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RAIN 6/14: Outlaw DNA, shredded records, John Hancock online



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News Jersey Online 6/13/01
Olympic sponsor fighting defense subpoenas
http://www.nj.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?s0458_BC_OL
Y--BriberyTrial-Jet&&news&newsflash-sports

by Paul Foy
Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Defense lawyers for two indicted Olympic bid
executives have demanded 15 years of corporate and bank records from an
Olympic sponsor that is refusing to cooperate.
In papers filed Wednesday, Jet Set Sports asked a federal magistrate to
quash subpoenas that could reveal its most confidential dealings with the
world's Olympic organizations.


Star Tribune 6/13/01
Access change puts brakes on marketing lists
http://www2.startribune.com/stOnLine/cgi-bin/article?thisStory=84355255

Associated Press
ST. PAUL (AP) -- Direct marketers are finding slim pickings these days when
they seek information about Minnesotans from the driver' s license and motor
vehicle owner lists sold by the state.
Marketers used to be able to pick out people in need of a diet, likely
lonely hearts, folks who wear glasses, big and tall men and women, white
guys over 50 living in Eden Prairie and driving Volvos, or get a wealth of
other information.


Wired 6/13/01
Hoosier Favorite Hack Victim?
http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,44501,00.html

by Michelle Delio
For the second time this year, hackers have broken into computers at the
Indiana University, this time just two weeks after the school pledged to
tighten its computer security policies.
University officials said Wednesday that hackers had entered the network and
were able to break into a database containing the names, addresses and
Social Security numbers of 1,700 people who had requested information about
the university's music program.



Associated Press 6/13/01
Information glut, privacy laws producing a mountain of paper shred
http://www.oweb.com/newslink/National/DocumentDestroyersP0230.html

by Justin Bachman
AP Business Writer
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (AP) -- Peter Chechak has places to go, people to see and
paper to shred.
Dressed in a navy blue jumpsuit more akin to a municipal worker, Chechak
wheels a conventional plastic trash bin -- fitted with a very
unconventional-looking padlock -- from a suburban First Union Corp. bank
branch to his truck.



Irish Independent 6/13/01
Tribunal uncovers new Esat memo files
<http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=9&si=451785&issue_id
=4651>

by Karl Brophy and Richard Curran
THE MORIARTY Tribunal has uncovered significant new evidence about the Fine
Gael $50,000 off-shore donation controversy.
Tribunal lawyers have received a five-inch-thick file of internal Esat
Digifone memorandums and other documents dating back to 1997, just weeks
before Esat Telecom floated on the US stock market.


The Lynchburg News Advance 6/11/01
Look at family Bible leads to Civil War book
http://www.newsadvance.com/MGB8VBFRTNC.html

by Darrell Laurant
More than 100 people from four families gathered at the Boonsboro Ruritan
Club on Saturday afternoon, thanks to a 17-year-old girl who lives 400 miles
away and knew hardly any of them.
It was Candice Coppola who got her grandfather, Brad Smiley, started on a
quest to unearth his roots four years ago, and he hasn't stopped since.


Reuters 6/13/01
Scientists solve Texas outlaw mystery
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/nm/20010613/ts/life_outlaw_dc_2.html

by Sue Pleming
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Smithsonian scientists announced on Wednesday they
had solved a 123-year-old mystery over whether a legendary Texas outlaw,
``Wild Bill'' Longley, managed to escape his hanging in 1878.


Associated Press 6/13/01
Smithsonian scientists unravel mystery of Texas outlaw
http://www.nola.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?n4113_BC_
LA--OutlawMystery&&news&newsflash-louisiana

by Randolph E. Schmid
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Outlaw Wild Bill Longley twice cheated the noose, but
popular Texas folklore that he got away a third time is wrong. Scientists
say tests of the body in his grave show that it is, indeed, Longley.
"We now can put the controversy to rest. Bill Longley has been dead 123
years and it's good to have it all cleared," Michael Reese of Houston, a
Longley descendant, said Wednesday.


Houston Chronicle 6/13/01
Scientists unravel mystery of Texas outlaw
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/metropolitan/940372

Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- When Lee County Sheriff James Madison Brown tripped the
gallows on Oct. 11, 1878, multiple killer Wild Bill Longley met his maker.
Or did he?
Despite the many witnesses to the execution, folklore persisted that the
Texas outlaw's hanging was a hoax and that he lived on for years in
Louisiana.


New York Times 6/13/01
Peer-to-Peer grows up and gets a real job
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/13/technology/13BURT.html?searchpv=nytToday

by Jonathan Burton

Depending on one's view, the downloading of shared music files through
services like Napster either popularized or demonized the technology that
allows personal computers to be linked into one virtual machine over the
Internet. Yet while the recording industry accuses the file-sharing music
services of copyright infringement, other information-sensitive industries
are praising the technology's ability to save time, money and stress.


New York Times 6/13/01
Pick a hobby, and there's a Web site
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/13/technology/13POLL.html?searchpv=nytToday

by Michael Pollak
When the the Historical Museum of Barbed Wire and Fencing Tools opened in
1991, it was probably the biggest thing to hit the Texas Panhandle town of
McLean, population 850, since Interstate 40 replaced Route 66. But barbed
wire fanciers still had a communications problem: serious collectors were as
dispersed as maverick steers on the open range.


New York Times 6/13/01
Pioneers of the 'Fortran' programming language
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/13/technology/13LOHR.html

by Steve Lohr
They were were young, in their 20's and early 30's, brimming with energy and
optimism, a tightknit team. Their goal was to simplify programming and open
up computing to more people. The industry consensus was that they were
trying the impossible. They suffered setbacks and disappointments. A six-
month timetable for completion became nearly three years.


New York Times 6/13/01
Play Now, Pay Later: The 'Shareware' Business
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/13/technology/13GALL.html?searchpv=nytToday

by David F. Gallagher
Record companies have watched in horror recently as consumers have turned
their nicely packaged CD's into MP3 files and set them loose online. But a
corner of the software industry has thrived for years by embracing that same
loss of control: instead of selling shrink-wrapped boxes, why not distribute
products in digital form and watch them spread?


New York Times 6/13/01
Web Tools that work: to nail the sale, E-mail's too slow
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/13/technology/13BIER.html?searchpv=nytToday

by J.D. Biersdorfer
Think of of instant messages and the image that comes to mind is more likely
that of a teenager typing a gossipy chat note than that of an office worker
using it for business purposes. But the very thing that makes instant
messaging so useful at home - namely, fast communication - makes it equally
valuable as a business tool. Do you need to ask your supervisor a question
while you are on the phone with a client? Shoot the boss a text message that
pops up on her computer screen right after you click "send," and you can
have her response within seconds.


The Times-Picayune 6/13/01
School ranking records shredded
http://www.nola.com/neworleans/t-p/index.ssf?/newsstory/o_worst13.html

by Brian Thevenot
New Orleans public school officials have shredded all documentation
supporting their recent calculation of school rankings, which showed major
progress at many schools and led to a shakeup of the system's 11 lowest
performers, schools chief Al Davis said.


The Oklahoman 6/12/01
Court rules records can be released
http://www.oklahoman.com/cgi-bin/show_article?ID=701537&pic=none&TP=getartic
le

Associated Press
The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled 7-2 today that juvenile records can be
released if a criminal defendant is facing charges as an adult for serious
crimes like murder and rape.
The decision was a victory for The Tulsa World, which had been denied
records pertaining to Robert Wayne Rotramel, 20, who is awaiting trial on
charges stemming from the murder of one young girl and the rape of another.


The Oklahoman 6/13/01
State court says records are public
http://www.oklahoman.com/cgi-bin/show_article?ID=701572&pic=none&TP=getartic
le

by John Greiner
Capitol Bureau
In a precedent-setting ruling Tuesday, the Oklahoma Supreme Court said
juvenile records of people charged with serious crimes are public records.
In its opinion, the Supreme Court said the Legislature has expressed its
intent that when an individual commits a serious criminal act "the offender
should no longer be entitled to the cloak of confidentiality.


Orlando Sentinel 6/13/01
Unfortunate ruling
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/opinion/orl-opd-1ed061301.story?coll=orl
%2Dopinion%2Dheadlines

In the rush of emotion that followed the death of NASCAR racing icon Dale
Earnhardt, state lawmakers passed a law that had nothing to do with
protecting the public's interest and everything to do with comforting a
grieving widow.


Ottawa Citizen 6/13/01
Right to know in danger: Reid
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/national/010613/5025632.html

Jim Bronskill
A government task force reviewing the Access to Information Act could be a
"wolf in sheep's clothing" that guts public accountability, warns John Reid,
the federal information watchdog.
In his annual report, released yesterday, Mr. Reid expresses fear the
government will use the guise of reform to seriously weaken the access law
and tighten the federal grip on potentially embarrassing records.


St. Petersburg Times 6/13/01
Paper Trails
http://www.sptimes.com/News/061301/SouthPinellas/Paper_trails_.shtml

by Sharon L. Bond
PINELLAS PARK -- A glance around the innards of the large Stevens & Stevens
Inc. building off U.S. 19 makes it clear that business records still are
very much paper records.
Stacked on shelves are 250,000 boxes containing paper trails that companies
don't want cluttering their offices but cannot let go of just yet.



The Cabin 6/13/01
Police say trucker falsified log book
http://www.thecabin.net/stories/061301/sta_0613010052.shtml

AP
MOUNTAINBURG (AP) -- The truck driver whose rig collided with a school bus,
killing three, has admitted falsifying his log book and driving more hours
than his records indicated, the Arkansas Highway Police said.


The Daily Herald 6/13/01
Official says mix-up fixed
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=1938892&BRD=1100&PAG=461&dept_id=9
6310&rfi=6

by April Towery
Henry County officials recently acknowledged about $150,000 in health and
dental insurance was paid on behalf of employees who no longer work for the
county, but County Manager Jim Risher said Tuesday he believes the problem
is solved.


The Pawtucket Times 6/13/01
Courts dismiss suspended boy's petition seeking disciplinary files
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=1940002&BRD=1713&PAG=461&dept_id=2
4491&rfi=6

by Meredyth Waterman
CUMBERLAND --- A Providence Superior Court judge Tuesday dismissed a
petition seeking more information for the lawyer of the Cumberland High
School freshman suspended in March for his sexually explicit song about a
teacher.


The Toronto Star 6/13/01
Tories breaking information law, watchdog says
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Artic
le_Type1&c=Article&cid=992383340505&call_page=TS_Ontario&call_pageid=9682562
89824&call_pagepath=News/Ontario&col=968342212737

Richard Brennan
Queen's Park Bureau
Ontario's government is breaking the law by deliberately blocking
``politically sensitive'' information requests, the province's information
and privacy commissioner said yesterday.


The Tennessean 6/13/01
UT withholds 'personal' Gilley, Reed messages
http://www.tennessean.com/local/archives/01/04/05723124.shtml?Element_ID=572
3124

by Sheila Wissner
More than a half dozen e-mails between former University of Tennessee
President J. Wade Gilley and administrator Pamela Reed have been withheld by
UT officials who say they are not subject to Tennessee's Open Records Law
because they are ''personal'' in nature.


Washington Post 6/13/01
Homicide probes still stumbling
D.C. panel faults handling of evidence, records
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/dc/crime/A53866-2001Jun11.html

by Cheryl W. Thompson
Despite D.C. Police Chief Charles H. Ramsey's promises last year to take
steps to solve more homicide cases, the investigations remain in a "state of
crisis," according to an internal report.
The homicide review team found that some cases were closed prematurely and
some open cases were not pursued aggressively. It reported failures to
contact witnesses, keep good records and properly store such evidence as
bullets and drugs. Its report also points to failings in supervision and
oversight.


Federal Computer Week 6/13/01
Add your John Hancock online
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/0611/web-nara-06-13-01.asp

by William Matthews
The National Archives inaugurated an interactive Web site Tuesday that
enables individuals to add their signatures to the Declaration of
Independence and then print out copies of the historic document.
And while they're online at the Join the Signers section of the Archives'
Web site, (www.archives.gov), agency officials hope visitors also will sign
a check or a credit card receipt donating money to a National Archives
fund-raising effort.



Serbia Info 6/12/01
Information on files only in State Security centers
http://www.serbia-info.com/news/2001-06/12/23885.html

Belgrade, June 12 - As of Monday, June 18, 2001, all citizens will be able
to find out by phone in which of the State Security centers potential files
on them are being kept. The State Security Service held its first press
conference in the Serbian Interior Ministry building Monday, stressing that
the information on the existence and contents of the State Security Service
files on citizens could be acquired only in person.

The Times Record 6/12/01
Anti-nuclear group given Maine Yankee documents
http://www.timesrecord.com/website/main.nsf/news.nsf/0/731E2D7213B4A94F85256
A69005E39A0?Opendocument

by Bob Kalish
WISCASSET - Friends of the Coast Opposing Nuclear Pollution, a local
environmental group, has been given the bulk of the records relating to the
24-year history of closed Maine Yankee Atomic Power Plant.
Group spokesman Ray Shadis said the material includes 200,000 pages of Maine
Yankee documents, hundreds of books on nuclear subjects plus documents,
clippings, studies and memorabilia.



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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