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The Daily Courier 12/26/00
History project designed to preserve memories of the home front
http://www.dailycourier.com/1226memories.html

by Bernadette Myers
The Westmoreland County Historical Society plans to preserve the memories of
local residents from the World War II era.
Surprisingly, they are not planning to interview veterans, but those who
served on the "home front" during the war.
Jennifer Wilson, staff assistant at the historical society, says Tom Brokaw's
book, "The Greatest Generation," has caused a resurgence of interest in World
War II.


Waco Tribune-Herald 12/24/00
SMU to join Baylor in pursuit of George W. Bush library
http://www.accesswaco.com/auto/feed/news/local/2000/12/24/977714087.26396.9434

0237.html

by Jason Embry
Baylor University's first competitor in the race for the George W. Bush
presidential library is stepping forward.
A spokeswoman for Southern Methodist University in Dallas said the school
wants the library that would house the papers and archives of the soon-to-be
president.
"Any decision of this nature is going to be made on the merits of the
institution and the location involved," SMU spokeswoman Patti LaSalle said.
"We feel that we offer the best of both, and we will make a good-faith effort
to bring the library here."



Star Tribune 12/26/00
Minnesota Historical Society preserves congressional files
http://www2.startribune.com/stOnLine/cgi-bin/article?thisStory=83218555

Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Minnesota Historical Society will soon be sifting
through 24 years of memories, memos and policy papers from the office of late
Rep. Bruce Vento.
Years ago, Vento agreed to donate his congressional papers to the society in
his hometown of St. Paul, so someday students and scholars could study his
work on behalf of the environment, consumers or the Hmong.
" In February, when Bruce made his announcement (that he had cancer), we
started working fairly quickly to get the files ready, " said Larry Romans,
Vento' s longtime chief of staff.



Knoxville News-Sentinel 12/27/00
British sperm donors face confidentially breach
http://www.knoxnews.com/shns/story.cfm?pk=SPERMDONORS-12-27-00&cat=II

by John Carvel
The Guardian
LONDON - Britain is about to relax strict rules of confidentiality protecting
the identity of sperm donors to allow their children to discover key facts
about their genetic origins.
Early next year, Public Health Minister Yvette Cooper will outline possible
changes in the regulations guarding the anonymity of people donating sperm,
eggs or embryos.
Under the proposal, children still would not have the right to learn the
identity of their biological parents, for fear that would deter donors who
might reasonably worry they could be pursued by large numbers of unknown
offspring seeking emotional or financial support.



BBC News 12/27/00
Unlocking the secrets of government
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/in_depth/uk/2000/uk_confidential/newsid_10810

00/1081675.stm

by Bella Hurrell
The Public Record Office in London is a vast national archive of documents
from over 1,000 years of British history.
At the beginning of each year it publishes government papers which have been
kept secret for the past 30 years - under the UK's "30 year rule".
But even after the New Year, some of the most sensitive documents will remain
secret for several more decades - while others may never be fully revealed.
If a record is judged too sensitive by a government department then it can
apply to "extend closure" until 40, 75 or even 100 years have passed.



Atlanta Journal Constitution 12/26/00
Medical privacy tightened for some, eased for others
Businesses now need consent before seeing patient records, but government
agencies have been given greater access.
http://www.accessatlanta.com/partners/ajc/epaper/editions/tuesday/features_a38

41410245b81431030.html

by Diane Lore
Consumers won the right to protect their medical privacy from businesses, but
lost ground in keeping those records secret from government agencies, under
regulations approved by President Clinton last week.
Under new rules, doctors, insurance companies and other health care providers
must have consent from patients before sharing their medical information with
other entities. But the new rules allow government agencies, such as the
Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to have access more
readily to identifiable patient records --- a clear expansion of intrusion by
the public sector.



Akron Beacon Journal 12/26/00
Wright brothers photos going up on the Web
http://www.ohio.com/bj/news/ohio/docs/005938.htm

by Benjamin Kline
Dayton Daily News
FAIRBORN, Ohio (AP) -- On a December morning 97 years ago, Wilbur Wright
asked John Daniels, a member of the life-saving team at Kill Devil Hills,
N.C., to take a picture when the Wright flying machine took off for the first
time.
Before he climbed onto the wing of the flyer, brother Orville had set up
their Korona V box camera on its tripod on the sand at Kitty Hawk.
``If the craft left the rail, Daniels had only to snap the shutter,'' Wright
biographer Tom Crouch says in his book, ``The Bishop's Boys.''



Bergen Record 12/27/00
Bush staff to find bare cupboards
http://www.bergen.com/morenews/empty27200012273.htm

by Deb Riechmann
Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- The White House is the hub of government, yet the new staff
that walks into the West Wing on Inauguration Day will be lucky to find a
scrap of paper to jot down a phone number.
When a president leaves office, the White House is swept clean. File drawers
are emptied. Hard drives are yanked from computers. Office furniture is piled
in the hallways. Institutional memory disappears.



LeMars Sentinel 12/27/00
Medical records must be standardized
http://lemarssentinel.com/display/inn_news/news6.txt

by Sue Morris
Every patient wants their medical records to be carefully kept and not
floating in a sea of open data. Health care facilities such as Floyd Valley
Hospital must start implementing complex new regulations in 2001 to start
standardizing the format of those records to ease transfer of information
among computer systems securely.
"We do a good job of confidentiality here," said Mike Donlin, FVH
administrator. "This quadruples the standards that we have to follow," he
told the board of trustees at their December meeting.



Seattle Post-Intelligencer 12/27/00
Editorial: Clinton gets tough on privacy
http://seattlep-i.nwsource.com/opinion/medreced.shtml

President Bill Clinton has given millions of Americans a holiday gift in the
form of unexpectedly tough rules to protect the privacy of medical records.
"It's the most sweeping privacy law ever in U.S. history," according to
Janlori Goldman, director of the Health Privacy Project at Georgetown
University, who called the new limits "a major victory for consumers."
Yes, and like most worthy victories, it was hard-fought.



Seattle Post-Intelligencer 12/21/00
Medical community praises privacy rules
Congress expected to review sweeping federal changes
http://seattlep-i.nwsource.com/national/medi214.shtml

WASHINGTON -- Congress is expected to scrutinize sweeping new rules President
Clinton issued yesterday that, for the first time, restrict who can see a
person's medical records.
For states without tough privacy rules, the new federal rules to give
patients unprecedented control over their medical histories will likely force
costly changes in how doctors and hospitals do business.
The changes are expected to result in longer patient visits, additional
computer security costs and the possible financial failure of smaller
physicians practices.






Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
Richmond, Va
pakurilecz@aol.com

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