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RAIN 01/25: Adhesive Tape as a Storage Medium?



Legal Times 01/16/01 (Thanks to Laura Hensey of NC for the tip)
Courts consider privacy perils of electronic filing
http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=law/View&c

=Article&cid=ZZZSKZ08SHC&live=true&cst=1&pc=0&pa=0&s=News&ExpIgnore=true&s

by Jonathan Groner
When can a public document become too public? 
The Judicial Conference of the United States, which makes policy for the 
federal judiciary, is asking that question -- and the answer it eventually 
gives will affect everyone who tries federal cases. 
By 2003, a pilot electronic-filing program developed by the Administrative 
Office of the U.S. Courts is set to expand from nine courts to most or all of 
the 94 districts nationwide. But along with the tremendous gains in 
efficiency may come a serious problem of privacy. 



New York Times 01/24/01
College exhibits 'Lost' O'Keeffe
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/arts/AP-WKD-OKeeffe-Rediscovered.html

Associated Press
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) -- Georgia O'Keeffe's bold landscapes and paintings of 
animal bones identify her so strongly with New Mexico that her adolescent 
years in Virginia tend to get overlooked.
Also largely forgotten is a 1938 exhibition -- her first solo show in the 
South -- at the College of William and Mary, where the artist returned to 
accept her first honorary degree.



The Telegraph 01/24/01
Corruption tribunal given burned papers
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=000140326706927&rtmo=aC496uhJ&atmo=aC496uhJ&p

g=/et/01/1/24/nflud24.html

THE remains of burned papers allegedly found outside the home of Liam Lawlor, 
the jailed Irish politician, were handed over yesterday to the corruption 
tribunal investigating his financial affairs. 
Lawlor is expected to be released from Dublin's Mountjoy Prison today at the 
end of a seven-day sentence imposed for failing to co-operate with the Flood 
Tribunal. An Irish Sunday newspaper published copies of the documents at the 
weekend claiming that they had survived a bonfire at Mr Lawlor's home in 
Lucan, Co Dublin, shortly before he started his sentence. 



Daily Herald Tribune 01/23/01
Private Matters
http://www.bowesnet.com/dht/Z09_j23private.html

by Bill Laye
The federal law may be new, but, for the people who handle our money, client 
confidentiality policy has been around for some time, says a local banker. 
"Certainly the information we collect (about customers) is kept close to our 
chest, so to speak. We don't pass it around freely," said Grande Prairie & 
District Savings & Credit Union Ltd. general manager Ken Sutherland. 
As of Jan. 1, the Personal Information and Electronic Documents Act, passed 
in April, became law for all federally regulated businesses, including 
financial, telephone, and cable companies. Under this law, organizations 
collecting data on customers and employees must have in place a standard, 
documented policy regarding the information it collects and how that 
information will be used. 



Daily Press 01/24/01
Ex-patients can request their records
http://www.dailypress.com/news/final/stories/28514sy0.htm

by Alison Freehling
NEWPORT NEWS - More than 10,000 manila folders are packed into a dimly lit 
room at what was once Newport News General Hospital -- old medical records 
that date back at least 17 years. 
As the building's new owners move forward with their plans for the former 
hospital, they're giving its patients a chance to recover those pieces of 
their medical history. Patients now can call a special phone number to 
request their records. 
Medical records are important because they cover everything from allergies to 
a person's reaction to past treatments, helping doctors treat current 
illnesses. Records also can be a valuable tool for future generations because 
a number of health problems are inherited. 



Calgary Sun 01/24/01
Data on bikers invaluable 
http://www.canoe.ca/CalgaryNews/cs.cs-01-24-0020.html

by Tony Blais
EDMONTON -- Edmonton biker cops collected valuable intelligence information 
on the Hells Angels in a 1997 bust targeting the former Rebels motorcycle 
gang, the Sun has learned. 
FOUND PHONE LISTS 
The outlaw motorcycle gang section of the Edmonton integrated intelligence 
unit got their hands on biker phone lists, a copy of the Hells Angels 
constitution and a document called "Hells Angels advice to Alberta 
prospects," according to court documents filed in Edmonton yesterday. 



Charleston Gazette 01/24/01
Underwood documents 'sequestered'
Former chief of staff won't discuss comp time; auditors secure records
http://www.wvgazette.com/news/News/2001012334/

By Phil Kabler
Former Gov. Cecil Underwood's chief of staff declined comment Tuesday on his 
role in the payment of more than $300,000 to senior Underwood aides for 
unused comp time and annual leave.
"I need to see what's happened since I've been gone, and determine what plan 
of action I need to follow, if any," Jim Teets said Tuesday.
In June, Teets requested an opinion from the state Division of Personnel on 
provisions in federal law for paying overtime to salaried employees.



Orlando Sentinel 01/24/01
FAA says pilots' records falsified
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/orl-sunjet012401.story?coll=orl%2Dnews%2Dh

eadlines

by Rene Stutzman
SANFORD -- A SunJet Aviation manager falsified training records for the 
pilots who flew the Learjet that crashed in a South Dakota pasture in 1999, 
killing golfer Payne Stewart and everyone on board, a Federal Aviation 
Administration attorney said Tuesday. 
Raymond Veatch told a federal administrative judge that James Watkins Sr. 
filed false records about the amount of time he had spent training pilot 
Michael Kling and co-pilot Stephanie Bellegarrigue. 



Miami Herald 01/24/01
FAA says pilots f o Stewart's plane had false records
http://www.miamiherald.com/content/today/news/brknews/docs/034234.htm

Associated Press
SANFORD, Fla. -- (AP) -- A manager with the company that owned the Learjet in 
which golfer Payne Stewart and five others died in a 1999 crash falsified 
training records for the pilots, according to a Federal Aviation 
Administration attorney. 
Raymond Veatch told a federal administrative judge Tuesday that James Watkins 
Sr. of SunJet Aviation filed false records about the amount of time he had 
spent training pilot Michael Kling and co-pilot Stephanie Bellegarrigue. 



Edmonton Sun 01/24/01
Police have difficulty checking health records
http://www.canoe.ca/EdmontonNews/es.es-01-24-0037.html

by Rachel Evans
Morinville RCMP hope someone recognizes a murdered man who had recent heart 
bypass surgery because access to medical records to narrow the search may be 
restricted. 
"Certainly it's an area (investigators) have been discussing - if there's a 
way of determining who's had bypass surgery and if there's a way of checking 
those names," said Const. Laurel Kading. 
"But the logistics of it may not allow us to do it. With the Freedom of 
Information and Privacy Act we don't have access to medical records in that 
way. I'm not sure if we can take that road in our investigation." 



Fort Worth Star Telegram 01/24/01
Ex-director of CIA made plea bargain before pardon
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/doc/1047/1:POLITICS32A/1:POLITICS32A0123101.

html

Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- The night before he was pardoned by President Clinton, former 
CIA Director John Deutch agreed in writing to plead guilty to a misdemeanor 
charge for keeping classified information on his home computers, according to 
authorities and documents. 



Salt Lake Tribune 01/24/01
Electronic signature suits settled
http://www.sltrib.com/01242001/business/65168.htm

by Anna Cekola
Two Salt Lake City companies in the fast-emerging field of electronic 
signatures and Internet-conveyed records have settled two lawsuits stemming 
from allegations of patent infringement and unfair business dealings. 
Terms of the settlement between Arcanvs Inc. and Digital Signature Trust Co. 
(DST) were not released under a standard nondisclosure clause, said Rob 
Brough, a spokesman for Zions Bank, the parent company of DST. The parties 
will bear their own costs and attorney fees, according to federal court 
orders last month dismissing the cases. 



Vancouver Sun 01/24/01
RCMP withdraws appeal of confidential files ruling
http://www.vancouversun.com/newsite/news/5054365.html

by Chad Skelton
The RCMP has mysteriously withdrawn its appeal of a court ruling last month 
that ordered it to hand over confidential police files to native Indians 
suing the government over alleged abuse at a residential school in B.C. 
On the eve of a scheduled appearance in court today to argue why the appeal 
should go forward, the Mounties abruptly changed their minds. 
"Upon further examination of all the issues . . . we are going to be 
withdrawing our right to appeal," said Corporal Grant Learned, a spokesman 
for the RCMP in B.C. He said the Mounties will now begin the process of 
providing files to the litigants. 



The Tribune Chronicle
Police to search victim's phone records
http://www.tribune-chronicle.com/news/01-24-murder.html

by Joe Gorman
YOUNGSTOWN ­ A Mahoning County Common Pleas Court judge Tuesday granted a 
motion by police to allow them to search the phone records of a Girard woman 
who was a victim of a double homicide early Monday morning.
Judge Maureen Cronin granted a motion to allow police to examine phone logs 
of Margaret Simons, 22, 1064 N. Ward Ave., Girard, who was found shot to 
death in a parked car in the driveway of a vacant home on Berwick Avenue. 
Also found shot to death in the car just after 1 a.m. Monday was 28-year-old 
Antowne Barnett, of 2 Chambers St., Campbell.



Atlanta Journal Constitution 01/24/01
Presidential transition not going at cyberspeed
Bush's high-tech aides promise digital rehaul of White House Web site, but 
can't say when
http://www.accessatlanta.com/partners/ajc/epaper/editions/wednesday/news_a3e6c

7ec076c020210c0.html

by Andrew J. Glass
Cox Washington Bureau
Washington --- President Bush may have hit the ground running, but he has yet 
to soar into cyberspace. 
Visitors to the official White House Web site, which has drawn as many as 2 
million daily hits, were greeted Monday with a skeletal structure that could 
be fully scanned in a matter of minutes. 
Gone to new quarters on the Internet were more than 20,000 pages of speeches, 
press releases, briefings, historical materials, pictures and sound and video 
clips that until last week connected the departed Clinton administration 
online to the furthest reaches of the federal government. 



Seattle Post-Intelligencer 01/24/01
Stolen van with documents from public hearings recovered
http://seattlep-i.nwsource.com/local/van24ww.shtml

Associated Press
COVINGTON, Wash. -- A stolen van containing public comments about the town's 
invalid land-use ordinance has been recovered, but a laptop computer and 
recording system remain missing. 



The Irish Times 01/23/01
Flood seeks access to Lawlor documents
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/front/2001/0123/fro1.htm

by Judith Crosbie and Paul Cullen
The Flood tribunal is seeking the remains of documents allegedly burnt by Mr 
Liam Lawlor shortly before he went to jail last week. 
The Dublin West TD, who is due to be released from Mountjoy jail tomorrow, 
could face further imprisonment if he is found to have withheld papers from 
the tribunal. 



CNN.com  01/24/01
Researchers test adhesive tape as storage medium
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/computing/01/24/storage.tape.idg/index.html

by Rick Perera
(IDG) -- German and American scientists are working to develop a new 
information storage technology using ordinary commercial adhesive tape as a 
medium. Private European Media Laboratory GmbH (EML) and Stanford University 
have signed a three-year cooperation contract, the EML announced in a 
statement Monday. A chief goal will be to work together on the storage 
development and EML expects the project to take about five years to develop.



New Jersey Online 01/24/01
Plan to sample Indian account records would waste money, critics say
http://www.nj.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?a0668_BC_Indi

anMoney&&news&newsflash-washington

by Matt Kelley
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Records on a $500 million system of trust accounts for 
American Indians are in such disarray that a statistical sampling is the most 
cost-effective way to determine how much the government owes the Indians, 
Interior Department officials have decided. 
A final action of former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt was approval of the 
sampling plan, projected to cost up to $70 million. 



Richmond Times Dispatch 01/24/01
Access law face moves toward limits
http://www.timesdispatch.com/MGBTP63GCIC.html

by Michael Hardy and Jeff E. Schapiro
Virginia lawmakers are considering several proposals that could drill holes 
in the state law protecting the public's right to know about the operations 
of their government.
The measures - affecting everything from divorce records to law enforcement 
investigations - have caught the attention of "sunshine-in-government" 
organizations, including the Virginia Press Association.


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

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