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RAIN 11/05: Weekend Update Part 3



There are 12 stories in this posting.

Govexec.com 11/02/01
Goals of open government, cybersecurity in conflict
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1101/110201nj1.htm

by Neil Munro
National Journal
Everybody agrees that both open government and cybersecurity are generally good things. But pursuing the two goals at the same time may now prove difficult for the Bush administration.
Open government means efficient information-sharing among government officials across the country, as well as easy access for citizens seeking computerized information in areas such as health care, taxes, and the environment. In contrast, cybersecurity requires barriers: passwords, authorization procedures, background checks and punishment for privacy violators. Over the past two months, President Bush has laid out strategies to pursue each of these divergent goals.


The Herald Journal 11/04/01
Much ado over documents
http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?show=localnews&pnpID=672&NewsID=204644&CategoryID=2271&on=0

by Arrin Brunson
All week long, and until late Friday afternoon, a team of archivists from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints pored over the contents of the Leonard J. Arrington Collection in Utah State University's Special Collections department.
A team of at least two LDS archivists have been a constant presence at USU until Friday morning when the investigation was stepped up. Four men and one woman, all dressed casually in slacks, worked steadily throughout the day, taking notes, conversing only with each other and declining to speak to a reporter.



New York Daily News 11/04/01
Art world scandal heads to court
http://www.nydailynews.com/2001-11-04/News_and_Views/Crime_File/a-130870.asp

by Heidi Evan
When most people think of the rarefied world of auction houses, what comes to mind are the trinkets of the rich and famous - the fake pearls of Jackie O that fetched $211,500, the worldly possessions of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor or Princess Diana's gowns.
But truth be told, the $4 billion auction business, long dominated by Sotheby's and Christie's, is driven by what the cognoscenti call the three D's - death, divorce and debt. Now, in a Manhattan trial set to begin Thursday, a fourth D - deceit - will be on display.



AP 11/04/01
Historian's database of Louisiana Africans now available on Web
http://www.nola.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?n3824_BC_LA--SlaveDatabase&&news&newsflash-louisiana

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A database of Africans in Louisiana from 1719 to 1820 has been made easier to use and is now on the Internet.
Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, a New Orleans historian, author and professor emeritus of history at Rutgers University, released a database of "Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy 1719-1820" in March 2000.
However, it needed special software that was not readily available to the public. Many people who did get it had problems using it.
Hall joined with the Center for the Public Domain and ibiblio.org, a collaboration of Center for the Public Domain and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to make the information more easily available.



Texas Lawyer 11/05/01
PDA security is essential for portable practices
http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=law/View&c=Article&cid=ZZZV36H3GTC&live=true&cst=1&pc=0&pa=0&s=News&ExpIgnore=true&showsummary=0

by Mitchel L. Winick
The effective use of your professional time is one key to a more profitable practice. The daily routine of many lawyers includes time wasted in reception areas, delayed or canceled meetings, courtroom hallways, traffic, airports, taxis and other out-of-the-office venues. How many times do you find yourself saying, "I don't have that with me, but as soon as I get back to the office ... ?"



St. Petersburg Times 11/04/01
Sunshine laws remain intact - so far
http://www.sptimes.com/News/110401/Perspective/Sunshine_Laws_remain_.shtml

by Diane Roberts
As of today, Florida's citizens still have the right to know what their government is up to. Open government laws are still intact and the public still has access to records. As of today, sunshine still illuminates most of the dark corners of the state Capitol.
Tomorrow, however, conditions may get cloudier.
The special legislative session, an unedifying spectacle of brinkmanship and hissy fits, has ended in Tallahassee. House Speaker Tom Feeney and Senate President John McKay were so busy trading tantrums that lawmakers flounced out of town without seriously wounding Florida's civil liberties, progressive public records laws and tradition of open government.



Standard-Register 11/01/01
Hill Aerospace Museum to reopen doors
http://www.standard.net/standard/news/news_story.html?sid=00011101002038136100+cat=news+template=news1.html

by Cathy McKitrick
HILL AIR FORCE BASE -- A top tourist attraction in Utah and symbol of America's freedom and air power, the Hill Aerospace Museum, will reopen Wednesday -- with beefed up security.
"The world changed on Sept. 11," said Maj. David Beecroft, the 75th Air Base Wing commander who oversees the Museum.
After the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, the Museum closed, reopened for a couple of weeks in September, and then shut down again.



Dallas Morning News 11/04/01
Part detective, part trapper
http://www.dallasnews.com/business/stories/STORY.e9f11d3524.b0.af.0.a4.c2e0f.html

by Doug Bedell
Vincent Weafer is summoned to do detective work at all hours. His wife and three children have learned to live with his post-midnight scrambles, set off by frantic phone calls to their Southern California home from remote global outposts.
Within minutes, Mr. Weafer must gather his slight frame and extraordinary expertise, race to his computer, and devise strategies that fend off international havoc.
Such is the life of a virus hunter.



Salt Lake Tribune 110/04/01
Arrington papers should remain open, archivists for church, USU can sort out disputes
http://www.sltrib.com/11042001/commenta/145500.htm

by Dean May
Recently the Historical Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints challenged the Utah State University Special Collections Library's control of portions of the Leonard J. Arrington papers, left to the USU Library in Arrington's estate and opened Oct. 11 for scholarly research. Handling of the matter by the parties involved has caused some to question the integrity of Leonard J. Arrington.
Arrington was a founder of the Mormon History Association, and a prominent and much honored historian and mentor to a generation of scholars. As current president of the Mormon History Association and as a professional historian I feel it is imperative to address some of the issues raised. I write, however, as an individual expressing my own views.



Editorial: The Arrington Flap
http://www.sltrib.com/11042001/opinion/opinion.htm

The emissaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who recently descended upon Utah State University and demanded the school turn over all the source materials donated by the late historian Leonard Arrington do neither themselves nor the church they represent good service. They demand the university return 126 boxes of materials -- diaries, papers, books and other items -- on grounds that they are the rightful property of the church





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