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RAIN 5/16: more like a drizzle



There will be clear and sunny skies for the next few days. RAIN is expected
to return on Monday the earliest, but Tuesday for sure. With weather like
that I'm headed south to Texas for golf, good food (Tex-Mex and BBQ) and
family visits. To keep everyone happy here are a couple of interesting
stories culled from the web today.



The Dawn 5/15/01
Sindh archives dept in disarray
http://www.dawn.com/2001/text/local3.htm

by Bahzad Alam Khan
KARACHI, May 14: The directorate of Sindh archives, established in 1976 with
the avowed objective of keeping "records scattered all over the world on
Sindh in this institution under one roof", is in a complete mess.
In possession of 1,783 old maps containing a wealth of information about
Sindh of the pre-partition days, the directorate does not have even a
librarian. There is no properly trained staff to handle and organize that
stupendous mine of information.



Associated Press 5/15/01
FBI got conflicting bombing advice
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010515/pl/fbi_bombing_records_4.html

by Karen Gullo
WASHINGTON (AP) - Within a two-month span, FBI field offices got conflicting
advice from bureau archivists on what Oklahoma City bombing materials must be
saved and which could be discarded, a government official said Monday.
The initial guidance went out in December, said the official, describing the
situation on grounds of anonymity, four days after it was revealed the FBI
withheld thousands of pages of evidence from lawyers for convicted bomber
Timothy McVeigh.



Asbury Park Press 5/15/01
Senate: Open up the files; Vote is 36-0 for access bill
http://www.app.com/news/app/story/0,2110,393956,00.html

by Michael Symons
Gannett State Bureau
TRENTON -- Improved access to government documents stands just two steps from
enactment, following state Senate approval yesterday of reforms to the
state's 38-year-old public records law.
Media and public interest groups have pressed for such changes for 15 years,
branding the existing law one of the weakest in the nation. Passage in the
Senate was stymied last month by concerns about how the changes would affect
police investigative files and autopsy photos, but the proposal was amended
to address those misgivings.



Bergen Record 5/15/01
State Senate passes sweeping access bill
http://www.bergen.com/region/accessjc200105154.htm

by John Cichowski
TRENTON -- New Jersey citizens seeking public documents won a landmark
victory Monday when the state Senate ended more than a year of intense debate
by passing a sweeping public access bill that also establishes a commission
to study privacy issues.
The bill, which makes government documents eligible for public review unless
they are specifically exempted, was adopted, 35-0, and sent to the Assembly,
where a similar version passed without objection last year. Legislative
sponsors and lobbyists predicted speedy adoption in the Assembly.



The Standard.com 5/15/01
Backlash over Gracenote suit
http://biz.yahoo.com/st/010514/24460.html

by Elinor Abreu
Can the work of a community of volunteers originally offered for free be
turned into a paying service that requires a user license?
Database company Gracenote, which stores song and artist information for CDs,
thinks so. The Berkeley, Calif.-based company went so far as to file a
lawsuit against a firmed that dropped its product for another
volunteer-maintained database that was free.



GigaLaw.com 5/2001
Legal issues for dealing with Application Service Providers (ASPs)
http://www.gigalaw.com/articles/2001/hollander-2001-05-p1.html

by Jay Hollander
Using application service providers, or "ASPs," is an increasingly popular
way to host, manage and deliver computer applications from an offsite
location. But ASPs raise special legal issues that any business should
address before signing up for service. This article explains some of the
common legal issues to discuss with any ASP.


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

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