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Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories 
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Protocol Signed to Open Nazi Victims Archives to Researchers
Deutsche Welle - Germany
... green light. Once signed, the protocol still needs to be ratified by
all signatory states before the archives can be opened. The ...
<http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2110569,00.html>

Pastry theft could represent millions in foodie espionage
New Zealand Herald - New Zealand
... a solicitor with Lowndes Jordan, says: "The flip side is that theft
of information ... Act three years ago mean anyone convicted of stealing
trade secrets faces a ...
<http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=3&ObjectID=10393678>

Stankovic: Get on the records exclusive
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader - Wilkes Barre,PA,USA
... a special record-improvement fund that could help preserve the 
documents
and improve ... into the fund since March 1998, said county Recorder of
Deeds Mary Dysleski ...
<http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/15151463.htm>

Southern Illinoisan, Sat, 29 Jul 2006 10:12 PM PDT
Archivist faces daunting task at SIUC
http://www.southernillinoisan.com/articles/2006/07/30/top/17072392.txt
CARBONDALE - The far end of a storage building outside Carbondale's 
northeast side is where Walter D. Ray will spend the next few years 
piecing together the career histories of noted politicians, like the 
late Sen. Paul Simon, U.S. Rep. Ken Gray, and former U.S. Rep. Glenn 
Poshard, as they are told through political writings.

The barbs are flying across the Delaware.
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
... EBay postings led police to Shawn Aubitz, curator at the National 
Archives'
Philadelphia vaults, who stole hundreds of documents in the 1990s. ...
<http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/states/pennsylvania/counti
es/montgomery_county/15156779.htm>

Tiny portable memory drives can cause big computer security risks
Sun Publications Chicago - Chicago,IL,USA
... The devices can also introduce viruses to the network – viruses that
can delete company records, slow system response time and cause 
downtime.
<http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/sunpub/naper/business/6_3_NA30_DOLLAR
SSENSE_S10730.htm>


$3 Bill Printing Plates on Auction Block
FOX News - USA
... plates were packed up and left in storage until 2004, when the 
collection
was purchased for an undisclosed price by John Albanese of Archival 
Collectibles
of ...
<http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2006Jul30/0,4670,HistoricEngravings,00.html
>

Fires Prompt Users to Hasten Hunt for Backup Alternatives
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA
... and document management software from Interwoven Inc. to create an
archival system that is projected to go live in a couple of months, 
Roberts
said. ...
<http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxo
nomyName=security&articleId=112538&taxonomyId=17>

Preserving the past
Loveland Herald Reporter - Loveland,CO,USA
... The documents fill 14 record storage boxes, which historical society
officials and Vaughan, a trained archivist, must carefully sort, decide
what to keep and ...
<http://www.lovelandfyi.com/region-story.asp?ID=6223>

BBC News, Sun, 30 Jul 2006 6:24 AM PDT
Helpers sought for archive move
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/cumbria/5228834.stm
Volunteers are needed to catalogue and re-wrap thousands of historical 
documents in a Cumbrian archive.

Milford Daily News, Sat, 29 Jul 2006 11:46 PM PDT
Warning memo goes missing
http://www.milforddailynews.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=96532
BOSTON -- Officials at a Big Dig construction company have been unable 
to locate a memo a safety officer said he wrote in 1999 warning his 
superiors that portions of a tunnel's ceiling could collapse, according 
to a newspaper report.

Data from Sentry Insurance stolen, sold
ASSOCIATED PRESS
STEVENS POINT, Wis. - Personal information on 72 worker's compensation 
claimants was stolen from Sentry Insurance's Stevens Point office and 
later sold over the Internet, the company says.
<http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/news/local/15157652.htm
>




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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