RAIN 060715 Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management. Consulting firm destroyed records in OU data theft investigation Akron Beacon Journal - Akron,OH,USA Moran Technology Consulting of Naperville, Ill., acknowledged the error after The Columbus Dispatch filed a public records request in an effort to get copies ... <http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/state/15047515.htm> Identity Theft: Shielding Yourself Wall Street Journal (subscription) - New York,NY,USA ... That includes securing or shredding information-laden documents, using sophisticated passwords (combining letters and numbers) for online accounts, and ... <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB115291292915607328.html?mod=googlenews_w sj> Release of records probed Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond,VA,USA ... The confidential information was part of the records maintained by the city's treasurer ... in the clerk's office deed room may have seen the confidential files. ... <http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle% 2FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149189164832&path=!news&s=10458559348 42> Hampton ID data public Criminal probe opens after taxpayers' Social Security numbers became accessible Richmond Times Dispatch Hampton police have launched a criminal investigation into a courthouse computer that made confidential records publicly accessible. The data included the names and Social Security numbers of thousands of city taxpayers. <http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle% 2FRTD_BasicArticle&%09s=1045855934842&c=MGArticle&cid=1149189143813&path= %21news> Berkeley Daily Planet, Fri, 14 Jul 2006 9:27 AM PDT Moving Pictures: Lost Treasures Recovered and Restored http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/article.cfm?issue=07-14-06&storyID=246 33 To be a silent movie fan is to live with a mixture of excitement and despair. It is estimated that more than 80 percent of all films from the silent era are lost, either destroyed by Hollywood studios during the transition to talkies or simply lost to the ravages of time. South Bend Tribune, Fri, 14 Jul 2006 4:17 AM PDT Lost Valentino, Swanson film unearthed http://www.southbendtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060714/Ent04 /607140512 For some 80 years, the 1922 romantic drama "Beyond the Rocks" starring two legends of the silent era -- Gloria Swanson and Rudolph Valentino – was considered lost. Only one minute of footage existed at the Nederlands Filmmuseum in Amsterdam. BBC News, Sat, 15 Jul 2006 5:45 AM PDT Pictures put Medway's past online http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/kent/5183006.stm Two websites are set up so people can view the history, industry and people of Medway towns. The last one standing Hamilton Spectator - Ontario, Canada ... the longevity is the fact that newsprint of the era tended to be made from rags as opposed to wood fibres, according to Margaret Houghton, archivist from the ... <http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=hamilt on/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1152913814085&call_pageid=102042066 5036&col=1014656511815> State's Wallace material doubles AL.com - Birmingham,AL,USA ... For state archives director Ed Bridges, getting the material has been a goal for years, even though it will take years for his understaffed, underfunded ... <http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1152955277573 60.xml&coll=2> Dried-out National Archives Building Reopening WTOP - Washington,D.C.,USA WASHINGTON (AP) - After three weeks of waiting, several parts of the National Archives building will reopen tomorrow. The Rotunda ... <http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=25&sid=850294> Improperly sealed cases set for review Palm Beach Post - FL, United States ... to a review of secret court documents released Friday. ... it ruled that while adoption files are confidential ... are listed on public-access computer records, she said ... <http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2006/07 /15/s1b_secret_0715.html> Focus: Lloyd George’s ghost aids inquiry The Sunday Times - UK Detectives from Scotland Yard have spent a few quiet days trawling through records in the National Archives at Kew to further their understanding of the cash ... <http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2272264,00.html> Past becomes present in National Archives Austin American-Statesman (subscription) - Austin,TX,USA WASHINGTON — There is a hush of awe in the rotunda of the National Archives when tour and school groups file past the founding constitutional documents of ... <http://www.statesman.com/life/content/life/stories/other/07/16archives.h tml> Unveiling secrets of Kenya's Daily Nation (subscription) - Nairobi,Kenya ... Papers held in the National Archives in Nairobi make it clear that, at Erskine’s urging, the colonial government authorised compensation for the families of ... <http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=3 3&newsid=77300> SHAZAM! How cool is a job with comics? Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond,VA,USA ... love working with the items every day," said Jackson, assistant archivist for the ... Industry Awards, for example, announced in May that its archives, dating from ... <http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RT D_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149189113753> US government seeks voice samples of Coca Cola theft suspects Calgary Sun - Canada By HARRY WEBER. ATLANTA (AP) - Prosecutors asked a US judge Friday to order three people charged with stealing trade secrets from The Coca-Cola Co. ... <http://money.canoe.ca/News/Other/2006/07/14/1685276-ap.html> April 15, 2006 You've Got Mail—Now What? Regulatory & Policy Dilemmas in Email Management Part I: US Federal Environment Author: Richard Entlich - Cornell University ([log in to unmask]) Embarrassing or incriminating email messages seem to be at the core of more and more government and corporate scandals. What's to keep these entities from simply erasing these files as a means to avoid future problems? Note: This FAQ will be responded to in two parts. Part I (below) will cover the US Federal government's laws and regulations. Part II (in a subsequent RLG DigiNews) will provide a detailed survey of regulations and policies in the 50 United States. <<http://www.rlg.org/en/page.php?Page_ID=20916#article3>> June15, 2006 You've Got Mail—Now What? Regulatory and Policy Dilemmas in Email Management Part II. US State Environment Author: Richard Entlich - Cornell University ([log in to unmask]) It has been over 10 years since the federal government developed policies governing management of email records by its agencies. What is the current status of policy development in the 50 states? Note: This is Part II of a two-part FAQ. Part I covered the US Federal government's laws and regulations. This part II surveys regulations and policies in the 50 United States. <<http://www.rlg.org/en/page.php?Page_ID=20952#article4>> 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. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. 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