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RAIN 03/14: Dostie in the News!



Maine Today 03/13/01
Broken filter ends in Archives flood
http://www.centralmaine.com/news/stories/010313archives.shtml

by Gary J. Remal
AUGUSTA - Maps predating Maine statehood stacked outside their protective
metal draws for lawyers defending Maine's claim on a Kittery island that is
home to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard were among the victims of a manmade
flood in the State Archives.
Water from a broken plastic filter in a conservation laboratory flooded
through the three-story underground State Archive building late Friday
night, leaving thousands of documents, including the historic maps being
used to prepare Maine's case before the U.S. Supreme Court to mark out the
boundary between Maine and New Hampshire.


Bangor Daily News 03/13/01
Archive papers spared serious damage in flood
http://www.bangornews.com/cgi-bin/article.cfm?storynumber=30598

by Glenn Adams
Associated Press
AUGUSTA - Nineteenth century maps dealing with a Maine-New Hampshire
boundary dispute were among the papers that escaped damage when a water
filter burst and flooded the Maine State Archives.
Other documents that were dampened were being dried out Monday while state
archivist James Henderson inspected the official state records to assess the
extent of damage.



Neue Zuricher Zeitung 03/05/01
Should the Stasi Archives be Closed?
Interim balance of Berlin's Gauck Agency
http://www.nzz.ch/english/background/2001/03/05germany.html

by Eric Gujer
A decade after passage of the law governing documents of the Stasi, the
so-called Gauck Agency once again finds itself in the headlines. The dispute
revolves around the question of whether the historic processing of the
activities of the German Democratic Republic's secret service should be
limited. The Agency's work has facilitated the new start in eastern Germany.




Boston Globe 03/13/01
Officer charged in internal affairs office break-in
<http://www.boston.com/dailynews/072/nation/Officer_charged_in_internal_af:.
shtml>

Associated Press
BALTIMORE (AP) A city police officer has been arrested for allegedly
breaking into the department's internal affairs office and stealing files
implicating a fellow officer under investigation.




The Herald Leader 03/13/01
Grand jury requests Steve Henry's records
<http://www.kentuckyconnect.com/heraldleader/news/031301/statedocs/13henryNU
.htm>

by Bill Estep and Linda B. Blackford
A federal grand jury has ordered state officials to turn over records on Lt.
Gov. Steve Henry's schedule and travel expenses, creating potential
political problems for a presumptive candidate in the 2003 governor's race.
One possible subject of the investigation is Medicaid payments to Henry. A
spokesman for the University of Louisville hospital, where Henry is on the
medical staff, said two FBI agents last week asked to interview employees in
the operating suite area.


Messenger-Inquirer 03/13/01
Federal authorities subpoena Henry travel records
http://www.messenger-inquirer.com/news/kentucky/2875618.htm

by Mark R. Chellgren
Associated Press
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Federal authorities have subpoenaed travel records for Lt.
Gov. Steve Henry and members of his Kentucky State Police security detail
dating from his 1995 election to the present.
Copies of the subpoenas were released Monday by Gov. Paul Patton's office
and the state police. "These offices will be cooperating with the production
of the requested documents and will have no further comments with regard to
the subpoena or any related investigation," said a statement from Rusty
Cheuvront, Patton's director of communications.




New York Times 03/13/01
Mediation ordered for widow, paper
<http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/sports/AP-CAR-Autopsy-Photos.html?searchpv=
aponline>

Associated Press
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Dale Earnhardt's widow and Orlando Sentinel
lawyers were ordered Tuesday to meet to try to resolve their dispute over
autopsy photos of the NASCAR great.
The judge's order came as a Florida Senate committee unanimously approved a
bill that would restrict the public's access to autopsy photos.




Laredo Morning Times 03/13/01
County gives FBI records access
http://www.lmtonline.com/news/s2.htm

By Chuck Owen
The Federal Bureau of Investigation was given approval in concept Monday by
the Webb County Commissioners Court to hook up via computer modem with
certain county public information for viewing on a terminal in their office.

The action item was to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the FBI
for limited access to Webb County's computer system to obtain information
for investigative purposes.


freedomforum.org 03/12/01
Lawmakers nationwide consider public-records legislation
http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=13365

by The Associated Press and freedomforum.org
State legislators across the country are considering measures that would
affect the public's access to government records.
In Indiana, lawmakers approved a bill on March 6 to prohibit access to the
e-mail and Internet files of public officials.
The House of Representatives voted 92-1 to approve the measure, which was
slipped into another bill late in the legislative process without any time
for public comment.



Charleston Gazette 03/13/01
911 confidentiality bill on fast track
http://www.wvgazette.com/news/News/200103136/

by Phil Kabler
A bill to make recordings and transcripts of 911 calls confidential is on
the fast track in the Senate.
The bill (SB412), which originated in the Senate Judiciary Committee on
Thursday, will be in the amendment stage on the Senate floor today. It would
prohibit the release of 911 records without a court order or subpoena.
Emergency services center directors who are pushing for the bill insist that
they simply want to protect the privacy of people who make 911 calls.




Reuters 03/13/01
George Washington portrait stays in United States
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010313/re/arts_portrait_dc_1.html

by Sue Pleming
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gilbert Stuart's landmark portrait of President
George Washington will remain in the United States, thanks to a $30 million
donation to buy the painting from a British aristocrat.
The Smithsonian Institution announced on Tuesday it had beaten an April 1
deadline to come up with $20 million to buy the 1796 painting of America's
first president, on loan from Lord Dalmeny of London, who served notice
several months ago that he wanted to sell the portrait.



Kansas City Star 03/12/01
Don't let their notes fade away
http://www.kcstar.com/item/pages/printer.pat,local/37753283.312,.html

by Steve Penn
When the swing era jumped off in the 1930s, female jazz bands were there.
And when jazz went progressive in the '40s and '50s, singers like Ella
Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan were part of the musical journey.
Wherever jazz has been, women have been right there, too.
Yet this important legacy hasn't been recognized. And there's no repository
for archival material on female jazz musicians anywhere in this country.




MSNBC.com 03/12/01
The anti-piracy 'poison pill'
Try to hack InTether, and it destroys the document
http://www.msnbc.com/news/543124.asp?cp1=1#BODY

by Roger Parloff
Inside.com
A small Austin start-up run by intelligence community alums is parachuting
into the burgeoning, post-Napster, copy-protection market with a remarkably
thin, invisible software product that claims to offer nearly invincible
armor for music, video, film and e-books alike. But the most remarkable part
is, it fights back at would-be pirates.
"IF YOU TRY to hack it, it destroys itself," explains company CEO George
Friedman. Hasta la vista, John Perry Barlow!



Evansville Courier & Press 03/10/01
Expanded Jewish archives center prepares for more public role
<http://www.courierpress.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi?200103/10+prepares031001_fandv
.html+20010310>

by Stephen Huba
Scripps Howard News Service
Every year, dozens of Jewish scholars spend time in Cincinnati researching
some of the most pressing issues facing American Jewry.
Their destination is the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish
Archives. On the Clifton campus of Hebrew Union College, the center is
considered the largest cataloged collection of documents on United States
Jewry.
In the midst of a $4.5 million expansion, the center also is poised to put a
more public face on its work.




Pioneer Planet 03/11/01
Privacy laws get put on hold
http://www.pioneerplanet.com/seven-days/sun/business/docs/020432.htm

by Robert K. Heady
Columnist
K eep your fingers crossed.
New federal rules protecting the privacy of your personal medical records,
introduced two months ago, have been put on hold by the Bush administration.

That gives the health-care lobbies, including powerful pharmaceutical
companies, time to weaken the rules and expose private medical data.




Seattle Times 03/13/01
Boost for an Eastside Heritage Center
<http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis/web/vortex/display?
slug=heritage13m&date=20010313>

by Sherry Grindeland
A long-simmering plan to create an Eastside Heritage Center took a giant
step forward last night with a vote to merge two of the region's major
historical organizations.
The Bellevue Historical Society's decision to merge with the Marymoor Museum
of Eastside History represents the culmination of more than a year of talks
involving 11 local historical groups and the beginning of what organizers
hope will be a three- to five-year path to building a major new heritage
center in Bellevue.




Evansville Courier & Press 03/12/01
Editorial: Unplug this bill
<http://www.courierpress.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi?200103/12+bill031201_news.html
+20010312>

Any time a government lawmaker or rulemaker attempts to close off public
access to government documents and proceedings, suspicion is justified. It
always begs the question, what is it that the government does not want the
people to know?
On that point, new legislation has been sneaked into the lawmaking process
at the Indiana Legislature. It is legislation that would make e-mail and
Internet records of public employees confidential records, unavailable for
public inspection or copying.



The Age 03/12/01
Police probe theft of Liberals' data in Ryan
http://www.theage.com.au/news/2001/03/12/FFX1UBZL5KC.html

by Greg Roberts
Brisbane
Police are investigating a mysterious break-in during which sensitive
documents containing information on Liberal Party members in the federal
seat of Ryan were stolen.
With five days until the byelection for the Brisbane seat, news of the
break-in is likely to embarrass the party. Polls are suggesting that the
Liberal candidate, Bob Tucker, will struggle to win it.



Las Vegas Review-Journal 03/13/01
Las Vegas woman honored for work on state board
Record-keeping expertise turns into a part-time business for retiree
http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/2001/Mar-13-Tue-2001/living/15595678.html

by Deana Di Dio
Information about Nevada history can be found almost everywhere: the
library, government offices and the Internet. But unlike Las Vegan Carol
Corbett, most people don't realize where the information comes from and how
much time, research and money goes into gathering and recording documents.



Naples News 03/13/01
Lawmaker predicts heavy debate on Earnhardt autopsy photos bill
http://www.naplesnews.com/01/03/florida/d600219a.htm

Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE - The sponsor of legislation that would make it a felony to
release autopsy photos of NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt said Monday the bill
will run into some tough questioning.
"It will be very heavily debated starting tomorrow," state Sen. Jim King
said in an interview on CNN. "It will probably be amended."
The Senate Criminal Justice Committee is scheduled to hear the initial
testimony on the measure Tuesday in the Florida Legislature which has
created some of the nation's strongest open government and public records
laws.




The Clarion-Ledger 03/13/01
Slave market area given grant
http://www.clarionledger.com/news/0103/13/13forklegacy.html

Staff and Wire Reports
NATCHEZ - The Forks of the Road in Natchez, one of the South's busiest
commercial areas for slave traders in America, is one of 16 sites awarded
grants for preservation of African American heritage.
The Mississippi Department of Archives and History announced the awarding of
the grants Monday.
The city of Natchez will receive $200,000 to acquire the site where only a
single marker stands. The Forks of the Road, historians say, was the second
largest slave market in the South.



Natchez Democrat 03/13/01
City Earns $200,000 grant to help fund 'Fork' project
<http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/NF/omf/nddaily/news_story.html?[rkey=0008142
+ssiuname=WebOSTTN+ssipwd=TTN88EA812F>

by Emily Whitten
Prior to the Civil War, the site of Forks of the Road in Natchez, was said
to be the second largest slave market in the South.
"Obviously this was the place of entry for many African Americans to
Mississippi and perhaps to the United States," said Kenneth P'Pool, director
of the historic preservation division of the Mississippi Department of
Archives & History.
To help preserve this historical treasure, the Mississippi Department of
Archives & History awarded a $200,000 grant to the City of Natchez last
week.



The Times Argus 03/13/01
Defense attorneys have sealed records
http://timesargus.nybor.com/Story/22126.html

by David Mace
BARRE - Prosecutors who argued before the Vermont Supreme Court last week
that releasing sealed records in the case of two Chelsea teenagers accused
of murder could taint witnesses now acknowledge that the information already
has been turned over to defense attorneys.
Late Friday, officials from the Vermont and New Hampshire Attorneys General
filed notice with the Vermont Supreme Court that the sealed search warrants
relating to suspects James Parker and Robert Tulloch have in fact been given
to their attorneys.




Vanderbilt Register 03/01
Exhibit offers hands-on access to documents
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/News/register/Current/story7.html

by Ann Marie Deer Owens
Imagine picking up a copy of The New York Times in 1862 and reading the
first public printing of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. That
prized New York Times clipping is among the extremely rare documents and
books on loan to the Jean and Alexander Heard Library this spring from the
Remnant Trust and available to the public for hands-on examination.
"We could hardly believe it was true when we first heard about this
exhibit," said Paul Gherman, university librarian. "Librarians tend to be
somewhat schizophrenic between wanting to preserve historic materials in
their most pristine condition and allowing people to have access to them.
The two rarely go together."



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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