RAIN 060824
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories 
related to records and archives management.

Fraud cases largely were tied to CEOs, not bankers
Baltimore Sun - United States
... the e-mail suggested employees should destroy incriminating records
and that ... once the world's fifth-largest accounting firm, for 
shredding
documents related to ...
<http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-bz.execs24aug24,0,4820953.story
?coll=bal-business-headlines>

Destroyed documents could cost university
The Post Online - Athens,OH,USA
A lawsuit filed by two former technology administrators could cost Ohio
University hundreds of thousands of dollars. Tom Reid, former ...
<http://thepost.baker.ohiou.edu/articles/2006/08/24/news/14330.html>

Ex-Dow Chemical worker charged in trade secrets case
Reuters - USA
... (DOW.N: Quote, Profile, Research) has been arrested and charged with
conspiring to steal company trade secrets and sell them in China, US 
authorities
said on ...
<http://today.reuters.com/stocks/QuoteCompanyNewsArticle.aspx?view=CN&sto
ryID=2006-08-23T230317Z_01_N23429166_RTRIDST_0_CHEMICALS-DOW-SECRETS.XML&
rpc=66>

Qwest Says Data Retention Laws Are A Great Idea
Techdirt - USA
... for ISPs how many millions do you think they would spend just for 
data
storage and not ... we need all records of data transmitted in the Derby
area for 07/07/2005 ...
<http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20060822/131236.shtml>

Qwest on data retention laws: Oops
CNET News.com - San Francisco,CA,USA
Colorado-based broadband provider says its chief privacy officer 
misspoke
when endorsing federal laws mandating data retention. ...
<http://news.com.com/Qwest+on+data+retention+laws+Oops/2100-1028_3-610892
6.html>

Merrimack County Consolidates Two Tasks Into One Easy Pass
ECM Connection (press release) - Erie,PA,USA
... Prior to installing the Kodak solution, the Registry of Deeds 
employed
a worker who sat in a darkroom with the original documents and a small
camera. ...
<http://www.ecmconnection.com/content/news/article.asp?DocID=%7B6F734B60-
28FF-45DC-AB53-24C3AFC7B55E%7D&Bucket=Supplier+News>

Hampden County uses high tech scanner to preserve the past
Eyewitness News - East Providence,RI,USA
City officials have been using it for three months to record documents
dating back to the mid-1600s. Hampden County Register of Deeds Donald
Ashe says the ...
<http://www.eyewitnessnewstv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5319820&nav=F2DO>

Welty film footage donated to state Archives and History Dept.
Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson,MS,USA
By Sherry Lucas. Eight canisters of 1975 color film footage of Jackson
literary giant Eudora Welty was donated to the Mississippi ...
<http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060824/FEAT05/
60824041>

Archives’ bird’s-eye view of old TO gives the sense of a city ...
Now Toronto - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
We’ve pulled out our red pen to score the eco records of TO’s 
institutions
of higher learning. Do they actually practise what ...
<http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2006-08-24/news_feature.php>

The Coleridge archives lives
Hindu - Chennai,India
LONDON: The British Library has bought a valuable archive from the 
family
of Samuel Taylor Coleridge that portrays the clan's affectionate, if 
slightly
bemused ...
<http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/22/stories/2006082205382000.htm>

Hours of Welty film discovered in National Endowment archives
Biloxi Sun Herald - MS, USA
JACKSON, Miss. - Five hours of color footage of writer Eudora Welty has
been found in the National Endowment for the Arts media archives and was
returned to ...
<http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/politics/15352534.htm>

Century-old Hollywood battle retrieved from archives
The Journal News.com - Westchester,NY,USA
... "It's amazing how much history is hidden in record centers," said 
Patty
Dohrenwend, director of the Westchester County Archives, whose staff 
pulled
out the old ...
<http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060824/NEWS02
/608240304/1018/NEWS02>

Grant to fund Woodruff series
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer - Columbus,GA,USA
... to the collection will be ready by January, said CSU Archivist 
Reagan
Grimsley. ... The CSU Archives will process 135 linear feet of papers
documenting the lives ...
<http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/local/15344895.ht
m>

Rauh to collect, store
Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle - PA, USA
... also finance the establishment of a Web site for the Rauh Archives,
which would ... are gone; all that's left is the cemeteries," said Rauh
Archivist Susan Melnick ...
<http://www.pittchron.com/topstories.cfm?fullStory=true&articleID=1273>

Historical records detailing past attitudes towards prostitution ...
News-Medical.net - Sydney,Australia
... Other speakers at the event include London School of Economics 
Archivist,
Sue Donnelly, who will talk about gay and lesbian archives, and Jenny
Dagger ...
<http://www.news-medical.net/?id=19614>

Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) Overview
Data Storage Connection (press release) - USA
Understanding what happens to data throughout its lifetime is becoming
an increasingly important aspect of effective data management. ...
<http://www.datastorageconnection.com/content/news/article.asp?DocID=%7B8
2EF6CBD-3D0A-443C-BB50-F27B6665B242%7D&Bucket=Current+Headlines>

Data Storage of Tomorrow
CIO Today - Woodland Hills,CA,USA
... Authorization, authentication , and encryption will be a standard 
part
of a data-handling innovation known as the Information Lifecycle 
Management,
or ILM ...
<http://www.cio-today.com/news/Data-Storage-of-Tomorrow/story.xhtml?story
_id=120007TWFF8O>

New Graham County public records policy draws scrutiny
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
... But the Graham County board of commissioners adopted a new public 
records
regulation this week that requires all requests to be submitted in 
writing,
charges ...
<http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/15352804.htm>

Fired OU IT officials want court order to obtain public records
The Athens News - Athens,OH,USA
... They also want Judge Michael Ward to rule that OU broke Ohio public
records law when it allowed Moran to destroy notes used by the 
consultant
in writing its ...
<http://www.athensnews.com/issue/article.php3?story_id=25743>


Delivering Software and Services to NARA for 15 Years -- the Past ...
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
Small high-tech firm has long/strong history with the National Archives
for delivering important software development and data conversion 
services.
...
<http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/8/prweb427971.htm>

700-year-old papal letters, found by GI, to be returned to Poland
Duluth News Tribune - Duluth,MN,USA
MILWAUKEE - A collection of letters written by popes and kings some 700
years ago will be returned to Poland's national archives after a man in
Milwaukee found ...
<http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/news/politics/15353603.
htm>

NEW YORK REGION   | August 25, 2006
9/11 Shrine, With the Tragic, Toxic Dust
By GLENN COLLINS
An exhibit features the toxic dust-covered jeans and sweaters that were 
preserved in the storefront of a shop near the World Trade Center.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/25/nyregion/25chelsea.html?>




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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