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RAIN 07/21: One with mustard please!



CNN 7/20/00
Judge orders obstruction of justice hearing over missing White House e-mails
http://www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/07/20/wh.email/index.html

by Ted Barrett
CNN Producer
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A federal judge has ordered an evidentiary hearing later
this month into whether White House officials made false statements to the
court or tried to obstruct justice during an investigation into missing
White House e-mails.
The order for a July 31 hearing came from U.S. District Court Judge Royce C.
Lamberth, who is hearing a civil suit involving the e-mails brought by the
conservative legal group Judicial Watch.


San Francisco Chronicle 7/19/00
Contra Costa accused of losing files
Group offers to settle racism-in-contracts suit
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/07/19
/MN51782.DTL

by Jason B. Johnson
Contra Costa -- African American civil rights leaders yesterday accused
Contra Costa County of deliberately destroying documents in a class-action
suit alleging racism in county contracting, but also offered to sit down and
negotiate a settlement before the case goes to trial.
Local leaders of the NAACP made the statements before the Board of
Supervisors but got little response. Phillip Lawson, president of the
Hercules-Pinole-Rodeo chapter of the NAACP, said his group will submit a
letter to the board inviting it to hold settlement talks.


Sydney Morning Herald 7/20/00
Bavaria's wurst fears
http://www.smh.com.au/news/0007/20/text/pageone12.html

by Toby Helm in Berlin
The Daily Telegraph
An old debate about who invented Germany's national dish has been reignited
after a receipt found in a nunnery suggested sausages were eaten there 600
years ago.



The Daily Universe 7/19/00
BYU technologies help piece together Dead Sea scrolls
http://news.excite.com/news/uw/000719/tech-8

by Lincoln Hubbard
The Daily Universe
Brigham Young University
(U-WIRE) PROVO, Utah -- Technologies developed by Brigham Young University
are helping in the reading and translation of ancient documents, including
the Dead Sea scrolls.
"There are some scrolls in really good shape, but every text has its own
characteristics that make it easy or more difficult to read," said Richard
M. Hartley, associate director of operations for the Foundation of
Archeological Research and Mormon Studies.



Daily Egyptian 7/19/00
New rules could open student disciplinary records
http://news.excite.com/news/uw/000719/university-66

by David Osborne
Southern Illinois U.
(U-WIRE) CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
disciplinary records could be released to the public starting Aug. 7 under
new rules released by the Department of Education.
The Department of Education amended the Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act, allowing universities and colleges to release certain
information from disciplinary records to the media. The information that can
be released includes the name of the perpetrator, the violation committed
and the sanctions imposed. Violations that can be released under the amended
rules are limited to cases of violent or sex crimes.



ITN 7/20/00
Taxmen deny they have lost files
http://www.itn.co.uk/Business/bus20000720/072003.htm

The Inland Revenue has denied that millions of tax records have gone
"missing" after computer problems, as ITN's James Stringer reports
A report said it had a leaked briefing paper showing up to 5.2 million cases
are under investigation because records have gone missing.
The magazine said the problems came after a computer holding national
insurance details was linked with the computer operating the Paye scheme.
Both systems are managed by private firms.


CNN 7/20/00
Smithsonian makes room for mattress company archives
http://www.cnn.com/2000/STYLE/design/07/20/simmons/index.html

by Thurston Hatcher
ATLANTA (CNN) -- Here's some history that'll put you to sleep.
The company that gave us Hide-A-Beds, Wall-Beds and king-size mattresses has
donated more than a century's worth of archival materials to the Smithsonian
Institution.
Atlanta-based Simmons Co. handed over the collection last month to the
Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington, where it
will be displayed and used for research.


Denver Post 7/20/00
Judge fines city for failing to provide records
http://www.denverpost.com/news/news0720j.htm

by Andrew Guy, Jr
Denver has been fined $10,000 because a judge says the city failed to
provide records in a lawsuit against the Denver Police Department.
The fine, imposed earlier this week by U.S. Magistrate Patricia Coan, said
the city failed to produce internal affairs files, 911 tapes and other
documents relating to a suit by victims in the case of a Denver police
officer who pleaded guilty to sexual assault and attempted kidnapping.
Coan ruled the city failed to comply with a ruling ordering the city to
provide missing documents by Nov. 30, 1999.


Tribune-Review 7/20/00
Company's internet service provides quicker access to court dockets
http://www.tribunereview.com/business/bcrt0720.html

by Hope Yen
Associated Press
WAYNE (AP) - Only after sending a paralegal to the federal courthouse for
the umpteenth time to conduct needle-in-the-haystack searches in boxes of
filings did David Bookspan decide there must be a better way.
The Philadelphia lawyer knew he had a better chance of attracting clients
and winning cases if he learned about newly filed complaints and motions
before his competitors did. But most online legal tools provided access only
to court decisions, and the federal courts' computer system was too limited,
he said.


The Herald 7/20/00
Herald sues for sheriff's records
http://www.heraldonline.com/community/story/0,1325,178834,00.html

Staff reports
YORK - The Herald filed a lawsuit against the York County sheriff on
Wednesday to gain access to several deputies' disciplinary records and
reports of misconduct.
Columbia Attorney Jay Bender filed the suit shortly after noon on behalf of
The Herald and reporter Ray Burton after Sheriff Bruce Bryant denied two
S.C. Freedom of Information Act requests from the newspaper.



WorldNetDaily.com 7/20/00
All the President's Scandals: Mark Lindsay knew Project X's 'scope'
Initials on report about e-mail problem belie top aide's testimony to
Congress
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_sperry_news/20000720_xnspy_mark_linds.s
html

by Paul Sperry
WASHINGTON -- Top White House aide Mark Lindsay signed off on a 1998 report
detailing the "scope" of a gap in West Wing e-mail archives, WorldNetDaily
has learned. Yet he told Congress, under oath, that he first learned of the
size of the problem this year.
Lindsay, assistant to the president for management and administration, has
maintained he was in the dark about the "scope and breadth" of the so-called
"Project X" e-mail glitch.





Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
Manager, Records Management
Woodside Summit Group, Inc
Richmond, Virginia
Tel: 804-744-1247 extension 23
Fax: 804-744-4947
mailto:peter.kurilecz@woodsidesummitgroup.com

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