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RAIN 9/14: Part 1



There are 20 stories in this posting. The postings today contain stories
collecting during the past few days all the urls work as of the 10 a.m. EDT

News-Press 9/13/01
Investors fear a paperwork nightmare
http://www.news-press.com/biz/today/010913records.html

by Joan D. LaGuardia
Millions of documents and computer files burned or were blasted to the
streets as debris in the World Trade Center attacks.
Among them, records on life savings and other investments of many Americans.



Los Angeles Times 9/12/01
Destroyed paper documents could leave information void
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-000073543sep12.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%
2Dbusiness

by Joseph Menn
The destruction of the World Trade Center, a repository of countless reams
of information on companies and individuals, has left some organizations
reeling from the potential loss of vast quantities of data.


Boston Business Journal 9/10/01
Arcus Data Security becomes Iron Mountain Off-Site Data Protection
http://boston.bcentral.com/boston/stories/2001/09/10/daily2.html


BBC 9/11/01
Historic cemetery records saved
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_1537000/1537060.stm

Burial records from one of Britain's oldest private cemeteries have been
made available to the public following restoration work to save them.
The 250 record books from Bristol's Arnos Vale Cemetery date back to the
opening of the 45-acre site in 1839.


Reuters 9/11/01
Internet news traffic soars following U.S. attacks
http://us.news2.yimg.com/f/42/31/7m/dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010911/wr/cra
sh_internet_dc_1.html

by Derek Caney
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Internet news traffic soared on Tuesday following
attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in
Washington, with sites taxing their capacity and adjusting their site
features to accommodate the volume.


Modesto Bee 9/11/01
MJC working on paperless student records
http://www.modbee.com/local/story/807071p-867855c.html

by Alejandro Navarro
Modesto Junior College student Scott Frenette pulls and replaces about 100
student files from the college vault each day as he works in the records
office.
His biggest fear is not finding a record; it is never lost, usually just
misfiled. But that folder could be anywhere in the stacks of 85,000 student
records kept in the walk-in safe in the east campus administration building.



Modesto Bee 9/10/01
Editorial: Judicial squabble highlights privacy concerns at work
http://www.modbee.com/opinion/story/807043p-867810c.html

If Big Brother isn't watching, the boss probably is. According to the
Privacy Foundation, about a third of online employees are subject to
continuous surveillance of their Internet use and e-mail at work, and many
more get their computer use snooped on from time to time. Ironically,
privacy intrusions in the workplace have lately become most controversial
when applied to the people who will have perhaps the most say about how much
privacy other workers will enjoy: federal judges.


Modesto Bee 9/10/01
Protect yourself online
http://www.modbee.com/technology/story/807056p-867857c.html

by J.N. Sbranti
Here are some do's and don'ts for protecting your privacy online, suggested
by Brian Relleva, who manages PerfectlyPrivate.com:
Don't assume your surfing activities are anonymous. Sites track you by your
computer's unique Internet address.



News24 9/10/01
New domains inch towards the net
http://news.24.com/News24/Technology/Infotech/0,1113,2-13-45_1077705,00.html

by Andy Sullivan
Reuters
Uruguay - Six new internet suffixes will get the green light to join the
likes of .com by November, a top official of the internet's
standards-setting body said on Sunday, bringing to a close a yearlong
process beset by lawsuits, allegations of trademark fraud, and thousand-page
contracts.


ZDNET news 9/11/01
Code Blue rears up in Asia
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2811812,00.html?chkpt=zdnn_nbs
_hl

by Rachel Lebihan
Code Blue is making itself cosy in Australia, kicking its red emissary out
of the loop and doing its own thing in the world of worm propagation. Code
Blue is a more virulent strain of the Code Red virus, protecting itself from
other versions of the worm and reinfecting servers previously infected by
its Code Red predecessor, according to Glenn Miller, MD of security software
specialist Janteknology.


Austin American Statesman 9/11/01
Civil, Bankruptcy case files may go federal Web site
http://www.austin360.com/statesman/editions/tuesday/news_16.html

by Kate Coscarelli
Newark Star-Ledger
America's federal courts could be heading into cyberspace.
The Judicial Conference of the United States -- the top policy-making body
of the nation's federal courts -- is meeting today in Washington to decide
whether civil and bankruptcy case files will be put online.


Bankrate 9/12/01
Are you ready for a disaster?
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/special/20010508a.asp

(lots of links within this story)



Rocky Mountain News 9/11/01
Court opens files to cops
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/state/article/0,1299,DRMN_21_821583,00
.html

by Ann Imse
The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday opened the door for police and
prosecutors to demand medical records from personnel files, including
psychological exams and tests for illegal drugs.
"Red alert," said chief deputy public defender David Wymore. "I think it is
of great concern to every citizen."


West Virginia Gazette 9/12/01
Accessibility to birth records in works
http://www.wvgazette.com/news/Other+News/2001091220/

AP
A widespread effort by West Virginia's child support agency to go electronic
will soon include groundbreaking access to birth records.
Within a month, workers in the state's Bureau for Child Support Enforcement
will have online access to birth records so they can more quickly determine
paternity in child support cases.


IT World 9/12/01
Gartner offers free disaster help
http://www.itworld.com/Tech/2987/IDG010912gartner/

by Joris Evers
The attack on the U.S. has moved market research firm Gartner Inc. to make
its library of research available to all for free and schedule public
conference calls on disaster recovery, security and business continuity
planning.


Albany Democrat-Herald 9/11/01
INS audit removes about 800 workers
http://dhonline.com/2001/dhonline_news_0911/regional/dhregional-04.html

AP
PORTLAND (AP) - More than 800 service industry workers in the Portland area
will lose their jobs after a federal immigration audit found they lacked
legal work papers, officials said Monday.
Hundreds of laid-off immigrants are expected to march through downtown
Portland on Tuesday to protest the firings.


Library Technology 9/01
Where does e-mail rank in the library world?
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/librarylink/technology/

by D. Scott Brandt

A year ago this author argued that the Web frames "our picture of the world,
but e-mail makes the world go 'round." (Brandt, 2000) Whether you love it or
hate it, e-mail has invaded the library world, and it is probably here to
stay. About 15 years ago if an academic librarian asked for an e-mail
account to converse with faculty, she was told that, "E-mail ranks that far
(thumb and finger a centimetre apart) above games and is a waste of
university computing resources!"



Union-News 9/12/01
Selectmen declare minutes inaccurate
http://www.masslive.com/newsindex/holyoke/index.ssf?/news/pstories/me912bri.
html

by Kim Ring
BRIMFIELD - Selectmen spent about an hour this week going over minutes from
three previous meetings after one board member said the typewritten
documents were so inaccurate that they should not be released publicly.



Canoe.ca 9/12/01
Ottawa-based software, Web developer JetForm changes name to Accelio
http://www.canoe.ca/MoneyNewsTechnology/sept12_jetformname-cp.html

CP
OTTAWA (CP) -- Shareholders of JetForm Corp. (Quote|Profile) approved the
change of its name to Accelio Corp. starting next week, a move that the
company said reflects the evolution of its business.
"Accelio is very different from the company that opened its doors in 1982,"
Kevin Francis, the company's president and chief executive, said in a
release.

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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