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Concord Monitor 02/13/01
A clerk for all seasons
For Sharon Dery, the clerk's job isn't about paper - it's about people
http://www.concordmonitor.com/stories/news/local/city_clerk_leaving.shtml

by Amanda Parry
That's how the ad would read if city officials were to write one to fill a
vacancy soon to be left by City Clerk Sharon Dery. "She has done so much,"
said City Manager Duncan Ballantyne. "It's a demanding job but she's
definitely gone above and beyond the call of duty."
After two years as city clerk, Dery is resigning. She has been with the
clerk's office since 1987 and worked as an assistant to former city clerk
Elizabeth Campbell before she retired in 1998.
Dery said she is leaving because she wanted some time off to pursue personal
goals. She also wanted a change of scenery. A lifelong resident of New
England, Dery will move to Florida in March.



Federal Computer Weekly 02/13/01
Army fortifies records storage
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/0212/web-army-02-13-01.asp

by George I. Seffers
The Army and ECCS Inc. have installed the largest segment of the service's
new data storage system for personnel records, the company announced Feb. 8.

The installation of 3.6 terabytes worth of storage for enlisted personnel
records at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis, is the latest successful
implementation of the Army's new Personnel Electronic Records Management
System (PERMS). The system is intended to provide significant cost savings
and enable government personnel to have direct control over data.
The three operating installations - the Enlisted Records Evaluation Center,
Indianapolis; the National Guard Bureau, Arlington, Va.; and Management
Service Records for Army officers, Alexandria, Va. - store a total of 5.6
terabytes of data.



Christian Science Monitor 02/13/01
Technology: Archivists make it work for them
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2001/02/13/fp15s1-csm.shtml

by Stacy A. Teicher
When an author starts writing drafts with a laptop instead of pen and paper,
Howard Gotlieb says it breaks his heart. "Can you imagine our exhibit halls
filled with floppy disks?" laments the director of Boston University's
Twentieth Century Archives.
He knows, though, that adapting to technology is inevitable. After all, many
of the people in the BU archives straddle the old century and the new.
In the National Archives and small college repositories alike, experiments
are under way to manage records that exist only electronically. But for
every problem technology poses, it also opens up a new way to access the
materials archivists work so diligently to preserve.
Recently, for example, documents from the original Dred Scott case were
posted on the Web (www.library.wustl.edu/vlib/dredscott
<http://www.library.wustl.edu/vlib/dredscott>). This pre-Civil War challenge
to Missouri slavery law was eventually heard by the US Supreme Court, which
in 1857 denied Scott and his wife, Harriett, their freedom.



Christian Science Monitor 02/13/01
In the future, will you define our past?
An archivist builds a modern collection on his savvy hunches about those who
will make history
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2001/02/13/text/p14s1.html

by Stacy A. Teicher
If the shoe fits ... store it.
If it fits Fred Astaire, put it on display.
Manuscript collections don't usually have to make room on their shelves for
shoes, gas masks, and music stands. But then, not every collection is pulled
together by Howard Gotlieb. If an object reveals something about a life, the
unconventional archivist is happy to keep it alongside the letters,
journals, and papers that, taken as a whole, give a sweeping overview of the
20th century.
Dr. Gotlieb came to Boston University nearly four decades ago with one goal
in mind: to build a contemporary archive.



Portland Press Herald 02/12/01
Commission sides with tribes in internal documents dispute
http://www.portland.com/news/state/010212indiantribes.shtml

Associated Press
A legal battle over Indian tribes' rights to keep internal papers private
goes to Maine's highest court this week.
And, for the first time since the Maine Indian Claims Settlement was signed
20 years ago, that the Maine Tribal State Commission will take a stand on a
substantial and controversial issue, said Doug Luckerman, a lawyer who
represents the tribes.
The commission, representing tribal leaders, non-tribal members and state
officials, unanimously approved a statement siding with the Indians.
On Tuesday, the state Supreme Judicial Court will hear arguments on whether
the Penobscot and Passamaquoddy tribes must submit documents dealing with
regulation of clean-water laws in Indian lands.




Denver Post 02/13/01
Groups break law in shielding records
http://www.denverpost.com/charity/charity0213d.htm

by David Migoya
Four of 23 public-safety organizations that raised money in Colorado
violated federal law by failing to respond to requests from The Denver Post
for their tax records.
The law says any member of the public that asks for the records must get
them. The organizations could face a $5,000 fine for each violation.
"Our nonprofit organizations division would investigate any reports on
noncompliance," Internal Revenue Service spokeswoman Jean Carl said.
"Sometimes it's just a matter of us reminding a group of their
responsibility to provide the public with these documents."
As part of its investigation into fund-raising and spending practices of
public-safety groups, The Post in October and November asked for 23 groups'
tax returns for the past three years.




Imaging and Document Solutions January 2001
Keeping records on e-transactions
http://www.imagingmagazine.com/db_area/archs/2001/01/img0101as.shtml

by Julie Gable
It takes about 140 documents to close a mortgage. Because original documents
in financial transactions have traditionally required pen and ink
signatures, the closing process on property purchases got bogged down while
items were compiled, printed and mailed to all the parties involved.
The Electronic Signatures in Global Commerce Act, effective October 1, 2000,
changed all that. The law gave electronic signatures the same legal standing
as ink on paper, making it OK to sign documents electronically and keep the
digital documents as originals. The law is a tremendous boost for electronic
commerce. Some now speculate that 80 percent of all financial transactions
will be completely automated within the next five years.





Imaging and document solutions February 2001
Sign on the (digital) dotted line
http://www.imagingmagazine.com/db_area/archs/2001/02/img0102f2.shtml

by Jim Minihan
When President Clinton signed the "Electronic Signatures in Global and
National Commerce Act" last June, he signed it twice. His first signature
was done in the traditional pen-and-ink method to legitimize what he would
do next. Using the password "Buddy" (his dog's name), the president then
used a smart card encoded with a numerical string that was his digital
signature. In doing so, the United States took a major step forward in the
use of digital signatures for completing transactions in a fully electronic
environment.
The federal legislation largely puts to rest the issue of the acceptance of
electronic documents, but just what are the technologies that will make
electronic transactions real? In fact, electronic and digital signatures are
actually two separate technologies, and they are deployed and applied in
very different ways.




New Jersey Online 02/13/01
Web search engine Google buys Deja.com's Usenet discussion archives
<http://www.nj.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?f0007_BC_G
oogleExpansion&&news&newsflash-financial>

by Michael Liedtke
Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Google Inc. took over Deja.com's online discussion
service, adding more than 500 million wide-ranging messages to one of the
Web's most extensive search engines. Financial terms between the privately
held companies weren't disclosed.
In 1995, Deja -- originally known as Dejanews -- created a quick and easy
way to read and post messages on an online forum, known as Usenet, which
doesn't use the same computer code that powers the World Wide Web.
While opening up Usenet's discussion boards to Web browsers, New York-based
Deja also created an archive of all the messages posted in the newsgroups.
Deja's technology allows Web surfers to perform topical searches to focus on
specific discussion threads.




Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer 02/13/01
Requests for commutations, pardons are open records
http://www.messenger-inquirer.com/news/kentucky/2749035.htm

by Mark R. Chellgren
Associated Press
FRANKFORT -- Applications for pardons and commutations from the governor are
open to public inspection even from the time they are made, the attorney
general's office said.
The Kentucky Constitution, which gives the governor virtually unfettered
power to grant pardons and commute criminal sentences, mandates that the
materials be open to review, Assistant Attorney General Amye Bensenhaver
said.
Denis Fleming, Gov. Paul Patton's general counsel, argued that materials
relating to a pardon are private until a governor grants a pardon and files
the decision with the secretary of state.





Rochester Democrat and Chronicle 02/13/01
Big gaps found in 'sealed' records
Local files on felony charges improperly opened to scrutiny
http://www.rochesternews.com/0213sealed.html

by Michele Locastro Rivoli
Some criminal cases that were ordered sealed by Monroe County judges have
been mistakenly available to the public for at least three years.
County and state officials -- who blame the problem on confusion involving
sealing procedures -- are now attempting to identify and properly seal the
documents, which contain felony charges ranging from drunken driving to
rape.
"This defeats the entire system and turns a simple arrest into a
conviction," said defense attorney Edward Fiandach. "And it takes away
innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt ... and that
shouldn't be."





Birmingham News 02/13/01
Space museum artifacts burgeoning
http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/?Feb2001/13-e420868b.html

by Kent Faulk
HUNTSVILLE - Dozens of silver, white and blue spacesuits lay on wire racks
in a U.S. Space & Rocket Center storage room like residents of some sort of
spaceflight morgue.
Names of astronauts are stitched onto some suits that were used decades ago
for testing and astronaut training in a huge water tank at NASA's nearby
Marshall Space Flight Center.
But many are faded from the chlorine water or torn from endurance testing.
Rubber joints and gloves on many are brittle and could easily be snapped,
while others are just as pliable as the day they were first worn.
"No one's quite sure why," said David Alberg, the museum's curator and
director of exhibits and collections.



Star Tribune 02/13/01
St. Paul official unveil internet innovations
http://www2.startribune.com/stOnLine/cgi-bin/article?thisStory=83549586

by Curt Brown
Instead of traipsing to City Hall to apply for permits for everything from
plumbing projects to parades, St. Paul residents can now get many
governmental forms on line.
Mayor Norm Coleman and City Council Member Jerry Blakey showed off some of
the city's Internet enhancements Monday at Claude M. Anderson Electric Co.,
an East Side contractor that typically applies for 500 permits a year.
Within a month, the city's Web site is expected to be able to issue dog
licenses and home security alarm permits. And by springtime, golfers should
be able to sign up for tee times on city courses with a few clicks on their
computer.




St. Petersburg Times 02/13/01
Walk down the aisle, documents in hand
http://www.sptimes.ru/current/rest/r_2093.htm

by Charles Digges and Masha Kaminskaya
Finding and marrying one's soul-mate in Russia, regardless of the culture
you have come from, is certainly an exhilarating experience. It involves the
integration of different worlds, the evapration of borders, and the
occasional birth of odd pidgin languages and culinary compromises.
But marrying a local also involves dealing with Russia's notorious red tape,
which, while it is not much worse than the usual bureaucracy faced here in
any situation, nonetheless presents a headache to many foreigners who are
trying to cut through it.




The Sunday Business Post 02/11/01
Blood tribunal row over US documents
http://www.sbpost.ie/sbpost/story.jsp?story=WCContent;id-15522

by Emily O'Reilly
The Irish Haemophilia Society (IHS) is set for a further clash with the
Lindsay Tribunal following the tribunal's apparent refusal to investigate
key documents in the United States. The files could reveal vital information
about the HIV infection of 103 haemophiliacs through contaminated
blood-clotting products.
The tribunal's terms of reference allow Judge Alison Lindsay to conduct an
investigation outside the state into the pharmaceutical companies which
provided the blood-clotting products to the Blood Transfusion Service Board
and directly to Irish hospitals in the Seventies and Eighties.








Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
Manager, Records Management Group
Woodside Summit Group Inc
Midlothian, Virginia
Office: 804-744-1247 x23
Fax: 804-744-4947
mailto:peter.kurilecz@woodsidesummitgroup.com

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