RAIN 060823
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories 
related to records and archives management.

Qwest says not calling for data retention laws
Reuters - USA
... International Inc. (QN: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday
that it is not calling for mandatory federal data retention laws. The
...
<http://today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?type=governmentFi
lingsNews&storyID=2006-08-23T204713Z_01_WEN4430_RTRIDST_0_TELECOMS-QWEST-
URGENT.XML>

US Seeks to Expand Data-Sharing
Washington Post - United States
... A compromise was reached at 3 1/2 years. Now, US officials are 
hoping
to persuade EU officials to bend a little more on data retention. ...
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/22/AR200608
2201304.html>

E-Docs UK Launches Alternative To Box Storage
Managing Information - UK
... of archived business records. The company also suffered a similar 
event
in Ottawa, Canada during the same month. The critical importance of data
storage was ...
<http://www.managinginformation.com/news/content_show_full.php?id=5124>

AT&T files suit to stop unauthorized access to phone records
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
... in federal court Wednesday against two dozen so-called data brokers
who the telecommunication company alleges fraudulently collected call
records on 2,500 ...
<http://sanantonio.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2006/08/21/daily23.
html>

Email: a best practice approach to compliance and information ...
IT Wales - Swansea,Wales,UK
... Clearly, allowing individual users to determine when to delete or 
how
to archive their own email records could place a company in breech of
all of these ...
<http://www.itwales.com/997810.htm>

Brokerage Firm Zips Through Email
Byteandswitch.com - New York,NY,USA
... 1. (See Retention Rules Set to Change.). All the while, the email 
flows
in and out. ... "Once it gets up and going, we'll start with document
management. ...
<http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=102147&WT.svl=news2_1>

Freedom's Just Another Word For...
ePluribus Media - USA
... When a volunteer film archivist found a more complete version of the
tape and gave it to Mr. Dunlop's lawyer, prosecutors immediately dropped
the charges and ...
<http://scoop.epluribusmedia.org/story/2006/8/23/105652/177>

Film of Welty discovered; NEA to discuss details
Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson,MS,USA
... and NEA funding. The Eudora Welty Collection of manuscripts, papers
and photographs is part of the state archives. Welty House has ...
<http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060823/FEAT05/
60823030>

Fired pair sue over destroyed records in OU data theft case
Columbus Dispatch - Columbus,OH,USA
... State law forbids the destruction of public records without a formal
review and allows fines and legal fees to be awarded to parties filing
a successful ...
<http://www.columbusdispatch.com/news-story.php?story=207008>

Two fired computer specialists sue Ohio University
Akron Beacon Journal - Akron,OH,USA
... destroyed interview notes and other documents it used ... the 
department
that handles records for businesses ... breaches exposed about 367,000
files containing Social ...
<http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/15340275.htm>

Judge seeks those who seized X-rays
Corpus Christi Caller Times - Corpus Christi,TX,USA
... For example, at least seven of the X-rays returned by the Office of
the Attorney General were not even listed on (the record storage 
company's)
index.". ...
<http://www.caller.com/ccct/local_news/article/0,1641,CCCT_811_4938137,00
.html>

The Problem with Pooh
MousePlanet - Anaheim,CA,USA
... A different judge threw out the entire case when Disney complained
the Slesinger heirs had obtained confidential documents from its trash.
...
<http://www.mouseplanet.com/articles.php?art=ww060823ws>


Mr. Rogers' Neighbourhood
Byteandswitch.com - New York,NY,USA
... The tapes were returned from the National Archives outside DC to 
NASA's
Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland sometime in the mid-80s, and 
then
disappeared ...
<http://www.byteandswitch.com/blog.asp?blog_sectionid=249&WT.svl=blogger2
_4>

ILM: Rest In Peace
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA
... halt. People just don't have time for nonsense. Sadly, Information
Lifecycle Management (ILM) is particularly seductive nonsense. It ...
<http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/node/3302>




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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