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RAIN 11/29: Agro Records, $21.1MM, Student privacy



There are 27 stories in this posting.

Washington Post 11/27/01
Accuracy: Please Wait
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19466-2001Nov26.html

by Sandra G. Boodman
How long does it take to correct misinformation on a state-sponsored Web site about doctors' credentials and disciplinary histories? In Virginia, the answer appears to be months.


Richmond Times Dispatch 11/28/01
10 doctors may face action for data errors
http://www.timesdispatch.com/vametro/MGB6IEJJKUC.html

by Tammie Smith
At least 10 doctors who may have provided incomplete or false information to a state-run physician database could face disciplinary action if an investigation finds they intentionally provided inaccurate data.



Colorado Daily 11/28/01
Electronic election files on horizon
http://www.coloradodaily.com/archives/index.inn?loc=detail&doc=/2001/November/28-540-news01.txt

by Michael A. deYoanna
Citizens for Accurate Mail Ballot Election Results (CAMBER) has filed a written open records request in an attempt to force the Boulder County clerk and recorder to provide all electronic documents associated with the 2001 elections. And while the county clerk and recorder said it would refuse CAMBER's request, it conceded the group can get electronic files if it just waits.



Philadelphia Business Journal 11/28/01
Database may assist in bioterrorism fight
http://philadelphia.bcentral.com/philadelphia/stories/2001/11/26/newscolumn1.html

by Peter Key
One way to help determine whether an outbreak of a disease is bioterrorism or an isolated incident is to look at how often and where it's occurring.
Doing that requires, among other things, a big database of people's medical records, and that's where Siemens Medical Solutions Health Services Corp. comes in.



Denver Post 11/28/01
Library to focus on West's black history
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1002,53%7E242006,00.html

by Karen Rouse
Library volunteer Helen Watts is sorting through a pile of aging black-and-white photographs when she spots a familiar face.
That's 'Dancing with my baby,' " she shouts while reaching for the snapshot of the full-figured black woman with the bobbed hair, swanky dress and devil-may-care attitude.



Jerusalem Post 11/27/01
Treasury launches "on-line" internet platform
http://www.jpost.com/Editions/2001/11/27/Digital/Digital.38911.html

by Tal Musical
November 27th, 20:00--Called the "government mall," Finance Minister Silvan Shalom launched the government's interactive information platform, today, aimed at cutting bureaucratic red tape and enable the public to pay taxes, fines and government payments.
The internet site: www.ecom.gov.il is currently in Hebrew and English, with Arabic Amharic and Russian to be added next year.



Farm Progress 11/28/01
Crop Check is a new online record keeping system
http://www.farmprogress.com/frmp/articleDetail/0,1494,5961+45,00.html

by Rod Swoboda
The North Central Soybean Research Program (NCSRP) announced in mid-November that they are getting ready to launch Crop Check. It will become available for farmers to use beginning Dec. 1, 2001.
Crop Check, an online record keeping system, allows farmers to compare their farming practices with other farmers' practices in the program. Crop Check compares both production and financial records to other participants in a particular county, state or region.


Houston Chronicle 11/26/01
UH law library to get $21 million for flood damage
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/storm2001/1146820

Associated Press
The University of Houston's O'Quinn Law Library will receive $21.4 million in federal funding to replace 174,000 law books and a microfiche storage collection lost in June during flooding from Tropical Storm Allison.



The Times-Picayune 11/28/01
School Board, Davis liable, judge says
Ruling clarified in public records case
http://www.nola.com/archives/t-p/index.ssf?/newsstory/o_records28.html

by Brian Thevenot
Civil District Judge Ethel Simms Julien has clarified her judgment in a lawsuit filed by Orleans Parish School Board critic Sandra Wheeler-Hester, specifically holding liable the board and Chief Executive Officer Al Davis for refusing to provide Wheeler-Hester with public records for several months.


San Francisco Chronicle 11/27/01
Incredibly strange databases
Unusual information collections reveal our digital subconscious
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2001/11/27/datamin.DTL

by Annalee Newitz
Special to SF Gate
The experience of getting a bit too much information about strangers online is nothing new -- after all, the personal homepage is one of the oldest traditions in cyberspace. But a handful of odd and beautiful data collections make it possible to search vast amounts of information about thousands of people's inner lives.



New York Times 11/28/01
Justices hear case on privacy of students
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/28/education/28PRIV.html

by Linda Greenhouse
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 - For 27 years, a federal education law known as the Buckley amendment has been on the books, intended to protect the privacy of students' records, from elementary through graduate school, and shaping aspects of the relationship between parents and schools.



Washington Post 11/28/01
Justices hear school privacy case
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25291-2001Nov27.html

by Charles Lane
The Supreme Court took on the air of a PTA meeting yesterday as the justices heard arguments in a case involving an Oklahoma mother's claim that her children's right to privacy was violated when their grades were read aloud in class by other students.



Las Vegas Review-Journal 11/28/01
Recognition comes for forgotten official
http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/2001/Nov-28-Wed-2001/news/17546104.html

by Frank Geary
Sixty-two years after he was struck by a train, buried in an unmarked grave and forgotten, Frank Clayton on Tuesday got the recognition some say was long overdue.


Miami Herald 11/28/01
Florida takes a step to seal public records in terror case
http://www.miami.com/herald/content/news/local/florida/digdocs/075395.htm

by Lesley Clark
TALLAHASSEE -- State police could secretly petition a judge to seal any public records deemed vital to terrorism investigations under a bill a Senate panel approved Tuesday. The vote touched off a fresh round of criticism of a chamber that has already signed off on holding secret meetings of its own members.



Orlando Sentinel 11/28/01
Senators go for secrecy
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/orl-locvrecords28112801nov28.story?coll=orl-news-headlines

by Bob Mahlburg
TALLAHASSEE -- State senators, arguing the need to fight terrorism, quickly moved to deny the public access to a number of public records, including lists of drugs stockpiled to counteract bioterrorism, arrest records and security precautions at hospitals and government buildings.



Gainesville Sun 11/28/01
Senate bill would limit public access
http://www.gainesvillesun.com/articles/2001-11-28b.shtml

by Lloyd Dunkelberger
TALLAHASSEE - State law enforcement officials could clamp a temporary secrecy lid on any public record under a bill approved Tuesday by a Senate committee.



NewMedia 11/28/01
Search engine optimization for everyone
http://www.newmedia.com/nm-ie.asp?articleID=3228

by Paul J. Bruemmer
Section 508 of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires federal agencies to ensure that all electronic and information technology used is accessible for people with disabilities. This includes Web sites.


One News 11/28/01
More allegations in army row
http://onenews.nzoom.com/news_detail/0,1227,68918-1-8,00.html

Winston Peters is stepping up his demands for the government to sack the head of the army, while also accusing another senior army officer of misusing information from MP Ron Mark's personal file.



ABC News 11/28/01
Oregon man charged with massive identity theft
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/reuters20011128_83.html

by Bruce Olson
Reuters
HILLSBORO, Ore. (Reuters) - Compact discs seized from an Oregon man's home contained private information that could possibly be used to defraud the state's 2.5 million drivers, police said on Tuesday.


The State (South Carolina) 11/28/01
Release of records opposed
http://web.thestate.com/content/columbia/2001/11/28/local/dump28.htm

by Sammy Fretwell
Safety-Kleen Inc. has asked a judge to seal records of a closed criminal investigation involving the company's hazardous waste landfill near Lake Marion.


Washington Times 11/28/01
Students' grading papers passes Supreme Court's test
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20011128-453422.htm

by Frank J. Murray
Several Supreme Court justices wondered aloud yesterday why the court ever agreed to decide if students may grade each other's papers, but most saw no harm in letting teachers continue the traditional practice.


New York Times 11/28/01
Suit challenges Bush Executive Order
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Presidential-Papers-Lawsuit.html?searchpv=aponline

AP
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Historians and public interest groups filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday challenging President Bush's executive order that controls the release of presidential records beginning with Ronald Reagan.


New York Times 11/28/01
Suit filed to reverse Presidential Papers Order
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/politics/politics-bush-papers.html?searchpv=reuters

Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A government watchdog group filed suit in federal court on Wednesday to overturn an executive order issued by President Bush that lets presidents block the release of a former president's papers.



The Australian 11/28/01
Scam paid officer up to $2000
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,3329056%5E421,00.html

by Penny Brown
FOR 16 months, University of Technology, Sydney student liaison officer Toto Sujanto offered a unique service to overseas students: for cash or favours, he would delete failed subjects from their computerised academic records.


The Black Hills Pioneer 11/28/01
Museum to lure collection with expansion plan
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=2702739&BRD=1300&PAG=461&dept_id=156925&rfi=6

by Adam Rodina
LEAD - In order to acquire Homestake Mining Company archives, Lead's Black Hills Mining Museum unveiled a $6 million expansion plan that would triple the museum's size.


The West Australian 11/29/01
Cancer secret: memo reveals Alcoa risk
http://www.thewest.com.au/20011129/news/state/tw-news-state-home-sto34246.html

by Michael Southwell
MINING giant Alcoa has known for years that pollution from its Kwinana and Wagerup alumina refineries could cause cancer, leukaemia and other health problems, according to confidential company documents.


Bergen Record 11/28/01
Town records subpoenaed in corruption probe
http://www.bergen.com/region/westdept20011128.htm

AP
WEST DEPTFORD -- The state has subpoenaed thousands of records and documents related to a development project in West Deptford as part of an ongoing corruption probe.
The state Division of Criminal Justice served the three-page subpoena on Monday. Township officials said they would cooperate and supply the records by the Dec. 11 deadline.




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