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RAIN 02/04: Weekend Update Part 1



Business Insurance 02/01/01
Minnesota Blues defends withholding documents
http://www.businessinsurance.com/editorial/updates.php3?action=view&id=1517

EAGAN, Minn.-Minnesota's largest health plan says the efforts of the state's
attorney general to obtain documents related to charges that the plan denied
claims for children and young adults suffering from mental illness, eating
disorders and chemical dependency is a demand that Blue Cross "violate the
privacy rights of Minnesotans."



The Review Journal 02/04/01
Recording the past: Battle's photo exhibit chronicles African American
experience
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=1365140&BRD=950&PAG=461&dept_id=1624

88&rfi=6

Will Jordan
The faces that cover the walls of Williamson County Public Library's most
recent exhibit paint a picture of a people's past that is seldom discussed by
too many people but never forgotten by others.
Local African-American genealogist and historian Thelma Battle's fifth annual
exhibit, titled "Yonder Ways: People, Customs and Locations; A Celebration of
African-American History of Williamson County Through Exhibits," will contain
about 220-250 photographs with subjects such as family, military, life and
times, schools, churches and social and civic organizations.



PRNewswire Today's News 01/26/01
Rare African American Documents Released for First Time by Father's Rights
Attorney www.ourblackheritage.com
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-02-2

001/0001419190&EDATE=

CHICAGO, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Jeffery M. Leving is best known for his
litigation expertise and protection of father's rights. An avid collector of
historical documents, Mr. Leving is also known as an advocate for fighting
gender discrimination. He founded the National Institute for Fathers and
Families which is organized to educate the public, the media and
professionals as to the importance of paternal parenting. Leving collects
historical artifacts and documents relating to African American history and
has assembled over 100 documents and many are available for viewing at
http://www.ourblackheritage.com .


The Irish Times 02/02/01
Documents privileged - Chairwoman
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/ireland/2001/0202/hom2.htm

by Eithne Donnellan
The chairwoman of the haemophilia tribunal, Judge Alison Lindsay, has ruled
that hospitals, health boards and other parties before the tribunal are
entitled to claim privilege over certain documents.
This means documents generated by the Department of Health, hospitals,
doctors, health boards and an insurance company in preparation for litigation
and the tribunal will not be examined by the tribunal.



New York Times 02/01/01
A new way of verifying old and familiar sayings
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/01/technology/01YALE.html

by Katie Hafner
THE power and reach of online reference materials are a boon to today's
scholars and researchers. One intellectual gumshoe who is especially grateful
for the advent of electronic resources is Fred Shapiro, an expert on
quotations who is compiling the forthcoming Quotations: The Yale Dictionary.
The volume is intended to compete with Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, the
longstanding reference work of choice when it comes to checking the sources
of writings and remarks.



Akron Beacon Journal 02/03/01
Missing documents returned to court
http://www.ohio.com/bj/news/docs/018379.htm

AKRON: Docket books that were reported stolen from Summit County Juvenile
Court earlier this month have been returned, sheriff's officials said
yesterday.



Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 02/02/01
Old oil lease gums up Cranberry store plan
http://www.post-gazette.com/neigh_north/20010202cranberry4.asp

by Karen Kane
Spitting distance from one of the region's busiest commercial corridors
squats a rusting remnant of the days when the color of money was black and it
flowed beneath Western Pennsylvania's fertile farm fields.
Though barely visible in the sparse tree line a few feet from Cranberry's
Route 19, the 105-year-old oil well is casting a long shadow on Cranberry's
economic horizon.
This little well behind a little house along one of the township's oldest
roads, Dutilh, is at the heart of a legal battle between two financial
titans, the outcome of which will determine how a major retailer enters the
Western Pennsylvania market.



Bergen Record 02/02/01
Paper trail on profiling grows
http://www.bergen.com/news/profile2200102023.htm

by Herb Jackson and Randy Diamond
About 5,000 documents released Thursday provide further evidence that New
Jersey State Police brass ignored calls more than four years ago to improve
training and data collection to combat racial profiling.
The new documents were requested by investigators for the state Senate
Judiciary Committee, which is looking into how state police controversies
have been handled, especially while Peter Verniero, who is now a Supreme
Court justice, was attorney general.



Los Angeles Times 02/04/01
A 16mm glimpse at postwar culture
http://www.latimes.com/editions/orange/ocnews/20010204/t000010578.html

by Randall Chase
Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C.--As the 16mm projector begins to whir and light flickers on the
screen, Skip Elsheimer and his buddies open the beer and chips and settle in
for another Sunday night at the movies.
This evening's lineup includes "Understanding Others," "The Fundamentals of
Public Speaking" and "Physical Examination: Musculoskeletal System."
It's scintillating stuff for Elsheimer and fellow devotees of the 20th
century cultural phenomenon known as "educational films."



Federal Computer Week 02/02/01
Bill opens access to Senate data
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/0129/web-mccain-02-02-01.asp

by William Matthews
Senate documents including bills, meeting transcripts, lobbyist disclosure
forms, gift receipts and Congressional Research Service reports would have to
be posted on the Internet under legislation being drafted by Sens. John
McCain (R-Ariz.) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.).



Federal Computer Week 01/16/01
Archives asks for Web freeze frames
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/0115/web-nara-01-16-01.asp

by William Matthews
The end of the first Web-conscious administration is at hand, and the
National Archives and Records Administration wants to preserve the moment.
NARA is asking all federal agencies to take "a one-time snapshot" of their
public Web sites on or before Jan. 20. The snapshots are to be preserved in
an electronic records archive that NARA is developing. They eventually are to
be made available to researchers.



Federal Computer Week 01/18/01
Webmasters flinch at "snapshots"
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/0115/web-web-01-18-01.asp

by William Matthews
Federal Webmasters are reacting with dismay to instructions from the National
Archives and Records Administration to take "snapshots" of all agency public
Web pages by Jan. 20.
The Jan. 12 request gave Webmasters eight days to comply - far too little
time, some Webmasters contend - and NARA is providing no extra money for work
that may cost millions of dollars.



Federal Computer Week 01/19/01
Web snapshots "prudent," Katzen says
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/0115/web-nara-01-19-01.asp

by William Matthews
Fear that the Bush administration will dismantle federal Web sites upon
taking office prompted top Clinton administration officials to ask agencies
to preserve "snapshots" of their Web sites on or before Inauguration Day,
senior government officials said.



Federal Computer Week 01/22/01
Maintaining a sense of history
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/0122/mgt-nara-01-22-01.asp

by William Matthews
As the old administration makes way for the new, what happens to information
posted online? Just as reports, correspondence and hearing transcripts are
regularly archived to provide future generations insight into the workings of
contemporary government, Web sites also are being preserved for posterity.
The Government Printing Office is adding the Web site of the National
Partnership for Reinventing Government (NPR) to its growing collection of Web
sites operated by now-defunct federal commissions and task forces.





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

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