RAIN 060629 Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management. Littleton Historical Society receives research inventory grant Littleton Independent - Concord,MA,USA The Society has hired Phyllis E. Steele, Ph.D., a certified archivist, to inventory the journals, letters, and historical papers of three generations of the ... <http://www2.townonline.com/littleton/artsLifestyle/view.bg?articleid=526 013> Sarbanes-Oxley impact extends far beyond public companies BusinessJournalism.org - USA ... Destruction of documents: SOX makes it illegal to destroy or alter a document to prevent its use in a legal action ... Availability of financial records should be ... <http://www.businessjournalism.org/pages/biz/2006/06/sarbanesoxley_impact _extends_f/> Caught On Tape: Floodwaters Creep Into Business NBC 4.com - Washington,DC,USA ... Video from inside the showroom showed water creeping in to destroy the company's inventory, and more footage showed the destruction of records going back for ... <http://www.nbc4.com/weather/9444051/detail.html> Keeping Worthless Data B-EYE-Network - Boulder,CO,USA ... This brings us to a discussion of archival data. In years past, archival data was a graveyard. I recall my first experience with archival data. <http://www.b-eye-network.com/view/2960?jsessionid=9d9b226a5c1af6e558500a 67f26b90eb> Oh Canada, we go online for thee Ottawa Citizen - Ontario, Canada ... bills itself "the gateway to Canada's collective memory," and its website (www.archivescanada.ca) provides access to the Canadian Archival Collection, which ... <http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/technology/story.html?id=4c6628 e5-8827-4bba-b79a-62f1495270a3> De-Classifying Data Classification Byteandswitch.com - New York,NY,USA ... says. "Not all our confidential documents need to be on the top tier of storage because they're not accessed all the time. Compellent's ... <http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=98324&WT.svl=news2_1> EADs files complaint over publication of confidential documents Zee News - Noida,India Paris, June 29: EADs, the parent company of Airbus, filed a complaint over the publication of audit committee draft documents in the press and launched an ... <http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=305907&ssid=51&sid=BUS> Clark County Considers Changing Recorder Position KLAS-TV - Las Vegas,NV,USA ... state legislative session next year, Clark County District Court ... capable of absorbing the recorder's office staff ... at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, was a ... <http://www.klastv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5080801&nav=168Y> Clark County might ask Legislature to change recorder position Las Vegas Sun - Las Vegas,NV,USA LAS VEGAS (AP) - With Clark County's elected recorder facing criminal corruption charges, administrators are again considering asking the state Legislature to ... <http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2006/jun/26/062610875.h tml> Porter closes business Reporter-Times - Martinsville,IN,USA ... Sonnega said it appears that many organizations do not have a “paper trail” to follow and that many of the computer records are missing. <http://www.reporter-times.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=33518&format =html> Navy contractor arrested for alleged computer system sabotage GovExec.com - USA ... Later, investigators used computer records and interviews to trace the malicious code back to Sylvestre, who had apparently programmed them to run at a future ... <http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=34443&dcn=todaysnews> CG moves ahead with scanning documents Casa Grande Valley Newspapers - Casa Grande,AZ,USA The latest addition, authorized during the City Council meeting last week, is the start of a program to scan documents into computer records. ... <http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16860387&BRD=1817&PAG=461&dept _id=68561&rfi=6> Blagojevich Downplays Report Of Personnel List, Computer Records ... WBBM780 - Chicago,USA ... Wednesday directing 15 state agencies to compile lists of everyone who has worked in their personnel offices since 2003 and to inventory their computer records ... <http://www.wbbm780.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=165294> Identity theft to be focus of research center Austin American-Statesman (subscription) - Austin,TX,USA ... of Veterans Affairs analyst in Maryland. In February 2005, Alpharetta, Ga.-based ChoicePoint Inc. announced that it might have improperly ... <http://www.statesman.com/business/content/business/stories/other/06/29id entity.html> ChoicePoint buys vital records firm Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - GA, USA Alpharetta-based ChoicePoint has acquired Memphis-based USCerts, a small firm that provides state vital records online. The buyout price wasn't released. ... <http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/stories/0628bizchoice.html> America's Most Precious Documents Are Dry For The Fourth Of July W*USA 9 - Washington,DC,USA However, like the Library Of Congress, The National Archives is one of the most important depositories which keeps the national 'treasures' on paper safe and ... <http://wusa9.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=50453> Canterbury town clerk rejects new request for financial records Norwich Bulletin - Norwich,CT,USA ... "We have done what we are supposed to do and now we are going to see if they are determined public records or private records," Spruance said. <http://www.norwichbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060629/NEWS0 1/606290331/1002> NEW TODAY: Real Salt Lake drops appeal in leaked documents case Salt Lake Tribune - United States ... Terry Ellis, records manager for the county, says she canceled a hearing scheduled Monday after receiving the letter a few days prior. ... <http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_3993849> Laptop stolen from VA recovered Washington Technology - Washington,DC,USA The Department of Veterans Affairs said today that law enforcement officials recovered the stolen laptop containing the personal data of more than 26 million ... <http://www.washingtontechnology.com/news/1_1/daily_news/28853-1.html> Insurers' Aim: Tame the Document Bull Insurance Networking News - New York,NY,USA ... In AIIM's survey of 2,100 records and information managers, more than two-thirds (68%) don't have a plan in place to preserve electronic records that need to ... <http://www.insurancenetworking.com/protected/article.cfm?articleId=4122> RecordFusion's Technology: Offers Answer to South Carolina's Land ... Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA ... "Several states in the Southeast, including Georgia and North Carolina, have been utilizing electronic records management systems since 1996. <http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news _view&newsId=20060629005661&newsLang=en> NHS found to use inadequate security in data storage Computer Business Review - UK ... A survey on the use of portable data storage devices in the healthcare ... NHS trust or organization downloading sensitive or patient records should automatically ... <http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=FCBC036C-752A-4BA2-B197-8 E2D66ED3C12> Records not in peril, officials say Hattiesburg American - Hattiesburg,MS,USA ... "Most of those have been addressed.". Forrest County computer files are backed up nightly off site, he said. Because Forrest County ... <http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060629/N EWS01/606290334/1002> Delray Historical Society seeking new home for city’s archive Boca Raton News - FL, USA Representatives from the Historical Society met with City Commissioners last week to discuss where the city archives could be relocated within the next few ... <http://www.bocaratonnews.com/index.php?src=news&prid=16008&category=Loca l%20News> Washington Post, Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:20 PM PDT Beneath a Treasure of Documents, a Stinky Mess <<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/29/AR20060 62902221.html?nav=rss_metro>> The chief archivist of the United States of America immediately seized on a single, all-important question when an aide woke him at 1:40 a.m. Monday to report massive flooding at the National Archives. Times Online, Thu, 29 Jun 2006 4:55 PM PDT Lost images expose truth of Great War http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-2250106,00.html A TREASURE trove of photographs from the Battle of the Somme has been found in a damp village attic, giving a rare insight into the German view of the First World War. BBC News The History Bloke By San Coughlan History has got hip. And genealogy is getting radical. Popular history's poster boy, Tony Robinson, explains why the past means so much to the present. And how a "turnip-loving moron" came to his rescue. <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/5124114.stm> Peter A. Kurilecz Richmond, Va [log in to unmask] ________________________________________________________________________ Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. 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