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RAIN 7/17: 150 Gb/in2, musty paper trail, $10 MM



There are 20 stories in this posting.


The Times-Picayune 7/16/01
Black veterans research pays off
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/metro/index.ssf?/newsstory/ancestors16.html

by Sandra Murillo
An Esplanade Ridge woman's effort to preserve her family history led down a
musty paper trail that helped her create an authoritative look at the role
of Florida Parishes African-Americans in the world wars, research that was
gladly accepted recently by the National D-Day Museum.


Washington Times 7/16/01
Confederate museum faces New Orleans battle
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20010716-69476576.htm

by Steve Miller
NEW ORLEANS -- The well-entrenched encampment at 929 Camp St. is ready for
battle. Cannons? Got 'em. Swords? Sure, all of them made right here in this
bastion of the South. Rifles? Yes, but they may need a little repair after
140 years.
The Confederate Museum is under threat of eviction, and the enemy this time
is not the Yankees. Instead, the threat comes from gentrification, and the
museum doesn't mince words about it.


Associated Press 7/12/01
Earth losing its natural archives
http://news.excite.com/news/ap/010712/21/climate-archives

by Arthur Marx
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - With glaciers, coral, and old-growth trees
swiftly disappearing, scientists warned Thursday that the Earth is losing
the vast historical archives stored within them.
These natural records are invaluable in tracing long term climatic changes,
and sometimes reveal a graphic picture of human drama, researchers said in a
series of papers and remarks at an international conference of scientists on
global warming.


Enterprise Systems
Enterprise Storage: Hitting the wall at 150 GB/in2
http://www.esj.com/fullarticle.asp?ID=102600101754AM

by Jon William Toigo
For the first time in recent memory, all of the leading manufacturers in the
highly competitive field of magnetic disk drives agree on something.
Unfortunately, it isn't good news. With current technology and materials, we
will soon witness the end of 120 percent per year improvements in disk drive
areal density. Areal density refers to the number of bits that can be stored
on a square inch of disk media. It appears, we hit the wall at 150 gigabits
per square inch (150 Gb/in2). With current disk density growth rates, that
will happen within the next three to five years.



The Business Journal 7/13/01
Hospitals, docs downplay HIPAA affect on IT plans
http://triangle.bcentral.com/triangle/stories/2001/07/16/focus1.html

by Catherine L. Traugot
Lynda Bennett is getting increasingly frustrated by her clogged voicemail
and overflowing mailbox.
As a medical practice administrator, she is the target of a slew of
consultants who want to explain the latest requirements of HIPAA, the
federal regulations that protect a patient's privacy and streamline the flow
of information between providers and insurers.


Houston Press 7/12/01
Waivering Rights
http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2001-07-12/news.html

by Lauren Kern
In 1988 Christopher Ochoa confessed to raping and murdering a young woman at
an Austin Pizza Hut. The 22-year-old man implicated his friend, 19-year-old
Richard Danziger. Twelve years later, DNA testing proved they didn't commit
the crime. It turned out that Ochoa had falsely confessed after being
threatened with capital murder prosecution. While Ochoa lost his twenties to
incarceration, Danziger lost much more. He was beaten so badly in prison
that he has permanent brain damage.


ZDNet News 7/12/01
Librarians targeted in latest copyright battles
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2784614,00.html

by Lisa Bowman
Gone are the days when a librarian's worst offense was hushing patrons one
too many times.
In this digital age, the custodians of published works are at the center of
a global copyright controversy that casts them as villains simply for doing
their job: letting people borrow books for free.



The Record 7/10/01
North Haledon targets mold for cleanup
http://www.bergen.com/pcentral/moldrr200107107.htm

by Robert Ratish
NORTH HALEDON -- Mold in the municipal building has prompted the borough to
plan a cleanup of the basement, where spores have been growing since it
flooded during Tropical Storm Floyd.
Although the concentration is not enough to cause health problems, if left
untreated the mold could grow to high levels, according to a report by
Garden State Environmental of Glen Rock.



New York Times 7/16/01
An executive's missing years: papering over past problems
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/16/business/16DUNL.html

by Floyd Norris
For the young executive, it must have appeared that his world was falling
apart. He had landed a job running a company despite being fired by his
previous employer. But then he was fired again, with the company's board
accusing him of overseeing a huge accounting fraud.
Twenty years later, that executive, Albert J. Dunlap, was famous. As the
chief executive of a major consumer products company, Sunbeam (news/quote),
he was firing thousands of workers and wowing Wall Street. His memoir became
a best seller.



New York Times 7/16/01
City Hall artifacts are returned from obscurity
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/16/nyregion/16PARK.html?searchpv=nytToday

by Dan Barry
Men in a moving truck drove down to Virginia three months ago to collect
some stuff belonging to the City of New York. They pulled up in front of a
warehouse in Fairfax, loaded box after box into the truck's hold, and headed
north, back to the city.



New York Times 7/14/01
U.S. Trust is fined $10 million in bank secrecy-law case
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/14/business/14BANK.html?searchpv=day02

by Michael Brick
Federal and New York regulators ordered the U.S. Trust Corporation
(news/quote) yesterday to pay $10 million in fines to settle accusations
that it violated bank secrecy laws and failed to keep complete records in a
special trading unit.



FCW 7/9/01
Ohio pushes for e-filing standards
http://www.civic.com/civic/articles/2001/0709/web-ohio-07-10-01.asp

by Brian Robinson
Rules that went into effect this month will set the stage for minimum
standards for Ohio court jurisdictions to build a common base for filing
documents electronically.
Ohio courts are otherwise autonomous, a situation that is seen as promoting
technology innovation, but the 90 or so computer systems used throughout the
state are a potential barrier to the future of online services. Standards
would enable lawyers, members of the public and law enforcement officials to
use the same electronic forms to send documents and information to all the
courts.



The Daily Review 7/16/01
Paper Chase
http://www.dailyreview-ang.com/S-ASP-BIN/REF/Index.ASP?PUID=132&Indx=976498

by Francine Brevetti
SUPPOSE YOU WANT to file a civil suit with a court and you're down to the
wire. The statute of limitations is about to run out. You are struggling to
get the documents to the county clerk's office but are impeded by any manner
of obstacles -- the mails, traffic or congestion in the county clerk's
office.
Maybe it's time to turn to the Web.



The Saginaw News 7/16/01
Schoolwork privacy
http://sa.mlive.com/news/index.ssf?/news/stories/20010716spaperswapping.frm

by Mike Rocha
Every day during the school year, fifth-grade teacher Ruth Ann Winkler has
her students exchange work papers in class to correct assignments such as
math and spelling.
The 49-year-old North Saginaw Charter Academy teacher, who spends about four
to five hours each night grading schoolwork, sees the paper-swapping
practice as helpful to her and to her students because it allows instant
feedback from pupils and eases her already busy load.



Appeal-Democrat 7/16/01
Standing the test of time
http://www.appeal-democrat.com/071601/071601standing.shtml

by Wes Sander
When the Sutter County Hall of Records opened to the public 109 years ago,
its builders had a significant notion on their minds: This structure will
never burn down.
The building, opened in July 1892, was built of stone and masonry, its
interior walls of plaster and its window shades of metal. Its heavy metal
entrance doors were painted to resemble wood grain.



Sunday Gazette Mail 7/15/01
Diocese purchases building for archives
http://sundaygazettemail.com/news/Other+News/2001071526/

by Bob Schwarz
The Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston wants to convert an old building
into a West Virginia Catholic Heritage Center.
The church recently paid $240,000 for the old Seymour Auto Parts building at
the corner of 20th and Main streets near downtown Wheeling. The
25,000-square-foot building has three floors and a basement.



Atlanta Journal Constitution 7/16/01
Enforcement hassles make records law a toothless tiger
http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/epaper/editions/monday/local_news_b32579415
2f4b0fb00c6.html

by Lucy Soto
Two years ago, good-government advocates all over the state lauded the
governor and the General Assembly for putting teeth into Georgia's Open
Records Act. Their changes meant officials who refused to release the
public's documents could face criminal charges and a $100 fine.
But what's the good of having teeth that never bite?



The Joplin Globe 7/16/01
County gets grant for microfilming
http://www.joplinglobe.com/010716/regional/story4.html

by Mike Pound
CARTHAGE, Mo. - With the help of state money, another step is being taken to
update the record-keeping operation of Jasper County.
Jim Lobbey, county clerk, said his office recently received a $6,580 state
grant for projects at the county records center at 125 N. Lincoln St.



USA Today 7/12/01
E-government proposal meets resistance
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/fcw1.htm

by William Matthews
Federal Computer Week
Sen. Joe Lieberman's sweeping blueprint for building an electronic
government provoked skepticism from Senate Republicans and opposition from
the Bush administration during its initial hearing July 11.
Lieberman (D-Conn.) said his E-Government Act of 2001 would harness
information technology to make the federal government better deliver
services to citizens, improve accountability and cut costs. But Republicans
said the bill might also increase costs and make it easier for criminals to
defraud federal agencies.



Korea Herald 7/17/01
Plan reaffirmed to swap ancient royal documents with France
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2001/07/17/200107170037.asp

By Kim Ji-ho
The government reconfirmed its stance yesterday regarding a set of Korean
ancient documents seized by France in the 19th century, saying that it
should be returned in exchange for the provision of other cultural assets,
officials said.






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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