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RAIN 02/04: Weekend Update Part 2



Philadelphia Inquirer 02/04/01
Camden agency back in trouble
The state has subpoenaed Parking Authority papers in lawsuit filed under the
N.J. whistle-blower act
http://inq.philly.com/content/inquirer/2001/02/04/city/JPARK04.htm

by Angela Couloumbis and Dwight Ott
Three years after New Jersey ended its takeover of the Camden Parking
Authority, the agency is under scrutiny again - this time by the state
Attorney General's Office.
State prosecutors have subpoenaed hundreds of pages of financial documents
from the authority, which oversees parking meters and lots. The request
includes bids, lease agreements, ledgers, canceled checks, and travel and
entertainment bills dating to 1995.



Birmingham News 02/04/01
City questioning VisionLand books
http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/?Feb2001/4-e219016b.html

by Chris Scribner
The City of Birmingham, questioning whether VisionLand properly reported
profits and losses since it opened in 1998, has started an independent review
of the park's financial reports.
A negative opinion by the city's financial advisers might cause Birmingham to
pull its million-dollar annual payment to the struggling park, Mayor Bernard
Kincaid said Friday.



Pioneer Planet 02/04/01
Cost is hurdle to criminal-records link
Many local agencies may lack money for a statewide hookup
http://www.pioneerplanet.com/news/mtc_docs/039101.htm

by Amy Mayron
Astatewide criminal justice information system is closer than ever to being
built, but a major hurdle exists for funding local agencies that must link to
the network.
In his recently released budget, Gov. Jesse Ventura proposed giving the
program, called CriMNet, $27 million at the state level, and the project will
receive an additional $4.7 million in federal grant money. But Ventura
proposes $3 million split among five counties that are ready to go online.
That's only a third of what Hennepin County alone would need.



Daily Courier 01/26/01
Write it down. The past is waiting for us
http://www.dailycourier.com/letters.html

Dear Editor:
After 19 years as an archivist for the Railroad Museum in Youngwood, it is
more evident than ever that what we still remember about our home communities
should be written down. In my case, it is Youngwood, "The Railroad Town."



Federal Computer Week 01/25/01
Firms put digital sigs on e-forms
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/0122/web-form-01-25-01.asp

by Dan Caterinicchia
Federal agencies wanting to make Web-based forms more secure now have the
option of using digital signature capabilities through a standard Web
browser, JetForm Corp. and Entrust Technologies Inc. announced this week.
JetForm's electronic forms solution, ReachForm, is the first out-of-the-box
solution that operates with Entrust's TruePass software, which provides
digital signatures on Web-based forms, the companies announced.



San Jose Mercury News 02/04/01
How long should you keep your tax returns? Forever
http://www0.mercurycenter.com/premium/business/docs/records04.htm

by Margaret Steen
Once you've gathered all your documents, prepared your tax return and filed
your taxes, one task remains: keeping the documents you may need in future
years.
In most cases the IRS can audit returns for three years after you file them;
in California, the limit is four years. If you underreport your income
significantly, the limit increases to six years. And if you file a fraudulent
return or don't file at all, there is no limit on how far back the government
can ask for documents.



Journal Sentinel 02/03/01
Three Marquette alumni donate $1 million each
http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/feb01/marq04020301.asp

by Marie Rohde
Marquette University has received three $1 million gifts from alumni for its
planned high-tech library fund, which is on track for a fall 2003 completion
of the building.
The donors are Richard Burke, founder of the Trek Corp. in Waterloo; Richard
J. Fridl, retired president and chief executive officer of the Heil Co. in
Tennessee; and Wayne Sanders, chairman of the board and chief executive
officer of the Kimberly-Clark Corp.



Los Angeles Times 02/04/01
Keeping Tobacco's secrets in full view
http://www.latimes.com/news/state/20010204/t000010498.html

by John M. Glionna
SAN FRANCISCO--For years, UC San Francisco professor Stanton Glantz has been
among the nation's staunchest critics of big tobacco, leaving no leaf
unturned in his effort to expose the industry's secrets.
The 54-year-old scientist has published confidential tobacco documents on the
Internet. He has battled the industry in court while pro-smoking forces urged
Congress to cut off his federal research money.
Last week, Glantz learned his efforts will be memorialized, with the help of
a $15-million grant from the American Legacy Foundation. The gift will be
used to create a permanent Internet archive of 40 million pages of tobacco
documents and develop a center at UC San Francisco for scholarly study of the
materials.



Michigan Live 02/04/01
Gerald Ford Library to release classified documents
http://fl.mlive.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?g7537_BC_MI

--FordLibrary&&news&newsflash-michigan

Associated Press
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- Thousands of previously top-secret documents that
could reshape history's view of the Vietnam War and U.S. involvement in the
ouster of Chile's elected president are being released by ex-President Gerald
Ford's presidential library.
The library at the University of Michigan already has made public 800 pages
of material relating to the assassination of Chilean President Salvador
Allende by military forces led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet.



Atlanta Journal Constitution 02/04/01
Native American documents on Web
Universities' project posts rare writings of American Indian life from 1730
to 1842
http://www.accessatlanta.com/partners/ajc/epaper/editions/sunday/local_news_a3

d7a098947681b50071.html

Associated Press
Athens --- A bloodstained letter signed by two wives of a murdered Coweta
Indian chief and a Baptist missionary's notes on the ''majestic and warlike''
language of the Creek Indians are among documents now online as the result of
a university project.
Documents detailing the Seminoles' capture of several Georgia slaves and
their $20 apiece return price are also among the rare manuscripts depicting
the life of American Indians from 1730 to 1842.



Nando Times 02/03/01
Technology: Cameras, computers recording our actions
http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/0,1643,500306471-500491587-50340837

5-0,00.html

by Lance Gay
Scripps Howard News Service
Smile, because your ATM soon will recognize your face.
Run a red light, and a camera takes a picture of your license plate. A
computer sends your ticket in the mail. Go to the bathroom at one Lake
Michigan resort, and cameras record what you do. Buy a bottle of milk with a
shopping card, and not only is the transaction filmed, but the time of the
purchase recorded for posterity.



Iowa State Daily 02/02/01
State legislature considers bill to open Iowa State U. Foundation records
http://news.excite.com/news/uw/010202/politics-275

by Tomy Hillers
Iowa State Daily
Iowa State U.
U-WIRE) AMES, Iowa -- Does the Iowa Legislature have the right to open the
records of the Iowa State University Foundation?
A study bill is being considered by an Iowa House of Representatives
subcommittee to make all Foundation financial records public. According to
the bill, all contributors who are not an individual or do not specify
anonymity will be made public information. The bill would amend the current
state code which releases only financial records of state institutions as
public information.



News Journal 02/03/01
Records released; lawsuit continues against Sheriff's Department
http://www.news-journalonline.com/2001/Feb/3/FRONT3B.htm

by Jim Haug
BUNNELL -- After four days of withholding information on the whereabouts of
an inmate charged with ramming her car into a classroom full of children, the
Flagler County Sheriff's Department disclosed the location Friday. According
to jail transportation logs, inmate Victoria Acierno was taken to the Act
Corp. mental health facility in Daytona Beach.
While The News-Journal's request for public records was satisfied Friday, the
newspaper is continuing its lawsuit. "We still haven't resolved the problem,"
said attorney Jon Kaney, representing The News-Journal.



Dallas Morning News 02/01/01
Tech's medical school sued by families trying to preserve DNA samples
http://www.dallasnews.com/texas_southwest/276949_alzheimers01e.html

Associated Press
LUBBOCK - A state district judge today ordered that Texas Tech University's
medical school maintain the "status quo" and not destroy any of its DNA
samples or brain material collected in an effort to research Alzheimer's
disease until after a hearing next month.
Judge Blair Cherry reset the hearing, originally scheduled for Thursday, for
the first week in March after Texas Tech attorneys argued they were unsure of
the intent of a lawsuit filed by six Texas families and 168 individuals.





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

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