTS>

The worm has turned
BBC News - UK
... Composting confidential documents and bank statements is, 
apparently,
one of the most effective ways of making sure no one else - bar the 
slugs
- gets their ...
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4753331.stm>




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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