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RAIN 10/26: E-mail, Tenana and 'mousetraps'



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Mail & Guardian 10/25/01
Truth Commission papers moved amid tight security
http://allafrica.com/stories/200110250644.html

by Marianne Merten
Tens of thousands of documents accumulated by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) since 1995 are making their way from Cape Town to the national archives in Pretoria.
If all document files were lined up, the paper trail would stretch 3km.


Amarillo Globe-News 10/25/01
Pantex pulls documents from public
http://www.amarillonet.com/stories/102501/new_pantex1.shtml

by Jim McBride
Pantex officials, citing security concerns, removed boxes of unclassified public documents Wednesday from the Pantex Plant Citizens Advisory Board's Amarillo office.
Plant officials also have quietly cleaned out once-public documents and reports from Energy Department public reading rooms in Amarillo and Panhandle.
Late Wednesday afternoon, DOE officials and BXWT Pantex employees in tan coveralls carted out document boxes to a white truck outside the downtown advisory board office.



InfoWorld 10/24/01
Anthrax mail threat may spur acceptance of online delivery alternatives
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/10/24/011024hnemail.xml

by Cathleen Moore
AS THE ONGOING threat of anthrax injects fear and danger into the circulation of physical mail, online delivery alternatives such as e-mail and secure document delivery applications are garnering a second look from businesses and government agencies seeking reliable and safe ways to communicate with customers and partners.
Recent occurrences of Anthrax-laced mail have given organizations a new reason to re-examine the existing benefits of e-mail and secure online delivery services, such as cost savings and convenience, according to Dana Gardner, research director at Aberdeen Group, in Boston. "Now is the time to re-evaluate the benefits of securely delivered e-mail," Gardner said.



InfoWorld 10/17/01
Anthrax threat: E-mail to displace paper mail? Not likely
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/10/17/011017hnemailalt.xml

by Paul Krill
ALTHOUGH DOZENS OF congressional staffers have tested positive for anthrax and dozens more are being tested because of paper mail-based attacks, observers do not expect e-mail will displace the more traditional form of correspondence.
"The historical inertia of paper is a juggernaut. It's extremely difficult to change standard forms of interaction with people," said Jason Catlett, president of Green Brook, N.J.-Junkbusters, which provides assistance services to combat direct marketing intrusions, be they of the electronic or paper variety.



New York Times 10/25/01
Alaska ice contest help scientists
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Ice-Contest-Climate.html

AP
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- For 84 years, winter-weary Alaskans have amused themselves every spring by placing bets on when the ice on the Tanana River will break up. Now those years of data have helped climate researchers conclude that spring is arriving earlier.
The study by Stanford University scientists in Friday's issue of the journal Science relied on records from the Nenana Ice Classic, an annual guessing game held in the community 230 miles north of Anchorage.
The contest was started in 1917 by engineers building a railroad bridge over the Tanana. Because ice halted construction, the idle engineers bided their time by placing bets on when the ice would break up.



BBC News 10/24/01
Consumers 'unaware' of info rights
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_1616000/1616972.stm

Most people are unaware that they have rights of access to personal information held on them by companies and public-sector organisations, according to a new survey.
Nearly three in four know that they have some rights over what happens to their personal details.
But almost one-third do not know what those rights are and as many as two thirds would not know what to do if they had a complaint about information held about them.
The poll, by the National Consumer Council (NCC), coincides with new data protection legislation, which comes into effect on 24 October.



BBC News 10/24/01
E-mail law 'threat to business'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_1617000/1617323.stm

by Alex Ritson
Proposed new anti-terrorist legislation in Britain is expected to make it easier for the police to monitor e-mails and internet use.
But one week after the measures were outlined by Home Secretary David Blunkett, concern is growing about the potential cost to business.
One suggestion is that e-mail records could be stored for a year, which the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) warns could be "cripplingly expensive", wasting hundreds of man-hours.



The Courier-Journal 10/24/01
Horse-racing library gets new quarters at Keeneland
http://www.courier-journal.com/business/news2001/10/24/bu102401s92340.htm

by Kirsten Haukebo
LEXINGTON -- For years, the research library at Keeneland race track has been a popular destination for writers and historians, bloodstock analysts, genealogists and racing fans.
There they could unearth fascinating tidbits about legendary racehorses such as Man O'War and Citation, bone up on bloodlines, or find out if Uncle Walt really was a trainer in California in the 1940s.
The library has been tucked away in a corner of the clubhouse, but in a few months it will move to much bigger quarters in a new building on Keeneland's grounds. The move will bring together a vast collection of racing information and artifacts and will cement the library's position as the world's premier thoroughbred archive.



Florida Today 10/24/01
Senate tightens access to records
http://www.floridatoday.com/news/local/stories/2001/oct/loc102501k.htm

by Paige St. John
TALLAHASSEE - Through secret meetings, secret files, and secret arrests, Florida leaders are quickly cutting a new road to public protection.
Two Senate committees voted Wednesday on proposals that would allow state police investigating terrorism threats to temporarily seal public records and would allow legislative committees considering anti- terrorism measures to meet behind closed doors.
Another bill approved Tuesday would allow witnesses in terrorism investigations to be held four days without a public hearing.



New York Times 10/25/01
In courtroom in Texas, Engrossing bit of history
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/25/national/25RANC.html

by Ross E. Milloy
EDINBURG, Tex., Oct. 24 - The book on a most absorbing corner of Texas history was perhaps closed for good this evening when a state district jury in this dusty city just north of the Mexican border delivered a unanimous civil verdict favoring the defendant, a charitable trust.
Each morning for 17 days, nuns and priests had filed into an exhibit- filled courtroom here, greeted each other amicably in Spanish and watched the trial, in which they were adversaries. Some were suing to reclaim the inheritance of an ancestor who, they said, was cheated out of it more than a century ago. The others sided with the trust, which gives millions of dollars a year to Roman Catholic charities.



Business Intelligence 10/11/01
Document vs Content Management, like fishing in a swimming pool
http://businessintelligence.ittoolbox.com/news/dispnews.asp?i=54813

by Tom Kuhr
Calling 'document management' 'content management' is a noble attempt to bring outdated architectures into a new, rapidly growing market segment.
The thing is, it's not growing because companies want to pay to manage documents they put into a proprietary system - it's growing because they want to manage the content that is distributed throughout their enterprise. The last thing content management systems should do is duplicate content, and that's exactly what some document management companies are doing.



Florida Times-Union 10/25/01
Senate changes rule to allow secret meetings - but not votes
http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/apnews/stories/102501/D7FC7HS80.html

by Jackie Hallifax
AP
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The Senate will be able to hold secret committee meetings to talk about security, but lawmakers' votes will remain open to the public under rules the chamber adopted Thursday.
Under the rules, meetings could be closed to handle anti-terrorism measures or bills related to espionage or acts of sabotage.
"Hopefully, we'll never have to invoke it," Senate President John McKay said.



Lake Powell Chronicle 10/25/01
Records manipulated at high school
http://www.zwire.com/news/newsstory.cfm?newsid=2543624&title=Records%20manipulated%20at%20high%20school&BRD=1196&PAG=461&CATNAME=Top%20Stories&CATEGORYID=410

by Seth Muller
School officials have agreed to launch an investigation into apparent tampering of high school records, which includes signs of altered grades and absences.
Page High School attendance and transcript clerks approached Principal Randy Rockhold earlier this month when they spotted the suspected tampering. Rockhold took the information to Superintendent Greg Conway and he and others gathered information and conducted some interviews.


Managing Information 10/2001
Global Information and Records Management
http://www.managinginformation.com/globalinformation.htm

by Elspeth Scott
The September issue of Managing Information announced that Elspeth Scott had been appointed Director of Global Information and Records Management within GlaxoSmithKline plc. In this article, Elspeth talks in more detail about the formation of this new group, its role and objectives.
The merger of two big companies offers huge opportunities - and, of course, some attendant threats too. For me, it has provided the opportunity of a lifetime - the chance to help ensure that this new company, GlaxoSmithKline plc, manages information in such a way that it realises all the benefits that good practice can bring and mitigates the risks associated with poor management of information. In this article I'd like to talk about why I believe that the formation of a group responsible for ensuring a global approach to the management of information is important not only for our profession, but for businesses everywhere. I also want to consider how we propose to deliver value.



USA Today 10/24/01
'Mousetraps' deluge Web surfers
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/2001/10/24/2001-10-24-mousetrap.htm

by Greg Wright
Gannett News Service
You're researching a school paper on the Civil War and want to visit Encyclopedia Britannica's Web site. But your stiff fingers type www.bitannica.com, not www.britannica.com.
Instead of the Battle of Gettysburg, a pop-up advertisement about gambling appears. When you try to escape using the Web browser back button, an endless stream of ads about psychic readings and pornography flood the screen. You've just been mousetrapped - probably by alleged mousetrapping kingpin John Zuccarini.



News-Observer 10/25/01
NC tightens rules for pesticide sales records
http://www.newsobserver.com/ncwire/news/Story/832252p-821659c.html

AP
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Effective Nov. 1, North Carolina pesticide dealers must begin keeping records of all restricted-use pesticide sales under a recently approved emergency provision by the N.C. Pesticide Board.
The rule change was in response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and concerns about the use of biological or chemical agents as weapons.
Agriculture Commissioner Meg Scott Phipps urged agribusiness owners to remain diligent in their security efforts to prevent theft and unauthorized access to pesticides and application equipment stored at their facilities.



Florida Times-Union 10/25/01
Security measures too much, too soon?
http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/102501/met_7645147.html

by Thomas B. Pfankuch
TALLAHASSEE -- A sense of patriotism has guided most Florida lawmakers as they consider a wide-ranging package of measures to tighten statewide security, expand police powers and restrict public access to some records and meetings.
And at first glance it seems reasonable that the state would increase security and tighten public records laws in the wake of the Sept. 11 terror attacks and the ongoing anthrax scare. Their goal is to make it harder for terrorists to train or carry out deadly acts in Florida while also making it easier for police to catch them.



PDF Zone 10/24/2001
Should PDF replace direct mail?
http://www.pdfzone.com/news/100803.html

Implementing e-signatures for electronic documents in place of paper documents starts looking downright appealing in a time when bioterrorists use the mails for their unthinkable attacks. Businesses who hitherto preferred paper as ironclad proof of legal agreements and disdained bits and bytes for their contracts are now rethinking their positions.


ABC News 10/24/01
Six-foot soap sculpture of Uncle Sam carved as gift to American history museum
http://www.abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/ap20011024_1340.html

AP
(AP) A six-foot head of Uncle Sam was carved in soap Wednesday inside the main entrance of the National Museum of American History.
The sculpture was commissioned by Procter & Gamble Co. as it made a donation of 120 years worth of Ivory soap advertisements to an effort by the museum to compile a record of U.S. ad history.
Sculptor Gary Lawrence Sussman labored for seven hours, achieving an image akin to Uncle Sam's stern "I want you" from the World War I recruiting poster by James Montgomery Flagg.



St. Louis American 10/25/01
State's Aftrican American history archive going online, into classrooms
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=2535258&BRD=2207&PAG=461&dept_id=444751&rfi=6

by Marcus Ma'at Atkins
JEFFERSON CITY -- The state's rich African-American history will find its way into more educational settings, following Secretary of State Matt Blunt's directive that the Missouri State Archives make a new and permanent commitment to black history in Missouri.
Blunt said last week the "archives will begin work immediately," when announcing five steps on the Archives' Initiative.


The Post-Standard 10/25/01
Society fears its collection may soon become history
http://www.syracuse.com/news/syrnewspapers/index.ssf?/newsstories/20011025_nwmarbd.html

by Melissa A. Chadwick
The Marcellus Historical Society is still looking for a location to house its documents and Marcellus memorabilia.
If the society can't raise the$150,000 needed to buy the former Marcellus Pharmacy at 11 E. Main St. the members will need to bring their current location up to code, said Peg Nolan at the village of Marcellus board meeting Monday.



The Chronicle of Higher Education 10/24/01
Court orders Web company to name professor behind 'truth at ULM' site
http://chronicle.merit.edu/free/2001/10/2001102401t.htm

by Scott Carlson
A federal court has ordered a Web-hosting company to reveal the identity of a professor who runs a Web site critical of the administration at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. The order was filed on Monday.
U.S. Magistrate James D. Kirk ordered the company, Homestead Technologies, to give the professor's name to Richard L. Baxter, the university's vice president of external affairs, who filed a motion seeking the information and who is expected to file a defamation suit. Homestead must reveal the name within 30 days.



Wasilla Frontiersman 10/23/01
November trial set for former DMV clerk
http://www.frontiersman.com/archives/index.inn?loc=detail&doc=/2001/October/23-824-news08.txt

by Naomi Klouda
PALMER -- A former clerk for the state Division of Motor Vehicles accused of stealing more than $11,000 in a year-long scam is scheduled to go on trial in November.
Darcy Nina Riley, 28, of Wasilla, faces one count of felony second-degree theft. Her attorney asked for more time Friday to prepare for trial. Anchorage attorney Scott Dattan, appearing telephonically, said he asked the DMV for Riley's employment records, but they had not yet been sent to him.




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