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RAIN 7/18: Frito-Lay, holograms, fragile records



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Seattle Post-Intelligencer 7/17/01
ACLU presses for access to Frito-Lay data
http://seattlep-i.nwsource.com/local/31570_frito17.shtml

by Carol Smith
The American Civil Liberties Union plans to fight to keep Frito-Lay Inc.
from permanently sealing records that show some of its snack foods were
contaminated with hydrocarbons and other toxic solvents.
"We're concerned that we maintain public access to this information," said
Sarah Wunsch, staff attorney for the ACLU in Massachusetts. "It's a First
Amendment concern."


Los Angeles Times 7/16/01
Archives' home may be history
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/orange/la-000058308jul16.story?coll=la%2De
ditions%2Dorange%2Doc%5Fnews

by David Reyes
To history buffs, keeping the county's old records safe in an archive and
available to the public makes sense. But since the 1994 bankruptcy, the
county's historical treasure-trove has been neglected, trapped in political
and budgetary limbo.
Barbara Milkovich, a member of the county's Historical Commission, said she
gets frustrated and upset talking about the county's archive situation.



CNN.com 7/17/01
Computer detective talks about Levy evidence
http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/07/17/levy.access.cnna/index.html

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Before 24-year-old former Washington intern Chandra Levy
disappeared, she left a trail of clues on her home computer. Computer
forensics expert Kevin Mandia is the forensic director of Foundstone, a
computer security firm. He has trained some 400 FBI agents and other police
in conducting computer intrusion investigations. Mandia spoke on Tuesday
with CNN anchor Carol Lin.



Government Executive 7/17/01
Navy says intranet will solve records management problems
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0701/071701j1.htm

by Joshua Dean
The Navy is putting in place a records management solution as part of its
Navy-Marine Corps Intranet project, the first agencywide application of its
kind, Navy officials said last week.
NMCI is the Navy's five-year, $4.1 billion-effort to outsource the
technology, maintenance and help desk support for more than 350,000 desktops
and 200 networks. EDS won the contract in October 2000. The Navy required
EDS to provide a records management application as part of NMCI.



Star Tribune 7/17/01
Historical society puts death certificates online
http://www2.startribune.com/stOnLine/cgi-bin/article?thisStory=84554612

AP
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The Minnesota Historical Society had made it easier for
people to trace their family trees by posting an online index of death
certificates for deaths in the state from 1908 to 1946.
News of the Web site leaked during the test phase in recent weeks, and it
quickly got heavy use. Minnesota is one of the first states to have such
information available online.



International Herald Tribune 7/11/01
The Confederate submarine Hunley gives up a bit of its history
http://www.iht.com/articles/25744.html

by Michael E. Ruane
Washington Post Service
North Charleston, South Carolina -- Maria Jacobsen's fingers were probing
the black mud beside the long-dead skipper's left pelvic bone that night
when she touched a small, flat object. .Through her rubber gloves, she could
feel its round shape and the ridges along its edge.


Statesman Journal 7/17/01
District Attorney: Carlton files should be public
http://news.statesmanjournal.com/article.cfm?i=27127

by Alex Davis
More details about the performance of fired Marion County Administrator
Melinda Carlton soon may be made public.
Preliminary evaluations of Carlton by county commissioners and Carlton's
responses to reviews by department heads and elected officials should be
disclosed to the Statesman Journal, the county's acting district attorney
said Monday.



New York times 7/17/01
Live by the Pen, Die by the Sword
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/17/science/social/17MAYA.html?searchpv=nytTod
ay

by John Noble Wilford
At the height of the Maya civilization, the only literate society in
pre-Columbian America, kings fervently, perhaps desperately, believed in the
power of the pen. Whether they thought it mightier than the sword is
doubtful, but a growing body of evidence from Maya writing and art shows
that scribes played a central role in magnifying their king's reputation and
solidifying his political hold on the realm.


New York Times 7/17/01
Roman Empire goes modern on PBS
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/arts/AP-AP-on-TV-Roman-Empire.html?searchpv=
aponline

AP
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Ancient graffiti described one gladiator as ``the
heartthrob of all the girls.'' Another fighter, who used a net in his bouts,
``ensnares his female fans.''
In Pompeii, a property owner tried to entice tenants with this pitch: ``On
the estate of Julia Felix, the following are for rent: luxurious baths,
shops, cafes, workspaces and second-story apartments.''



New York Times 7/12/01
Through the looking glass, to holographic data storage
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/12/technology/circuits/12NEXT.html?rd=hcmcp?p
=03GiE03Gck33EZ012000mOnCUOooI

by Anne Eisenberg
Storage space is tight these days, and not just in cramped New York
apartments. Home dwellers anywhere might be delighted to stow the 10 years'
worth of receipts, canceled checks and tax records clogging their files in a
space no bigger than an ice cube. Hospitals, insurance companies, banks and
department stores might also appreciate storage that compact for their vast
databases.


Chicago Sun Times 7/17/01
OH, mother! Whistle an arms smuggler
http://www.suntimes.com/output/show/cst-ftr-whist17.html

by Tara Womersley
London Daily Telegraph
EDINBURGH, Scotland--The American painter James McNeil Whistler has been
exposed as an international arms smuggler.
Historians had previously believed that when he set sail from Britain to
South America in 1866 he was taking a break from his mother, Anna, who had
come to live with him and whom he immortalized in his famous portrait
''Whistler's Mother.''



The Business Journal 7/16/01
Physicians slowly accept technology
http://triangle.bcentral.com/triangle/stories/2001/07/16/focus4.html

by Lynda Stadler
CHARLOTTE ­ The advantages of the Internet and other forms of information
technology are slowly overcoming the reluctance of physicians to join the
electronic age. Although tradition and the technology learning curve are
primary challenges facing physicians, the shift to electronic filing, record
keeping and research and diagnostic functions is in full swing -- in some
practices.



Press & Dakotan 7/17/01
Fragile city records worry officials
http://www.pressanddakotan.com/stories/071701/com_0717010006.shtml

by Dan Springer
Deep in the basement of Yankton City Hall lies a room few members of the
general public have ever seen.
The room, which once served as a weapons depot for the South Dakota National
Guard, is now home to the most sensitive of Yankton's public records that
map out how the city grew from a river town to a regional center.


Saint Petersburg Times 7/17/01
Vote controversy turns to computer records
http://www.sptimes.com/News/071701/State/Vote_controversy_turn.shtml

by Steve Bousquet
TALLAHASSEE -- On a cultural mission a continent away, Secretary of State
Katherine Harris on Monday was yanked into the post-election controversy
that lingers months after George W. Bush won the presidency.
Harris said she acted "fairly, consistently and evenhandedly" in sorting out
Florida's election recount last fall.


Sun-Sentinel 7/17/01
Web carries court records into the open
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/technology/sns-courtrecords.story?coll=sns%2Dtec
hnology%2Dheadlines

by Frank James
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON -- Imagine browsing a court's Web site from the comfort of your
home to check on whether someone you know -- a friend, a neighbor, a person
you just met -- has ever appeared before a judge on criminal charges of
shoplifting or domestic violence or in civil court as the defendant in a
nasty car accident.


Texarkana Gazette 7/17/01
Court battle for Relian'ts documents get hotter
http://www.texarkanagazette.com/display/inn_news/news01.txt

by Lisa Bose McDermott
Reliant Energy-Arkla may have to release several documents to a woman suing
Houston Industries Inc. for an Oct. 2, 2000, explosion in Prescott, Ark.,
that killed her 4-year-old son.



Dallas Morning News 7/16/01
A new Hope: Since Clinton's departure from the Oval Office, guides at the
former president's birthplace no longer feel his pain
http://www.dallasnews.com/texas_southwest/419649_arclinton_16te.html

by Melissa Nelson
AP
HOPE, Ark. - Beckie Moore says her job is easier because Bill Clinton is out
of office. Tourists are friendlier this summer and less inclined to make
rude comments, says the director of the Clinton Birthplace museum.
"During the last three years of his presidency, things got very difficult
around here," she said. "Now people are putting the political aside and
looking at the history."



Wired 7/17/01
Twelve-minute book deliver
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,45228,00.html

by M.J. Rose
Shortly before midnight on July 9, Jeff Marsh of Marsh Technologies and
Peter Zelchenko of VolumeOne placed an order on the Internet for what would
be the first print-on-demand book ever to emerge from a fully automated
vending machine.
Twelve minutes later, the book slid out of a chute on the prototype MTI
PerfectBook-080 in Marsh's office in Chesterfield, Missouri.



Waco Tribune-Herald 7/17/01
Collection of Bullock memorabilia on display at Baylor
http://www.wacotrib.com/auto/feed/news/2001/07/15/995251043.21487.4643.0277.
html

by Lowell Brown
A small collection of photographs and memorabilia from the 40-year political
career of the late Bob Bullock is on display at Baylor University.
The free exhibit is just a preview of the immense collection of Bullock
materials that will be opened to the public by 2004, said Ben Rogers,
manager of Baylor Collections of Political Materials.



Washington Post 7/17/01
Judge bars release of FEC documents
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6448-2001Jul16.html

A federal judge yesterday barred the Federal Election Commission from
carrying out plans to release documents stemming from an investigation of
the Democratic National Committee and AFL-CIO, saying she wanted time to
fully explore legal issues.







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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