RAIN 060601
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories 
related to records and archives management.

Fla. Firms' Hurricane Readiness May Depend on Their Size
Carl Jones
In the wake of Hurricane Wilma last October, there wasn't enough 
plywood on hand to cover the many broken windows in the Greenberg 
Traurig headquarters building on Brickell Avenue in downtown Miami.
<http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1148634337345>

Toronto firm at centre of security breach
Toronto software provider Hummingbird Ltd. has found itself at the 
centre of an embarrassing privacy accident involving the social 
security numbers of 1.3 million American students.
Hummingbird disclosed yesterday evening that one of its employees lost 
a piece of computer equipment that contained the names and social 
security numbers of customers who borrowed funds from Round Rock, 
Tex.-based Texas Guaranteed, a non-profit company that administers a 
U.S. family education loan program.
<http://shrinkster.com/fmt>

What Every Company Should Know About Email
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Journal - Fairfield,NJ,USA
... either. The securities industry has implemented archiving and data
retention solutions to comply with regulations for a long time. ...
<http://www.s-ox.com/feature/detail.cfm?articleID=580>

DoJ pushes data retention on ISPs
Register - London,England,UK
... wiretap friendly, US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and FBI 
Director
Robert Mueller have launched a PR campaign pitching Internet data 
retention
as the ...
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/01/feds_need_ip_data/>

Open records: Public records are for public
Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson,MS,USA
When a newspaper is forced to file a lawsuit to obtain public records,
it's usually not because it wants to know something people ought not 
know,
but something ...
<http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060601/OPINION
01/606010344/1008/OPINION>

Jackson newspaper sues city over public records requests
Biloxi Sun Herald - MS, USA
JACKSON, Miss. - A Jackson newspaper is suing the city for failing to 
respond
to public records requests. The lawsuit was filed ...
<http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/state/14715940.htm>

Under Lock and Key
SHRM Magazine - Alexandria,VA,USA
... Most important, Kurdziolek says, all organizations need to address
records management in their policies and procedures, and show that there
are consequences ...
<http://www.shrm.org/hrmagazine/articles/0606/0606daniel.asp>

Two Fumo aides accused of destroying evidence in FBI probe of ...
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
By Tracie Mauriello, Post-Gazette Harrisburg Bureau. HARRISBURG -- Two
staffers of powerful state Sen. Vincent Fumo were accused ...
<http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06152/694765-85.stm>

Personnel files of 114,000 state workers sent overseas
Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Sarasota,FL,USA
... 114,000 current and former state employees are at risk of credit 
fraud
and identity theft after a state subcontractor shipped their personnel
records overseas. ...
<http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060601/BUSINES
S/606010408>

Taming paper improves efficiency
Portsmouth Herald News - Portsmouth,NH,USA
... Keeping the records you need for your business takes space, be it 
physical
or ... In addition to your active files, you also have the growing 
volume
of historical ...
<http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/06012006/business/105773.htm>

FBI eyes county records
San Bernardino Sun - San Bernardino,CA,USA
... Other sources confirmed on condition of anonymity that the FBI has
served county officials with a request for all records, files and 
e-mails
pertaining to ...
<http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_3885739>

Break-in nabs city loan records
Times-Standard - Eureka,CA,USA
... Social Security numbers. The company is advising those affected to
place a fraud alert on their credit files. ”Although the data ...
<http://www.times-standard.com/local/ci_3887284>


2 Fumo aides charged with cover-up
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
... court hearings, prosecutors have alleged she, too, participated in
the destruction of documents. ... In 2004, the nonprofit turned over 10
boxes of records to the ...
<http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/states/pennsylvania/counti
es/philadelphia_county/philadelphia/14711053.htm>

The Best Defense is Being Proactive About Email Retention
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Journal - Fairfield,NJ,USA
... But, the Act is clear in that destruction of electronic records, 
including
deletion, carries with it some stiff penalties. Section ...
<http://www.s-ox.com/Feature/detail.cfm?ArticleID=837>

Himachal Pradesh to modernise state archives
NewKerala.com - Ernakulam,Kerala,India
Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh government is planning to modernise the 
state
archives to enable it to authenticate valuable documents and ensure that
they are ...
<http://www.newkerala.com/news3.php?action=fullnews&id=3420>

United States: Morgan Stanley Pays $15 Million To Settle SEC Civil ...
Mondaq News Alerts (subcription) - London,UK
... companies which fail to implement timely, efficient, and effective
document preservation and ... for at least three years under the record
retention provisions of ...
<http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=40050&searchresults=1>

PaineWebber Systems Admin Faces Trial For Computer Sabotage
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
... up of only 50 to 70 lines of code, was built to delete every file on
... Wolfe says records show that Duronio's password and user account 
information
were used to ...
<http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=18870085
5>

Massive, under-reported online banking breach raises serious ...
ZDNet - USA
... in some cases, it just says "unknown" in terms of the number of 
records
compromised) and how ... do what I do when I get an email like this one:
delete it without ...
<http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=3128>


Emails Emerge in Memory-Chip Antitrust Case
Wall Street Journal (subscription) - New York,NY,USA
... and have filed counter charges against Rambus that include improper
document destruction. ... A 2002 email between Micron managers 
discussing
a "scary trend" of ...
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB114913057568568388.html?mod=googlenews_w
sj>

The Winchester Star
Winchester Star - Winchester,VA,USA
... effort to make sure local black history was a part of the archives
at the library ... But it also led her to Mary Morris, archivist for the
Clarke County Historical ...
<http://www.winchesterstar.com/TheWinchesterStar/060601/Area_fixture.asp>


The future of college yearbooks appears uncertain
Gainesville Sun - Gainesville,FL,USA
... UF archivist Carl Van Ness sees value in the publication as a 
chronicle
of history through its informative documentation and well-preserved 
images.
<http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060601/LOCAL/206
010363/1078/news>

Stolen YMCA computer contains members' personal information
WLNE-TV (ABC6) - Providence,RI,USA
PROVIDENCE, RI (AP) - The YMCA of Greater Providence is reporting that
one of its two missing laptop computers contains members information.
<http://www.abc6.com/engine.pl?station=wlne&id=20272&template=breakout_st
ory_local_news.shtml&dateformat=%25M+%25e,%25Y>

Ernst & Young laptop loss exposes 243,000 Hotels.com customers
Register - London,England,UK
... "Recently, Hotels.com was informed by its outside auditor, Ernst &
Young, that one of Ernst & Young's employees had his laptop computer 
stolen,"
Hotels.com ...
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/01/ey_hotels_laptop/>

Follow-Up On Theft Of VA Data
Security Pronews - Lexington,KY,USA
... security protocol and took his laptop home that contained the data.
The employee's house was burglarized and the laptop was stolen. ...
<http://www.securitypronews.com/news/securitynews/spn-45-20060601FollowUp
OnTheftofVAData.html>


Historian tracking evolution of San Diego
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
... To provide future generations with a portrait of a region's past, an
author must consider all sources, from the copious public documents of
political figures ...
<http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20060601-9999-m1m01tfpow.
html>

'CL' records request given to TV station
Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson,MS,USA
... partner - and we certainly don't object to the station having the 
information
- the fact remains that The Clarion-Ledger made the initial public 
records
request ...
<http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060601/NEWS/60
6010404/1002>

Metro Pulse, Wed, 31 May 2006 1:38 PM PDT
WHITE GLOVE TREATMENT:
http://www.metropulse.com/articles/2006/16_22/gamut.shtml
It’s hard to keep him on any one subject for very long. The friendly,
energetic
film archivist, a youthful 36, seems excited by everything he sees.




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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