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RAIN 10/23: UK retention requirement, out of space, DPA



There are 20 stories in this posting.

BBC 10/22/01
Medical files saved from fire
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/england/newsid_1613000/1613853.stm

Firefighters and staff at a doctors' surgery in Cornwall have saved thousands of medical files after the surgery was hit by an arson attack.
The fire, at the Trescobeas surgery in Falmouth, started in a wheelie bin on Sunday afternoon.
More than 40 firefighters and six appliances put out the fire.



Memphis Business Journal 10/22/01
Blueprint firm revolutionizes plan exchange
http://memphis.bcentral.com/memphis/stories/2001/10/22/story7.html

by Tara Milligan
Plan Express is changing the way architects, engineers and contractors nationwide look at blueprints.
The Memphis company has taken the traditional method of printing and distributing building plans and made the process more cost efficient and convenient with the help of delivery giant FedEx, the Internet and digital technology.
And company founder Dewayne Adamson says he can capture a significant portion of the $6 billion reprographics market with his unique concept, which offers more than just printing services.



Denver Business Journal 10/22/01
Bookseller defends customers' liberties
http://denver.bcentral.com/denver/stories/2001/10/22/story5.html

by L. Wayne Hicks
A question will finally be decided in the case of Joyce Meskis -- was she right or wrong?
Colorado Supreme Court justices will listen to arguments Dec. 5 in the Meskis case. Meskis, owner of the Tattered Cover bookstores in Cherry Creek and lower downtown Denver, last year refused to honor a search warrant.
The warrant sought records of a customer suspected of making methamphetamines. Police found books about making the drug in a home where a suspect and several other people lived, and a shipping label from the Tattered Cover in a trash can. Police want to connect the books to the suspect.



Newsbytes 10/22/01
British govt to ask ISPs to hold user data for 12 months
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/171351.html

by Steve Gold
The British Home Office has outlined proposals that Internet carriers must keep records of their users' activities for at least 12 months.
Currently, Internet service providers (ISPs) in the U.K. must keep basic data records for at least 48 hours, to assist police when a court order has been obtained.
The new proposals, put forward by the British Home Office late last week, greatly increase the amount of data required, as well as the length of time the data needs to be retained.



Buffalo News 10/22/01
As funds run dry, archives run out of space
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20011022/1048180.asp

by Brian Meyer
Buffalo is running out of space to store tens of thousands of records that date from the 1830s, and the head of the city's records-management program warns of major problems unless a new storage facility is found.
But public works officials say that a building records storage center would cost up $2 million, money the cash-strapped city is hard-pressed to find in light of other capital projects that are currently in limbo.
City Clerk Charles L. Michaux III sent a memo to the Common Council warning that unless more space is identified soon, about $1 million will be needed to microfilm or digitize records that are currently in storage.



Washington Business Journal 10/22/01
DHCD: 'A total mess'
http://washington.bcentral.com/washington/stories/2001/10/22/story1.html

by Thomas C Hall
A new audit of District-owned property reveals gross mismanagement, failure to collect millions of dollars in rent and missing financial records.
The audit paints a startling picture of the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD), the city's lead economic development agency. It was commissioned by the National Capital Revitalization Corp. (NCRC), which is assuming control of the city's surplus property.
Determining exactly which District properties the city owns, however, proved challenging. NCRC discovered that for the past 10 years, DHCD has kept few records, has not enforced leases for city-owned property, and neglected to monitor development agreements.



Dallas Morning News10/22/01
Personal Finance: Getting your affairs in order
http://www.dallasnews.com/business/stories/STORY.e9b23e4212.b0.af.0.a4.5eabf.html

by Pamela Yip
For many, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks brought home a heightened sense of mortality.
And as hard as it is to undertake, you need to ensure that your family has a detailed map of how to settle your affairs after your death.
"It brings to mind to people that life is short and that even younger people need to have a will, the medical documents and general powers of attorney in order to protect their family and to ensure that their property will be handled and distributed the way they want," says Susan Finnell, a partner and estate planning attorney at Geary, Porter & Donovan in Dallas.



Gainesville Sun 10/22/01
Old records stir new interest
http://www.sunone.com/articles/2001-10-22b.shtml

by Karen Voyles
BRONSON - Way down in a back corner of the basement of the Levy County Courthouse are the details of how the county's pioneers settled their disputes, who they married and what the ears on their cattle and hogs looked like. There are also records on who was honorably discharged from the military as far back as World War I, articles of incorporation for most of the county's towns, and details on plans to form a home guard during times of war in foreign lands.
Until recently, just finding the books holding those records was difficult in the cramped storage rooms. Now an effort is being made to preserve and protect the records and maybe even place them on the Internet.



Contra Costa Times 10/22/01
Keeping records can help in disaster
http://www.contracostatimes.com/biztech/stories_business/o22volunteers_20011022.htm

by Eileen Alt Powell
AP
NEW YORK -- Scores of professional associations and private companies have been reaching out to families of victims of the World Trade Center attacks, offering free services to help them put their lives back in order.



Business First of Louisville 10/22/01
Magistrate finds Pizza Magia withheld documents
http://louisville.bcentral.com/louisville/stories/2001/10/22/story5.html

by Cynthia Eagles
A federal magistrate has ruled that Pizza Magia International LLC deliberately misrepresented whether it was complying with a judge's order in a federal trademark lawsuit brought by Papa John's International Inc.
U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge James D. Moyer did not say what action the court should take against Pizza Magia for its actions. Moyer wrote in his ruling that "a later order will address the appropriate remedy." Through his secretary, he declined to comment further.



The Daily Review 10/22/01
Public data should be left on Internet
http://www.dailyreview-ang.com/S-ASP-BIN/REF/Index.ASP?PUID=132&Indx=1162266

by John Moran
Hartford Courant
The war on terrorism has only begun, yet we're already seeing collateral damage on the public's right to know.
In the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, several government and business organizations rushed to pull information from their Web sites.
Among the data no longer available online are maps for various utility pipelines, a report on the dangers of chemical plant terrorism and a listing of security violations at U.S. airports.



Christian Science Monitor 10/23/01
Recording the voices of struggle
http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/1023/p11s1-leca.html

by Stacy A. Teicher
STORRS, CONN. - When Nelson Mandela walked out of prison after 27 years, the world cheered. Amii Omara-Otunnu cheered, too - and got right to work.
On that day in 1990, the former political refugee from Uganda started focusing on one goal: to help preserve the story of the prolonged movement he had joined to overturn apartheid in South Africa. What captured his imagination was not simply the need to correct and supplement the official records kept by whites, but to "make a living reality of [the] struggle."



St. Petersburg Times 10/22/01
Editorial: Don't rush on secrecy
http://www.sptimes.com/News/102201/Opinion/Don_t_rush_on_secrecy.shtml

Some in law enforcement are responding to the Sept. 11 attacks in ways that would weaken Florida's open-government laws. The move is as troubling as it is self-defeating. Florida has many security problems, but open records are not among them. Indeed, access to records since the attacks has given the public valuable insight into where and how to strengthen state and national security systems.



The Business Journal (Tampa Bay) 10/22/01
Editorial: Sunshine law not the problem
http://tampabay.bcentral.com/tampabay/stories/2001/10/22/editorial1.html

Most of us remember the warning about the guy who comes to your front door and announces, "Hi, I'm from the government, and I'm here to help."
Often that translates to: "Keep your mouth shut and your checkbook open."
As the Florida Legislature gathers in special session, one issue it wants to address is "our" safety, yes, "public" safety. And with that comes a move to use the special session for cutting the Florida budget by about $1.5 billion by gutting the Florida Open Records laws, our "public" records.



The Pueblo Chieftain 10/22/01
Web of knowledge
http://www.chieftain.com/monday/news/index/article/6

by Gayle Perez
University of Southern Colorado students soon will be able to register for classes with the click of a mouse.
Beginning Monday, senior students will be the first to try out the university's new online registration system as part of the university's early spring registration. Juniors will be able to register on Tuesday.
"We're going to use the juniors and seniors as a pilot group to see how it works," said David Niccoli, information technology services manager. "We'll then do a Web survey to get the students' opinion about the process."



The Register 10/22/01
Is Wednesday the end for Web bugs and dodgy cookies
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/22399.html

by Kieren McCarthy
This Wednesday (24 October), the second transitional period of the Data Protection Act takes effect in the UK, meaning that companies are required by law to provide all the personal data they store on anyone, if that person requests it.
This has far-reaching implications for all UK businesses but more significantly (from our perspective anyway) it means all UK Web sites, Web sites with servers based in the UK, and companies that have cookies or Web bugs on UK Web sites will have to review their approach if they are not to fall foul of the new law.



The Salt Lake Tribune 10/22/01
Audits tied to secrecy
http://www.sltrib.com/10222001/utah/142258.htm

by Dan Harrie
In a court of law, defendants have a right to face their accusers.
But the Utah Legislature follows different rules: Lawmakers' identities are kept secret when they seek audits of government agencies suspected of wrongdoing or mismanage- ment.
Legislative Auditor General Wayne Welsh said the blanket confidentiality policy, imposed this summer, is needed to protect the integrity of investigations.



Seattle Times 10/22/01
First governor's papers hit auction block
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/134357206_stevens22m.html

by Nicholas K. Geranios
AP
SPOKANE - The name Isaac Stevens doesn't concern most Washingtonians once they leave high school. But the diminutive soldier and politician was a huge figure in the early days of Washington Territory.
On Thursday, a collection of historical documents and artifacts related to Stevens will be sold by a San Francisco auction house.
The collection is estimated to sell for $60,000 to $100,000, said Ed Nolan, head of special collections for the Washington State Historical Society in Tacoma.



Seattle Times 10/22/01
Police report access often denied
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/134357263_rightpolice220.html

by Paul Queary
AP
The terse language of police incident reports echoes through American life.
The rough outlines of crimes form the skeleton of stories broadcast by the smallest local radio stations and printed in the largest national newspapers.
In many places, they're rolled into daily summaries of criminal activity - popular "police-blotter" features where readers avidly catch up on the sins and suffering of their neighbors. They're also a resource for people who want to know about crime in their neighborhoods and how police are responding to it.



Wired 10/22/01
Software scours Holocaust records
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,47584,00.html

by Kendra Mayfield
The voices are muddled with thick, emotional accents, revealing both tragic and heroic eyewitness accounts from thousands of Holocaust survivors and witnesses.
But while these videotaped tracks are imperfect, they are invaluable to historians and generations to come.
Researchers from Johns Hopkins University, IBM and the University of Maryland are developing speech recognition software to allow historians and scholars to search through more than 51,000 video interviews from Holocaust survivors, witnesses and liberators.




Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
pakurilecz@aol.com
Richmond, Va