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RAIN 11/26: Weekend Update Part 1



There are 13 stories in this posting.


Boston Globe 11/23/01
After attacks, state agencies trim access to records
http://www.boston.com/dailynews/327/region/After_attacks_state_agencies_t:.shtml

Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) Several state government agencies have begun restricting access to internal records that were easily available before the Sept. 11 attacks.



Associated Press 11/23/01
Few Connecticut state agencies comply with records laws
http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=15407

HARTFORD, Conn. - Only 10 of 68 state agencies were in compliance with Connecticut's Freedom of Information laws when asked for public records earlier this year, a study released on Nov. 19 showed.



Korea Times 11/23/01
Samsung sued for manipulating documents at failed e-business
http://www.korealink.co.kr/kt_tech/200111/t2001112217235745110.htm

by Kim Deok-hyun
A non-governmental organization has filed a lawsuit against the Samsung group in the Seoul District Court for allegedly having manipulated documents before it faces probes on suspicion of illegal trading between subsidiaries.



New Zealand Herald 11/23/01
Doctors: hackers threat to computerized medical files
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=161097&thesection=technology&thesubsection=general

by Francesca Mold
Health reporter
Doctors are worried that the trend towards storing patients' records online makes them vulnerable to computer hackers.



New York Times 11/23/01
Breaking law or principles to give information to U.S.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/23/national/23LIBR.html

by David E. Rosenbaum
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 - When the names and photographs were first released, Kathleen Hensman, a public librarian in Delray Beach, Fla., recognized some of the suspected hijackers in the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon as men who had used the computers in her small library.
She immediately called the police.



New York Times 11/23/01
Cyberspace seen as potential battleground
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/23/technology/23CYBE.html

by John Schwartz
Government officials are warning that cyberattacks are likely as retribution for the United States campaign in Afghanistan, and at the same time, computer security experts are seeing increasingly numerous and more powerful attacks from traditional hackers.



Scoop 11/23/01
Press Release: Legalising documents is cheaper
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0111/S00130.htm

Just when you thought bureaucracy was unrelenting here's the good news. Legalising documents for use overseas has just become cheaper and easier to achieve.



Boston Herald 11/23/01
Terrorist fears pull veil over state agencies
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/americas_new_war/mwra11232001.htm

by Steve Marantz
At least three Massachusetts agencies quietly are restricting access to internal records that were openly available before the terrorist attacks, setting up a test of the state's public records law.
The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority confirmed it no longer will release documents detailing its water-delivery and sewage infrastructure, or emergency response plans, out of concern for potential sabotage.



The Age 11/23/01
Data collection a vital service when disaster strikes
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/2001/11/23/FFXEWDPEBUC.html

by Garry Barker
Technology editor
James Hall knows about terrorism, horror and massive emergencies. He is an expert on sleepless nights and on bringing order out of chaos in one of the most complex cities on earth.



Seattle Times 11/23/01
State's colleges giving student data to federal investigators
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/134369947_college23m.html

by Tan Vinh
Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, federal investigators have contacted a half-dozen colleges around the state, requesting data on foreign students and students in aviation courses.
It's part of a nationwide sweep of campuses that includes at least 220 colleges thus far, according to the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers.



The Times 11/23/01
Farmers urged to 'fake' diaries
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2-2001542761,00.html

by Melissa Kite
Political correspondent
HUNDREDS of farmers have been asked to create post-dated diaries to back up the Government's billion-pound claim for foot-and-mouth compensation from the European Union.



Towson Times 11/20/01
Gaining access to Towson's past
http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?show=localnews&pnpID=659&NewsID=212651&CategoryID=4630&on=0

by Loni Ingraham
Researching the history of Baltimore County and the rest of the state will be easier to do now because Virginia North feels she owes the community something.
The Towson Room on the mezzanine floor of the Towson branch of the Baltimore County Public Library features a Maryland Collection with more than 200 historical reference books, as well as a file of newspaper clippings and other materials.



VNUNET 11/23/01
eBook hacker brought to book
http://www.vnunet.com/News/1127096

by James Middleton
Dmitri Sklyarov, the Russian programmer who broke the encryption on Adobe's eBook software, will be in court on Monday morning for a pretrial hearing.
Sklyarov was arrested this summer at hacker fest, Def Con, for breaching the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). He created a tool that was capable of copying documents protected by Adobe's eBook software, by circumventing the encryption system.





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