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RAIN 11/05: Weekend Update Part 2



There are 11 stories in this posting.

Contra Costa Times 11/02/01
District investigates confidentiality issues
http://www.contracostatimes.com/community/brentwood/stories/busd_20011102.htm

by Kelli A. Phillips
BRENTWOOD -- A student's personal records were sent to two other families, breaking state confidentiality laws, in the latest misstep of the city's elementary school district in connection with its special education program.
The Brentwood Union School District completed an internal investigation into its special education department last week and attached in its findings copies of paperwork from one student's file, which included information on his medical condition and educational abilities.



Morning Journal News 11/02/01
BWD workers uninformed about state law
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=2587311&BRD=2131&PAG=461&dept_id=363764&rfi=6

by Jo Ann Bobby Gilbert and Jeff Martin
WELLSVILLE - Workers at the Buckeye Water District apparently have been given instructions for disseminating public records that appear to be contrary to Ohio law.
The Journal received reports this week that citizens were being required to submit written requests for copies of a "history" about the performance of former district Manager Steve Polen written by BWD board member Charles Allison and Polen's responses.



National Post 11/02/01
Harris government fighting release of Ipperwash affidavits to protect privacy
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/newswire/story.html?f=/news/newswire/stories/20011102/national-716024.html

by Colin Perkel
Canadian Press
TORONTO (CP) - The Ontario government is fighting the release of several sworn affidavits related to the killing of a native protester at Ipperwash Provincial Park.
In a letter to the province's information commission made public Friday, a government lawyer said she will be asking the courts to block the release of the documents. "My client is very anxious that the stay be granted," lawyer Sara Blake wrote to assistant information commissioner Tom Mitchinson.
Blake offered no reasons for her request.



New York Times 11/03/01
Microsoft admits 'e-Wallet' flaw
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Microsoft-Hackers.html

AP
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. (news/quote) is making repairs after acknowledging that its ``Passport'' technology for safeguarding purchases on the Internet has a serious design flaw that might have allowed hackers to steal credit card numbers and personal information.
Microsoft said 2 million customers use the vulnerable ``e-wallet'' feature of Passport, and there was no evidence of actual theft. The company temporarily shut down access to virtual wallets Wednesday, inconveniencing buyers at roughly 70 e-commerce Web sites that support the technology, called ``Express Purchase.''


New York Times 11/02/01
Cyber Law Journal: Ruling sets stage for e-mail trial
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/02/technology/02CYBERLAW.html

by Carl S. Kaplan
Earlier this week the United States Supreme Court declined to review a Seattle case involving a state's ability to enforce its own Internet law in borderless cyberspace.
As a practical matter, the decision set the stage for what's sure to be an interesting trial in Washington's King County later this year. Jason Heckel, an entrepreneur from Salem, Oregon, has been accused by Washington's attorney general of sending unsolicited commercial e-mail in violation of a local law designed to prevent such "spamming."
But the impact of the high court's action might have wider implications, lawyers say -- though how much is a matter of debate.


Detroit Free Press 11/02/01
Southfield's city clerk sued over election data
http://www.freep.com/news/locoak/korn3_20011103.htm

by Marsha Low
Southfield City Clerk Nancy Banks is again under fire. A lawsuit filed Friday alleges that she wrongly denied access to documents from the Nov. 2, 1999, general election requested under the Freedom of Information Act.
The suit, filed by Warren lawyer Stephen Korn on his own behalf, was assigned Friday to Oakland County Circuit Judge Nanci Grant.
Korn is represented by his father, Monte Korn, but handled the filing of the suit himself. In the suit, he asks for access to information, including absentee ballots, from the 1999 election. He also asks that documents from the election be protected from destruction.



The Nation 11/04/01
UN in plan to improve land records
http://allafrica.com/stories/200111040021.html

by Stephen Mburu
The United Nations has embarked on an ambitious programme meant to help curb corruption at land offices in Kenya.
The computerisation programme of land offices, by the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), means the major problems including cases of "missing" files may become history.



Billings Gazette 11/04/01
Viewing Net porn not illegal, JP says
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?section=local&display=content/local/60-netporn.inc

AP
GREAT FALLS (AP) - Cascade County Justice of the Peace Mike Smartt said Friday that he regrets viewing pornographic Internet images at work, but emphasized viewing was in the privacy of his office and he broke no law.
Smartt also gave an elaborate account of an evening spent with a man in Sidney last year. He denied the man's charges that Smartt propositioned him and later broke into his house and groped him.
The statements came on the second and final day of a Judicial Standards Commission hearing on two misconduct charges against Smartt.



Chicago Tribune 11/04/01
Fraud, ID theft finance terror
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-0111040274nov04.story?coll=chi%2Dnews%2Dhed

by Todd Lighty and Ray Gibson
As the U.S. government moves to choke the financial network of terrorists and their supporters, law-enforcement authorities are focusing on a growing and seemingly easy source of money for terrorists: credit card fraud.
Suspected terrorist cells operating in the United States, Canada and Europe have employed a variety of scams to steal millions of dollars from credit card companies. They then use the proceeds to support their activities and to funnel money to Middle East terrorist groups, according to congressional testimony, court records and FBI interviews with a known terrorist.



Yomiuri Shimbun 11/04/01
Edo find may rewrite history of Arao bridge
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20011105wo61.htm

A long-lost document suggesting the Iwamoto Bashi bridge in Arao, Kumamoto Prefecture, was built in the Edo period (1603-1868) has been discovered. Now, education authorities may have to rewrite records that state the stone bridge dates from the Meiji era.


The Wall Street Journal - Sunday 11/04/01
Keeping records safe is essential, but you should have a plan first
http://sunday.wsj.com/articles/SB1004733744392418840.html

by Jeff Opdyke
Keeping vital documents -- from insurance policies to wills -- in a safe and accessible place has become a big concern for many people since Sept. 11.
Yet figuring out what records to keep -- and where -- isn't always easy. Here's a guide.




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