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

Australia: Document Destruction – A New Criminal Offence
Mondaq News Alerts (subcription) - London,UK
... documents that may be used in legal proceedings; and >The company 
has
a policy that clearly demonstrates compliance with a document retention
and destruction ...
<http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=42530&searchresults=1>

Illinois firm recovers documents from Ohio U. security audit
Belleville News-Democrat - Belleville,IL,USA
... hasn't determined whether the notes and other documents are public
... The university initially said the breaches exposed about 367,000 
files
containing Social ...
<http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/news/politics/15449656.htm>

Feature: New document file formats explained
Computeractive - London,UK
... to extract the content from large quantities of documents 
automatically.
The possibility of harvesting all or part of the content from Office 
files
is very ...
<http://www.computeractive.co.uk/personal-computer-world/features/2163631
/office>

Online Privacy Faces Trade Off
Forbes - USA
... While the legality of wiretapping recently has been contested, there
have been sustained efforts to formulate and pass data-retention laws
exclusively for the ...
<http://www.forbes.com/business/2006/09/05/internet-privacy-data-storage-
cx_0906oxford.html>

Strategies For Effective Records Management Are Key To Enterprise ...
Managing Information - UK
Companies are increasingly turning to records management software to 
manage
compliance with laws and regulations, but common mistakes can undermine
software ...
<http://www.managinginformation.com/news/content_show_full.php?id=5159>

Bemis Historical Society gets $110K
Jackson Sun - Jackson,TN,USA
The Bemis Historical Society will receive a one-time donation of 
$110,000
 from the city of Jackson as matching funds for a Save America's 
Treasures
Grant. ...
<http://www.jacksonsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060906/NEWS01/609
060309/1002>

Pitching Paper: The Best Policy
ECM Connection (press release) - Erie,PA,USA
... business lines in its mammoth records management facility ... 
scanning
approximately 14 million documents per year. ... annuities, policies and
claims files with photos ...
<http://www.ecmconnection.com/content/news/article.asp?DocID=%7BC5F90C42-
4EBE-450F-B3BD-1F92C82C7A07%7D&Bucket=Supplier+News>

Court's computer overhaul may be costing you money
KHOU (subscription) - Houston,TX,USA
... system, converting millions of paper files into computerized ... 
News
tracked down internal HPD documents that show ... HPD Marshal’s Division
kept records, from May ...
<http://www.khou.com/news/local/stories/khou060905_cd_warrants.6efad031.h
tml>

Practically paperless lawyer
News-Times - Forest Grove,Oregon,USA
... With the stacks of invoices, subpoenas, court records and other 
documents,
paperwork is ... Instead of storing his active files in manila folders
that are ...
<http://www.forestgrovenewstimes.com/sustainable/story.php?story_id=11575
6852070690900>

Former TSA workers' data exposed
USA Today - USA
... The documents were standard forms that are sent to ... credit 
histories,
eliminating those with criminal records or whose ... put a fraud alert
on their credit files. ...
<http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-09-06-tsa-identities_x.htm?
POE=TECISVA>

National Archives Issues Progress Report on Declassification ...
U.S. Newswire (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
... in full 85 percent of their records; release in ... a compelling 
case."
Only sevenseven new documents have been ... been carefully noted in the
opened files so that ...
<http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=71856>

Canterbury clerk's papers OK for purge
Norwich Bulletin - Norwich,CT,USA
... Board of Finance Chairman Lloyd Anderson said the town does not need
to protect the town clerk's original bank records from possible 
destruction
by a regular ...
<http://www.norwichbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060906/NEWS0
1/609060303/1002>


OU computer-theft papers resurface
Columbus Dispatch - Columbus,OH,USA
... destruction of the documents prompted two computer-systems 
administrators
fired by OU to sue for damages over the illegal destruction of public
records. ...
<http://www.columbusdispatch.com/news-story.php?story=210348>

Dana's return to alma mater is a laughing matter
Pembroke Mariner - Marshfield,MA,USA
... stints as performer and head writer on "The Steve Allen Show" and 17
guest spots on "The Ed Sullivan Show" --helped form the American Comedy
Archives at Emerson ...
<http://www2.townonline.com/pembroke/artsLifestyle/view.bg?articleid=5679
61>

Google News adds historical newspaper archives
Moneycontrol.com - Mumbai,India
Google Inc has added the ability to search through more than 200 years
of historical newspaper archives along side the latest contemporary 
information
now ...
<http://news.moneycontrol.com/india/newsarticle/stocksnews.php?autono=238
678>

Symantec Opens Vault Of Compliance Services
Security Pronews - Lexington,KY,USA
... with the law firm Redgrave Daley Ragan & Wagner LLP, a firm 
specializing
in reducing the legal risk and cost of e-discovery and e-records 
compliance.
...
<http://www.securitypronews.com/news/securitynews/spn-45-20060906Symantec
OpensVaultOfComplianceServices.html>

IT Professionals Say Document Management is an Untapped ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... While more than 60 percent of respondents believe their confidential
documents are safe from both internal and external threats, information
security was ...
<http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news
_view&newsId=20060906005199&newsLang=en>

Historical Society goes through exciting changes
Los Alamos Monitor - Los Alamos,NM,USA
... Their archives are open weekdays from 10 am to 4 pm with a staff of
two including an archivist and a curator and offer a small space in 
which
researchers can ...
<http://www.lamonitor.com/articles/2006/09/06/headline_news/news02.txt>

by Iron Mountain Digital
PC Pro - London,UK
Abstract: Protecting critical information is becoming a growing business
challenge as the amount of data continues to increase at alarming rates.
...
<http://research.pcpro.co.uk/detail/RES/1157374982_123.html?src=pcpro>

County land records go online
Waynesville Daily Guide - Waynesville,MO,USA
... As a deputy recorder of deeds 14 years ago, Beasley was the last 
person
to use ... Putting the documents online won’t result in a revenue loss
to her department ...
<http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/articles/2006/09/06/news/news02.txt
>

FileNet to Highlight Risks of Non-Compliance With Records ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... compliance, and create business advantage. FileNet Records Manager
features FileNet's ZeroClick technology, which is designed to enforce
records management ...
<http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/0
9-06-2006/0004427272&EDATE=>

"ILM strategy has to be a company-wide initiative"
CXOToday.com - Mumbai,India
... The first ones to move would be those that fall in both areas. That
is why we see banking and capital markets aggressively adopting Records
Management and ILM. ...
<http://www.cxotoday.com/cxo/jsp/article.jsp?article_id=75712&cat_id=906>


Fort Pierce deputy city manager faces charge in records' ...
Vero Beach Press-Journal (subscription) - Vero Beach,FL,USA
By ALEXI HOWK. FORT PIERCE — Wrapping up a monthlong investigation, the
State Attorney's Office has found Deputy City Manager David ...
<http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/local_news/article/0,2545,TCP_16736_4975199,00
.html>

Council archivist job gets axe
Laois Nationalist - Laois,Ireland
Laois/Offaly archivist Mary Fitzpatrick edited Notes on the Placenames
of Laoighis, a ... leadership in the maintenance and expansion of a 
modern
archive service ...
<http://www.laois-nationalist.ie/news/story.asp?j=23941>




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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