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RAIN 6/21: 737 pages, 12 million records, 7.7 million customers



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Associated Press 6/20/01
Oklahoma defense attorneys file suit seeking documents related to police
chemist's work
http://www.apbnews.com/newscenter/breakingnews/2001/06/19/story_oklahoma_def
ense_attorneys_suit.html
by Tim Talley
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ A group of defense lawyers filed suit Monday to force
the city's police chief to turn over documents related to accusations that a
police chemist's shoddy work led to convictions of innocent people.

Associated Press 6/19/01
Disabled Access to technology probed
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010617/pl/disabled_online_2.html
by D. Ian Hopper
AP Technology writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - Curtis Chong, like thousands of blind Web surfers, uses
special software that reads the text aloud. But many government Web pages
give him problems.
Forms often do not work properly with the software, and flashy animations
mean nothing to the screen readers.


Associated Press 6/18/01
Serbian police open security files
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010618/wl/yugoslavia_files_2.html
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) - Serbian authorities on Monday threw open state
security files compiled during the rule of Slobodan Milosevic (news - web
sites) and the communists before him.

Bloomberg 6/20/01
Bridgestone/Firestone demands Goodyear's Explorer records
http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?T=finer99_auto.ht&s=AOy.YZBWHQnJpZGdl
by Lawrence Viele
Indianapolis, June 19 (Bloomberg) -- Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. has
subpoenaed rival Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. for records on the failure rates
of tires installed on Ford Explorer sport- utility vehicles and Ranger
pickup trucks.


Boston Globe 6/18/01
New move to put century-old newspapers' archives online
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/169/business/New_move_to_put_century_old_n
ewspapers_archives_online+.shtml
by Ross Kerber
The next hot thing for the Web: stacks of moldering old newspapers?
Later this year, the results of a project to digitize the archives of the
Toronto Star back to 1892 are scheduled to become available via the paper's
Web site. Meanwhile, a group of smaller community newspapers is also working
to move online old issues, some dating back more than a hundred years as
well.


Chiropractic Economics June/July 2001
Few MDs process claims over the Internet
http://chiroeco.com/news/fewmdsprocess.html
Reuters
New York - While the percentage of medical doctors using computers and the
Internet has steadily increased in recent years, few have yet to embrace the
web for administrative functions, according to a new study by the American
Medical Association.


Forbes 6/18/01
Stealing from the Crooks
http://biz.yahoo.com/fo/010618/0618dvorak.html
by John C. Dvorak
The music-swapping site Napster is essentially dead, and its short life
epitomized the entire dot-com tribulation that we've recently witnessed.
There are lessons to be learned from it--not the least of which is that the
public is willing to steal music from an industry perceived as shady and
perhaps crooked. If the record industry doesn't change its image fast, this
disregard for property won't end. Let's analyze what happened and where
things are headed.


Government Executive 6/19/01
OPM report encourages telecommuting by example
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0601/061901t1.htm
by Tanya N. Ballard
A new study from the Office of Personnel Management cites 13 cases of happy
government telecommuters in the hopes of encouraging more managers and
employees to initiate and participate in telecommuting programs.


MSNBC 6/19/01
Group to develop privacy symbols
Icons would summarize sites' policies
http://www.msnbc.com/news/589460.asp
Reuters
WASHINGTON, June 19 - A high-tech industry group plans to develop a set of
symbols that would summarize online privacy policies, enabling Internet
users to quickly assess the data practices of Web sites they visit.


Houston Chronicle 6/19/01
Flood shutters Justice Center for four months
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/storm2001/946356
by Steve Brewer
The $100 million Harris County Criminal Justice Center could be closed for
four months or longer while crews assess and repair damage caused by
Tropical Storm Allison.


Lincoln Journal-Star 6/19/01
Homestead records topic of genealogy symposium
http://www.journalstar.com/local?story_id=3852&past=
by Bill Hafer
BEATRICE - Homesteader records will be among the topics relating to
genealogy and history presented Wednesday and Thursday during the Land
Records and Genealogy Symposium hosted by Homestead National Monument of
America and Southeast Community College-Beatrice.


Naples Daily News 6/19/01
KGB documents describe spy similar to accused Florida retiree
http://www.naplesnews.com/01/06/florida/d637656a.htm
by Vickie Chachere
AP
TAMPA - KGB files describe a U.S. intelligence officer who became an
"extremely valuable agent" and whose circumstances match those of a Florida
retiree on trial for spying, a British intelligence officer testified
Monday.
The references are in documents smuggled out of Russia by KGB archivist
Vasili Mitrokhin, considered one of the most important defectors in the
history of the Cold War when in 1992 he turned over a huge cache of the
Soviet secret police's documents to the British.


Sun Journal 6/19/01
Lewiston library working to save Bates Mill records
http://www.sunjournal.com/story.asp?slg=061901millll
by Doug Fletcher
Business writer
Documents detailing more than 125 years of commerce - including personnel
records for many of the thousands of people once employed by Bates
Manufacturing Co. - will remain out of the public's reach for at least
another year.


New York Times 6/19/01
In Once-lost books, the code behind Indian rock art
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/19/science/19ROCK.html?searchpv=nytToday
by Jim Robbins
Portland, Ore. --Throughout the Great Plains, images of men, horses and a
nomadic way of life have been scratched into rock walls, a pictographic
record whose precise meaning has long been a mystery to modern eyes.


New York Times 6/19/01
The Web as dictator of scientific fashion
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/19/science/19NET.html?searchpv=nytToday
by James Glanz
Stillwater, Minn. -- If the endlessly accelerating pace of scientific
research is riding the telecommunications revolution, then why did
physicists, historians and philosophers meet here recently at an isolated
lodge where cell phones generally do not work and many of the rooms have no
phones at all, let alone speedy Internet connections?


Orlando Sentinel 6/19/01
Dead woman's family wants her jail records
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orange/orl-or-jail061901.story?col
l=orl%2Dnews%2Dheadlines%2Dorange
by Doris Bloodsworth
The attorney for a 43-year-old Orlando woman who died 10 days after she was
taken into custody put Orange County Jail officials on notice Monday not to
alter or destroy any of her records.


Reuters 6/19/01
UN: No progress on recovery of Kuwaiti property
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010614/wl/iraq_kuwait_property_dc_1.html
Reuters
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations reported on Thursday there was
still no progress with Iraq in recovering Kuwaiti military gear, museum
pieces and historical documents missing more than a decade after Baghdad's
troops invaded the emirate.


San Francisco Chronicle 6/19/01
A rock collector who leaves no stone unturned
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/06/19/DD232729.DTL&typ
e=music
by James Sullivan
Chronicle Pop Music Critic
Playing in a garage band in 1965 was the equivalent of playing sandlot
baseball in the '30s, or running off to join the circus a few decades before
that: Every healthy American boy seemed to be doing it.


Texarkana Gazette 6/19/01
Attorney for HATT consulting with state before disclosing requested
documents
http://www.texarkanagazette.com/archives/index.inn?loc=detail&doc=/2001/June
/19-309-news09.txt
by Denita Nash
An attorney representing the Housing Authority for the city of Texarkana,
Texas is seeking state consultation before disclosing two requests for
public information made by the Gazette.


The Standard 6/19/01
The Master of Files
http://biz.yahoo.com/st/010619/27129.html
by Edward Tanner
The execution of Timothy McVeigh last week should have been a somber triumph
for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. With more than a million pages of
evidence, the FBI had secured not only a conviction, but a confession.
McVeigh himself declined his last chance for an appeal.


The Toronto Star 6/19/01
Walkerton documents a surprise, Harris says
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Artic
le_Type1&c=Article&cid=992908198058&call_page=TS_Ontario&call_pageid=9682562
89824&call_pagepath=News/Ontario&col=968342212737
by Richard Brennan
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. - Premier Mike Harris said yesterday he had no idea
there was more information in his office concerning the Walkerton tragedy
that had not already been turned over to the inquiry on the matter.


The Daily Review 6/20/01
737 pages of gruesome Columbine notes released
http://www.dailyreview-ang.com/S-ASP-Bin/Ref/Index.asp?PUID=142&Indx=934119
DENVER -- Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold lie next to each other in the
Columbine High School library -- Harris' shotgun sits beneath his boot and
Klebold is found clutching a TEC-9 pistol.
Gruesome details of how the killers' bodies were found on April 20, 1999,
are contained in 737 pages of crime scene notes and sketches released
Tuesday by Jefferson County officials.


Albuquerque Journal 6/20/01
Request for tax records may be delayed
http://www.abqjournal.com/news/364266news06-20-01.htm
by Patrick Armijo
Sandoval County is seeking a 60-day delay in turning over property-tax
records of nine county homeowners selected at random by another county
resident who wants to see if home assessments are being done fairly.


Anchorage Daily News 6/20/01
Judge declares resort case ready for trial
http://www.adn.com/metro/story/0,2633,276168,00.html
AP
Fairbanks -- A Superior Court judge cleared the way Monday for a criminal
trial charging a resort and two employees with falsifying pool chlorine and
temperature records.


Boston Globe 6/20/01
FBI says New York mob bought classified case files from Las Vegas FBI
employee
http://www.boston.com/dailynews/171/nation/FBI_says_New_York_mob_bought_c:.s
html
by Ken Ritter
AP
LAS VEGAS (AP) An FBI security expert who had access to informant identities
and witness lists is accused of selling classified files to organized crime
figures and others involved in criminal investigations, according to a
complaint filed against him by the FBI.
James J. Hill, 51, an Air Force veteran and security analyst in the Las
Vegas FBI office, is charged with obstruction of justice, conspiracy and
stealing and selling the top-secret FBI information.


Cincinnati Post 6/20/01
Editorial: Secret Source of embarrassment
http://www.cincypost.com/2001/jun/20/editb062001.html
Serbia's new democratic government has thrown open the files accumulated by
Slobodan Milosevic's secret police during the 13 years of his corrupt
authoritarian rule.


Dallas Morning News 6/20/01
Diaries provide insight to life during Civil War
http://www.dallasnews.com/metro/stories/398028_wardiary_20met.html
by Lee Zethraus
When Vicki Tongate picked up the diaries at SMU's DeGolyer Library, she knew
she had her hands on real Texas treasure.
The writings of Lucy Pier Stevens offer a detailed account of life in
southeast Texas during the Civil War. She came to Texas to visit relatives
but could not return to her Ohio home for six years because of the war. The
two books chronicle 1863 into 1867.


Bucks County Courier Times 6/20/01
Examining footnotes of history
http://www.phillyburbs.com/couriertimes/news/news/0620library.htm
by J.D. Mullane
An archaeologist descends to darkened places to bring forth lost tales of
great civilizations. A detective shines a flashlight to illuminate the
scene.
Leonard Sadosky - part archaeologist, part detective - uses a microfilm
machine in Upper Makefield.


Government Executive 6/20/01
Wireless technology helps FEMA handle disaster relief
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0601/062001j1.htm
by Joshua Dean
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is using wireless technology to
react faster to the flood disaster resulting from Tropical Storm Allison.


Boston Globe 6/20/01
"Blow", Ghsics nabs archival collection
http://www.boston.com/dailynews/171/variety/_Blow_Ghsics_nabs_archival_col:.
shtml
by John Dempsey
Reuters
NEW YORK (Variety) - Turner Classic Movies has latched on to a collection of
restored archival films that will comprise four separate programs for
scheduling in primetime on Sundays each week in November.


Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 6/20/01
Festival scraps secrecy clause; attorney says it was a mistake
http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/jun01/fest20061901a.asp
by Greg J. Borowski
Summerfest's top lease negotiator declared Tuesday that the festival does
not intend to ever stop following the state open meetings law, saying a
provision that would have narrowed public access was mistakenly added to a
lease-related document.


The Dawn 6/20/01
Karachi: Two cops held for concealing court papers
http://www.dawn.com/2001/text/local9.htm


Los Angeles Times 6/20/01
Policy forms to catalog KPC files
http://www.latimes.com/communities/news/inland_empire/20010620/tiv0014912.ht
ml
by Tipton Blish
The dismantling of the failed KPC medical clinics, once responsible for the
health care of 250,000 people across Southern California, has left an
estimated 12 million medical and patient records stranded in storage.

New York Times 6/20/01
Life's work: getting rid of office clutter
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/20/business/20WCOL.html


The Citizen 6/20/01
New records facility opens at LaFayette
http://www.thecitizennews.com/main/archive-010620/news/in-11.html
Obtaining school records and transcripts of students who have attended a
Fayette County school is going to get easier with the opening of a new
records center at the LaFayette Educational Center.


New York Times 6/20/01
Natal Journal: A has-been wonders how to honor what was
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/20/world/20BRAZ.html?searchpv=nytToday
by Larry Rohter
Natal, Brazil -- Watching fishermen repairing boats on the banks of the
river here, it is hard to imagine that Life magazine could ever have called
this place "the wartime crossroads of the world." Or that the United States
War Department in 1942 designated Natal "one of the four most strategic
points in the world," along with Suez, Gibraltar and the Bosporus.


The Tennessean 6/20/01
TDOT excludes 2 companies after state inquiry
http://www.tennessean.com/local/archives/01/04/05947922.shtml?Element_ID=594
7922
by Rob Johnson
The Tennessee Department of Transportation excluded a local construction
company and a concrete supplier from its lucrative June contract lettings
after a state investigation revealed that the wrong type of concrete had
been used to build a new bridge on Interstate 40.


The Age 6/20/01
GST brings with it ACCC access to ATO company data
http://www.theage.com.au/business/2001/06/20/FFXBEL4K4OC.html
by Tom Ravlic
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission now has access to
Australian Tax Office information to cross check claims made by grocery
manufacturers and suppliers defending themselves against allegations of
price discrimination by small grocers.


Toledo Blade 6/19/01
Toledoans take case of census errors to Washington
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/artikkel?Avis=TO&Dato=20010619&Kate
gori=NEWS16&Lopenr=106190011&Ref=AR
by Lisa A. Abraham
If the 2000 Census is to be believed, only 14 people are living in the
209-unit apartment complex at the corner of Heatherdowns Boulevard and Key
Street.


Washington Post 6/20/01
A data-mining bonanza squandered?
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16240-2001Jun19.html
by Kathleen Day
Charles Schwab Corp. gets mountains of information from its 7.7 million
customers, who interact with the company tens of thousands of times a day
seeking advice, trading stocks, making payments, and sending and requesting
documents.


Washington Post 6/17/01
Getting a handle on privacy's fine print
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7923-2001Jun15.html
by Robert O'Harrow Jr
For today's financial services quiz, dear readers, you will be asked to
determine the meaning of the following passages. They're taken from privacy
notices recently sent to customers by banks, securities firms and insurance
companies.



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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