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RAIN 01/12:"Glorified archivist", privacy and legislation



CNN.com 01/11/01
Croatia seals president's tapes
http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/01/11/croatia.warcrimes/index.html

ZAGREB, Croatia -- Croatia's government has decided to lock up tapes and
transcripts of the late President Franjo Tudjman's conversations for the next
30 years.
The move comes ahead of a visit from the United Nations international war
crimes tribunal's chief prosecutor Carla del Ponte on Monday.


The News & Record 01/05/01
City to shred oaths taken by former elected and appointed officials
http://www.news-record.com/news/local/records05.htm

by Jim Schlosser
GREENSBORO - City Clerk Juanita Cooper's recent to-do list included throwing
out all those"I do's" in the city's vault.
The oaths of office recited and signed by long-ago mayors, mayors pro tem,
city council members, appointed officials and police officers were taking up
space.
Cooper went to the city council Tuesday night to alert the panel that
municipal guidelines for document-keeping authorize the periodic purging of
certain records such as oaths. The council voted to place in the minutes a
notice that the oaths would be destroyed.



The Clarion-Ledger 01/11/01
Court's 'paper' files to be gone
Criminal records soon to be stored electronically
http://www.clarionledger.com/news/0101/11/11paper.html

by Jimmie E. Gates
Shelves of court files clutter a storage room in the Hinds County circuit
clerk's office, the fourth floor of the courthouse and the old county welfare
building on Wilson Boulevard.
"Paper is eating me up," Circuit Clerk Barbara Dunn said this week.
But the thousands of paper files could soon become a thing of the past, she
said. Her office is in the process of storing all criminal court files
electronically.



Start-Tribune 01/11/01
Commissioner: Governor supports 'substantial' commitment to project
http://www2.startribune.com/stOnLine/cgi-bin/article?thisStory=83314899

by Ashley H. Grant
Associated Press
ST. PAUL (AP) -- With dozens of projects vying for state funding, Gov. Jesse
Ventura has put his weight behind at least one so far -- further connecting
the state' s criminal records.
" The governor is willing to make a substantial commitment in his budget, "
said Charlie Weaver, commissioner of the Department of Public Safety.




The Herald 01/11/01
Chester images - Sisters relate county's past in pictorial
http://www.heraldonline.com/lifestyles/index/0,2754,,00.html

by Karen Bair
In CHester County, where the "H" stands for history and heritage, twin
sisters Gina Price White and Glinda Price Coleman have joined the ranks of
historical scholars publishing books about native soil.
"Chester County," a collection of more than 200 19th- and 20th-century
photos, depicts the country, the town, the people, the wars they fought and
more. It includes tintype portraits, 1941 Army maneuvers and a two-page
spread capturing mule-drawn wagons hauling bales of cotton to Jim Chappell's
Gin in 1910.
Arcadia Publishing of Charleston delivered stacks of copies to three downtown
Chester businesses on Dec. 18, and they sold out before Christmas. More are
on order and may also soon arrive at Rock Hill stores.



Washington Times 01/11/01
INS workers say Elian documents were ordered destroyed
http://www.washtimes.com/world/default-2001111213857.htm

by Tom Carter
A Florida lawyer charged yesterday that Mario Cavallo, an official at the
Miami office of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, gave a verbal
order to destroy "any documents" in the Elian Gonzalez case that might
embarrass the Clinton administration
Lawyer Donald Appignani, who represents INS employees in a potential
"whistleblower" action, named Mr. Cavallo yesterday in a telephone interview
from his home in Coral Gables, Fla.
The addition of Mr. Cavallo's name marks the latest twist in a series of
lawsuits and complaints triggered by the saga of Elian Gonzalez - the Cuban
shipwreck survivor whose return to Cuba in June ended a seven-month custody
battle that fired passions on both sides of the Florida Strait.



Star Tribune 01/11/01
Legislative briefs: Ventura supports money for improving criminal records
http://www.startribune.com/viewers/qview/cgi/qview.cgi?template=metro_a_cache&;

slug=lbrf11

Associated Press
Gov. Jesse Ventura will support proposals to spend millions of dollars to
improve criminal justice records, according to one of his cabinet officials.
"The governor is willing to make a substantial commitment in his budget,"
said Public Safety Commissioner Charlie Weaver.
Although Ventura's budget won't be released until Jan. 23, Weaver said the
governor understands that criminals are going free because of gaps in the
recordkeeping system.




Detroit Free Press 01/11/01
Lighting probe sharpens
Supplier had nearly $220,000 cash in his house
http://www.freep.com/news/locway/light11_20010111.htm

by Jennifer Dixon
FBI agents looking at a supplier's relationship with the Detroit Public
Lighting Department found nearly $220,000 cash in a box in his basement and
more in the pocket of a leather coat, according to court records filed in
connection with the investigation.
Federal indictments are expected this month and Michael Nickson, the owner of
Four Star Industries, will apparently be named as a defendant, Nickson's
attorney Harold Gurewitz said in papers filed last month in U.S. District
Court.



Miami Herald 01/11/01
Ex-town clerk, 2nd applicant make cut for job
http://www.herald.com/content/today/news/dade/beaches/digdocs/097632.htm

by Walter Pacheco
Golden Beach has nominated two applicants for the job of town clerk,
including the current clerk, who resigned in June after allegations of
missing records and now holds the job on an interim basis.
A selection committee consisting of residents Louise Cassius, Alene Fishbein
and Glenn Singer interviewed the town clerk candidates this week and will
submit its recommendations to the council at its Jan. 16 meeting.



Maine Today 01/11/01
UMaine to get Cohen's Defense Department papers
http://news.mainetoday.com/midday/

Associated Press
ORONO - Secretary of Defense William Cohen is donating papers from his tenure
in President Clinton's Cabinet to the University of Maine.
Cohen's Pentagon papers will be added to the papers from his 24 years in the
U.S. House and Senate, which are housed at the university's library.
Cohen is a Bangor native who served as assistant Penobscot County attorney
and Bangor mayor before winning election to Congress in 1972. He also taught
business law at UMaine until he was elected.



National Post 01/11/01
Statistics Canada wants access to tax records
Aiming for 2006: Agency's census proposal raises privacy issues
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/national/story.html?f=/stories/20010111/43255

4.html

by Jim Bronskill
Southam News
OTTAWA - Canadians could be asked for access to their tax records in the 2006
federal census to help answer questions about how much money they earn.
Statistics Canada, which administers the census, is conducting a study to see
if it is technically feasible to match a person's census form with the income
recorded on their tax return.
The idea, which is at the preliminary stage, could make it easier to fill out
a census form, since people would not have to dig out a copy of their tax
files in search of income figures.
However, the proposal raises privacy concerns, said Andrew Reddick, research
director of the Ottawa-based Public Interest Advocacy Centre.



Tallahassee Democrat 01/11/01
Identity theft, public records also in report
http://web.tallahasseedemocrat.com/content/tallahassee/2001/01/11/local/0111.l

oc.privacy.htm

by Nancy Cook Lauer
Gov. Jeb Bush may be adding yet another "czar" to his staff - this one to
protect people's privacy - if he takes the recommendations of a task force to
heart.
The chief privacy and public access officer would be charged with conducting
"privacy audits" to determine whether it's necessary for people to furnish
the massive amounts of information currently gathered by state agencies, the
State University System and even clerks of court.
The governor has at one time or another had a Y2K czar and a drug czar. He
added an efficiency czar just this week.



Salt Lake Tribune 01/11/01
Editorial: Court Historian
http://www.sltrib.com/01112001/opinion/61504.htm

It is hard to know just what to make of Gov. Mike Leavitt's obscure budget
request for a $56,000 annual appropriation to add a professional historian to
his staff, but none of the thoughts that come to mind are particularly
flattering to Utah's chief executive officer.
The problem perhaps is that this request speaks too much of hubris, of pride
and ego. A great ruler who thinks he or she has done great things and is
poised to accomplish even greater deeds may need minstrels, bards and
chroniclers to record noble exploits, but does the governor of Utah need such
folk?



Independent Florida Alligator 01/11/01
Florida universities join to create online state heritage library
http://news.excite.com/news/uw/010110/tech-137

by Ed Easton
(U-WIRE) GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The State University System is leading the way
in online library digitization with the introduction of its Florida Heritage
Collection on the World Wide Web, University of Florida library officials
said.
The Florida Heritage Collection is an ongoing project in cooperation with the
10 SUS libraries, said Dale Canelas, director of UF libraries. The collection
includes materials representing Florida's history, culture, arts, literature,
sciences and social sciences.
"We tried to find something all 10 institutions could contribute to," Canelas
said. "We tried to make a collection of solid, reliable information available
to everyone."



Midland Reporter-Telegram 01/11/01
Officials say sealing of court documents not abused here
http://www.hearstnp.com/cpapers/mix/mix163808.shtml

by Leslie Burleson
Public access to court records with few exceptions is a value that must be
preserved, say local officials.
"I've never seen an overindulgence in sealing in this jurisdiction," said
U.S. Magistrate Stuart Platt.
The Texas Supreme Court over the last decade has taken a tough stance on the
issue, said 238th District Court Judge John Hyde. "About eight or 10 years
ago there was a lot of litigation about that," he said. "The law makes it
very difficult to seal from public view documents that are public records. In
civil cases it's controlled by a particular rule -- it's pretty involved,"
Hyde said.



Casper Star-Tribune 01/11/01
Two open records cases in court
http://www.trib.com/HOMENEWS/WYO/11OpenRecords.html

Associated Press
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - A judge says the state Division of Criminal
Investigation has until Jan. 23 to tell the Casper Star-Tribune why it
blacked out portions of an investigative report on Rep. Carolyn Paseneaux's
residency.
Dan Neal, editor of the paper, said the paper was pleased District Judge
Nicholas Kalokathis set a firm deadline for DCI.



Boston Globe 01/11/01
UMaine to get Cohen's Defense Department papers
http://www.boston.com/dailynews/011/region/UMaine_to_get_Cohen_s_Defense_:.sht

ml

Associated Press
ORONO, Maine (AP) Secretary of Defense William Cohen is donating papers from
his tenure in President Clinton's Cabinet to the University of Maine.
Cohen's Pentagon papers will be added to the papers from his 24 years in the
U.S. House and Senate, which are housed at the university's library.



Lansing State Journal 01/11/01
Settlement spotlights Internet privacy debate
State said company used 'spyware' to gather data illegally
http://www.lsjxtra.com/news/132059.758.html

by Tom Gantert
The state Attorney General's Office reached a settlement Wednesday with
eGames Inc. after the state accused the game developer of invading the
privacy of its customers.
The Pennsylvania-based company, which produces arcade games, puzzles and
children's software and strategy games, was attaching another company's
program to its games without the consent of consumers, the Attorney General's
Office said.





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

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