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RAIN 11/30: Diesel storage, muzzled MP, Paper trail



There are 20 stories in this posting.

The East African Standard 11/29/01
Firm forged documents to win a tender, court told
http://allafrica.com/stories/200111290131.html

by Nyakundi Nyamboga
A Nairobi court was yesterday told that a local firm forged documents of a British firm to successfully bid for a Sh110 million tender for the supply of goods to the government.


PRNewswire 11/28/01
E-commerce changes age-old trading process: APL enables first encrypted negotiable documents
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/micro_stories.pl?ACCT=107003&TICK=APL&STORY=/www/story/11-28-2001/0001623156&EDATE=Nov+28,+2001

OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Ocean carrier APL, working with encryption and printing technologies pioneer Electronics For Imaging (Nasdaq: EFII), has launched an industry-first way to help smooth the business of international trade by dropping the need for paper Bills-of-Lading shipping documents.


Brewton Standard 11/29/01
More information on Virginia research
http://www.brewtonstandard.com/brewtonstandard/myarticles.asp?P=460000&S=293&PubID=7518&EC=0

by Lydia Grimes
I want to continue with my Virginia research material this week. I want to get finished with it as I have received some material from a lady about the Parker family. It has some material in it that I haven't seen before and maybe neither have you.


The Ledger 11/28/01
Ex-courthouse clerk sentenced
http://www.theledger.com/local/local/28howa.htm

by Julia Ferrante
BARTOW -- A former clerk in the Polk County Courthouse was sentenced Tuesday to three months in the Polk County Jail followed by four months of probation. Last month she had pleaded no contest to charges that she altered driver license records in exchange for cash and drugs.



AP 11/28/01
News media sue to access Montana Power documents
http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=15428

HELENA, Mont. - A dozen news organizations sued the Montana Public Service Commission last week, seeking the release of Montana Power Co. documents that detail the utility's new contracts with electricity suppliers.



Law.com 11/29/01
Lawsuit challenges Bush Executive Order on releasing presidential papers
http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=law/View&c=Article&cid=ZZZL085NLUC&live=true&cst=1&pc=0&pa=0&s=News&ExpIgnore=true&showsummary=0

by Deb Riechman
AP
A lawsuit filed Wednesday seeks to block President Bush from implementing controls on the release of historical records that contain insights into White House decision-making.



Line 56 11/29/01
The Portal comes of age
http://www.line56.com/articles/default.asp?NewsID=3175

by Jim Ericson
The enterprise portal is one of today's corporate certainties, a software market that will have grown from $30 million in 1998 toward $1.75 billion in license revenues by 2005, according to the Gartner Group.



New Zealand Herald 11/29/01
General 'tried to muzzle MP', says Peters
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=230689&thesection=news&thesubsection=general

by Francesca Mold
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters yesterday turned up the heat on Army chief Maurice Dodson, claiming he had intended to blackmail NZ First MP Ron Mark.
Mr Peters said in Parliament that the head of the Army looked up Mr Mark's military files on three occasions, each time after the NZ First defence spokesman had made comments critical of the Army.


The News Press 11/29/01
Editorial: Records project makes agency look foolish
http://www.news-press.com/opinion/011129fostercare.html

Sometimes dereliction in a government agency is so bad it tends to undermine faith in government in general.



The Press-Enterprise 11/29/01
Patients can get medical records
http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/10016356_PE_NEWS_ncfmg29.html

CORONA - Former patients of a failed Corona medical group can now request their records through an Ontario post office box.



Poughkeepsie Journal 11/29/01
Delve into historic paper trail
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/thursday/lifeentertainment/stories/li112901s1.shtml

by Lee Park
The Karpeles Manuscript Library in Newburgh is the local place to go and see original, authentic documents that helped shape the course of history.



Capitol Connections 11/2001
Rampton  visits state archives, peruses records
http://www.das.state.ut.us/cc/nov2001/archives.html

by Stuart Preece
Former Governor Calvin L. Rampton, who served three terms as Utah's chief executive from 1965 to 1977, and his wife, Lucybeth, visited the Utah State Archives and Records Center in October in order to survey the work that has been done on the governor's records. The Governor and Mrs. Rampton were pleased with the completed archival processing of Rampton's records, and both expressed amazement at the sheer volume of documents that the Archives maintains.



San Jose Mercury News 11/29/01
State sells birth data to Web site, raising fears
http://www0.mercurycenter.com/premium/local/docs/privacy29.htm

by Dion Nissenbaum
SACRAMENTO -- The birth records of more than 24 million Californians have been sold by the state and posted on the Internet, offering easy access to critical information needed to create fake identities.
By logging onto a genealogy Web site, people can gain access to such personal data as someone's place of birth and mother's maiden name, which can then potentially be used to access bank records and other sensitive material.



Gainesville Sun 11/29/01
State to delay records bill
http://www.gainesvillesun.com/articles/2001-11-29j.shtml

by Lloyd Dunkelberger
TALLAHASSEE - A proposal that would allow state law enforcement officials to temporarily seal public records during terrorist-related investigations is not likely to pass the Legislature during the current special session, key House members said Wednesday.



New York Times 11/29/01
Stiff fines levied for polluting river
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/29/nyregion/29POLL.html

AP
Hartford, Nov. 28 - A Waterbury chemical company will have to pay $4 million in fines for dumping toxic chemicals into the Naugatuck River, under a federal judge's order and a settlement of a civil lawsuit brought by the state.



STUFF (New Zealand) 11/26/01
Three months ago, Andre Snoxall took up one of New Zealand's toughest IT jobs
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1017497a1898,FF.html

By Amanda Wells
At Wellington's Capital and Coast District Health Board, he must extricate the organisation from its beleaguered Shared Medical Systems (SMS) healthcare administration system, bought from the United States-based company in 1996, and chart a new path for its IT systems.
"What I see here is about the biggest challenge you're ever going to get. The place is under the microscope of scrutiny from the public and the press."



Tallahassee Democrat 11/29/01
Public records bill looks dead
http://web.tallahasseedemocrat.com/content/tallahassee/2001/11/29/local/1129.loc.security.htm

by David Twiddy
A measure that would allow the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to delay requests for public records during terrorism investigations appears dead for the Legislature's special session, the bill's House sponsor said Wednesday.



The Age 11/29/01
Report blasts MAS chief
http://www.theage.com.au/news/state/2001/11/29/FFX4A8BZJUC.html

by Gabrielle Costa
Private companies contracted to provide public services on behalf of the Victorian Government face greater scrutiny and accountability, including having to hand over documents through freedom of information, under recommendations by the Metropolitan Ambulance Service Royal Commission.



Dallas Morning News 11/29/01
New White Paper on CRM, Custom Profiles, Data Collection… available from Experian
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=AGRDA&STORY=/www/story/11-29-2001/0001624515&EDATE=THU+Nov+29+2001,+03:31+PM

ORANGE, Calif., Nov. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Experian's white paper entitled Customer Data Integration The Essential Link for Customer Relationship Management is now available via Bitpipe's searchable database of IT white papers and case studies.



Westport Minuteman 11/29/01
Parents butt heads with Landon over closed meetings
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=2709464&BRD=1654&PAG=461&dept_id=12915&rfi=6

by Jarret Liotta
Threats of a Freedom of Information suit have not shaken the Westport schools' central office, which believes the kindergarten committee meetings are not required to be open to the public.
At the same time, parents who believe otherwise are not dissuaded by the claims and said they intend to file a complaint with the state FOI Commission shortly, unless the administration changes its position.



New York Times 11/29/01
Engineers suspect diesel fuel in collapse of 7 World Trade Center
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/29/nyregion/29TOWE.html

by Jamie Glanz
Almost lost in the chaos of the collapse of the World Trade Center is a mystery that under normal circumstances would probably have captured the attention of the city and the world. That mystery is the collapse of a nearby 47-story, two-million-square-foot building seven hours after flaming debris from the towers rained down on it, igniting what became an out-of-control fire.


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