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

Fire alarm: Dade can't get a handle on its payroll
Miami Herald - FL,USA
... Miami Herald requested signed payroll documents in 122 cases since
2000 -- a sample of a much larger group of cases -- in which computer
records indicated that ...
<http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/14843040.htm>

Declassification law on official documents needs review, says ...
Indian Muslims - San Diego,California,USA
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) The recommendation of a government-appointed
committee on declassification of public documents has again thrown up
the question as to ...
<http://www.indianmuslims.info/news/2006/june/15/india_news/declassificat
ion_law_on_official_documents_needs_review_says_committee.html>

Personal files hacked at Western Illinois
Chicago Tribune - United States
A hacker was in the system for a "relatively short period of time," and
officials do not know if any records were viewed or copied, said Mitch
Davidson ...
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-0606180195jun18,1,3
699860.story?coll=chi-newslocalchicago-hed>

A big taxing mess ~~ Interim director: Tax files in chaos
News Leader - Fernandina Beach,FL,USA
... These and other tax records are fastened by rubber bands, and in 
some
cases stacked in beer boxes. ... "My concern is that records were 
destroyed,"
Drew said. ...
<http://www.fbnewsleader.com/articles/2006/06/17/news/01newstaxmess.txt>

Emerson leaves post at SC Historical Society
Charleston Post Courier (subscription) - Charleston,SC,USA
When W. Eric Emerson began working for the South Carolina Historical 
Society
eight years ago, only 10 percent of its catalog of books, manuscripts
and diaries ...
<http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=93534&section=stateregion>

SUNO's art is purged of mold, insects
Times Picayune - New Orleans,LA,USA
... art.". Hill, who earned a master's degree in museum studies at SUNO,
became the collection's curator and archivist in April 2005. ...
<http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-6/1150614452
127560.xml&coll=1>

Heirs should sift slowly through attic
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
... Archivist Sandy Berman has mined boxes and bins to give a picture of
what life was like for Jews during different times of the state's 
history.
<http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/14846688.htm>

The Digital Dark Age
Newsweek - USA
... Such mammoth databases are beyond the reach of librarians like 
Margaret
Hedstrom, the top digital archivist at the University of Michigan. ...
< http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13389952/site/newsweek/>

Managing the Overflow of E-mails
Technology Evaluation Centers - Montreal,Quebec,Canada
... current market seeks to integrate e-mail management with a full 
document
and records ... address not only e-mail use and misuse, but also 
retention
and destruction ...
<http://www.technologyevaluationcenters.com/Research/ResearchHighlights/C
ontentManagement/2006/06/research_notes/MI_CO_HM_06_19_06_1.asp>

Hospitals not ready for e-records
Australian IT - Australia
... "There are a lot of concerns over the recent launch of NSW Health's
e-records trial Healthelink over the default opt-in model," he says. ...
<http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,19495066%5E24170%5E%5Enb
v%5E24169,00.html>

A house of secrets: State reps' records closeted and costly
Beaver County Times - Beaver County,PA,USA
... have access to public records. It has a space in that office where
citizens can review public documents. Upon written request, and ...
<http://www.timesonline.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16808117&BRD=2305&PAG=46
1&dept_id=478569&rfi=6>

Sunday Mail, Sat, 17 Jun 2006 9:29 PM PDT
PS PUBLIC SECTOR'S LOCAL HEROES
<<http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=17248904&method=full&sitei
d=64736&headline=ps-public-sector-s-local-heroes--name_page.html>>
ANDREW DOWSEY has chronicled everything from local uprisings to ghost
hauntings in his time as Fife Council's archivist. Andrew, 37, is 
responsible for
looking after hundreds of thousands of records and ensuring current 
events are
kept for posterity.


BizJournals, Sun, 18 Jun 2006 9:51 PM PDT
Lawyers battle over records in auto-dealer lawsuits
<<http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/stories/2006/06/19/story8.html?fro
m_rss=1>>
Business records at the heart of lawsuits between Hendrick Automotive
Group and a former dealership manager have become an issue in a 
consumer lawsuit
over Hendrick's sales practices.




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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