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RAIN 12/04 Part 2: Jail Jackets, Storing Data, Tissue Samples, Gig'em!



There are 17 stories in this posting.


Florida Times-Union 12/03/01
Jail jackets leaving courts out in the cold
Case histories often lack inmate details
http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/120301/met_7986161.html

by Rich Tucker
Judges have been postponing sentencing and bond hearings during the last month because they did not have the defendants' detailed arrest histories, records they say are crucial to making informed decisions.
The Sheriff's Office stopped providing the complete arrest files on Nov. 1 because of concerns that the records were being lost or damaged, endangering the department's national accreditation.



Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel 11/29/01
Openness is best policy on records, local officials told
http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/nov01/open29112801a.asp

by Amy Rinard
Madison - More than 250 local officials attending a conference Wednesday on the state's open records and open meetings laws were advised by top state officials to err on the side of openness when deciding how to comply with the law.
"Every close call should go on the side of openness," Attorney General James Doyle said in opening the conference.



Copley News Service
'Lincolnalia'
Chicago book store specializes in selling slices of the Civil War and Lincoln-era life
http://www.sj-r.com/news/Sunday/f.htm

by Mike Ramsey
CHICAGO - Looking for that special Christmas gift?
How about this: a presidential pardon signed June 1, 1863, by Abraham Lincoln, which freed a convicted mail robber. Only $14,500.
Or this: a circa-1863 tintype of John Wilkes Booth, the stage actor who soon would gain infamy as Lincoln's assassin. The early photo, with vintage frame, is yours for just $5,750.



Nzoom.com 11/28/01
More allegations in army row
http://onenews.nzoom.com/news_detail/0,1227,68931-1-8,00.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.



New York Times 12/03/01
Photos from ex-Soviet Union on Web
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Russian-Archives.html

AP
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- Cameras were rolling and clicking when the world's first space traveler returned home, when Soviet leaders discussed anti-capitalism propaganda campaigns and when Russian troops invaded Afghanistan.
But the 38,000 films and more than 1 million pictures chronicling significant events of the former Soviet Union have been guarded in vaults, accessible only by government-approved documentary filmmakers and few others.



Poughkeepsie Journal 12/02/01
Storing data gets attention
Records giant has facilities in Ulster
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/sunday/business/stories/bu120201s3.shtml

With renewed focus on business record storage and management after the World Trade Center attacks, Iron Mountain Inc. is receiving a blizzard of inquiries about its 50-year-old services.
The Boston-based company provides secure storage for records and files in all its forms: paper, magnetic discs, computer tapes, microfilm, microfiche, X-rays, blueprints, audio and videotapes and film.




The Washington Times 12/03/01
Print-on-demand allows quickness
http://www.washingtontimes.com/businesstimes/20011203-89440312.htm

by Fred Reed
Print-on-demand publishing is an odd new technology that allows anyone to put a book into print for almost no money within a few months.
More correctly, POD represents the coming together of several technologies - fast laser printers, the Web, and online book sales. Interestingly, it cuts New York out of the publishing-and-distribution loop. How important this will be isn't clear yet, but, says me, it's worth watching.




New York Times 12/03/01
Rosa Parks bus to stay in museum
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Rosa-Parks-Museum.html

AP
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) -- The bus that Rosa Parks was riding when she refused to give up her seat to a white man in 1955 will become part of a permanent display at the Henry Ford Museum after it is refurbished.



Christian Science Monitor 12/03/01
Security concerns drive rise in secrecy
http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/1203/p1s3-ussc.html

by Brad Knickerbocker
During the darkest days of World War II, Americans were warned that "loose lips might sink ships." Information carelessly shared with wartime adversaries could quite literally cost lives and maybe even lead to military defeat.




Sydney Morning Herald 12/03/01
Hundreds and thousands
http://www.smh.com.au/news/0112/03/text/world15.html

by Deborah Smith
Every day many thousands of samples of human tissue are sent to Australian pathology laboratories for testing. Much of it ends up in the laboratories' archives.
Private and public hospitals and research institutes also have large tissue banks, with samples primarily used for research.




The Battalion 11/29/01
State upholds records decision
http://www.thebatt.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2001/11/29/3c05dd604ad0e?in_archive=1

by Sommer Bruce
The Texas Attorney General's office upheld the decision of Texas A&M officials Monday to keep secret the records and minutes of the Sept. 3 closed session of the Memorial Student Center (MSC) Council, which resulted in the removal of MSC Council President Josh Rowan.




The Secausus Reporter 11/25/01
Pornography in the library?
Complaints nudge staff to shut down computers
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=2685397&BRD=1298&PAG=461&dept_id=142349&rfi=6

by Al Sullivan
Nearly every weekday, a man comes into the Secaucus public library, stops at the desk, requests use of a computer, and then, immediately, dials into a pornographic web site, according to library staff members.



The Secausus Reporter 12/02/01
Digging deeper
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=2716408&BRD=1298&PAG=461&dept_id=142349&rfi=6


by Al Sullivan
Federal law enforcement officers have subpoenaed documents from the Hudson County Improvement Authority, a county agency that funds projects in various towns, concerning the funding for a section of Hudson River walkway in Hoboken.




Copley News Service 12/02/01
The trial of the 19th century
http://www.sj-r.com/news/Sunday/g.htm

by Mike Ramsey
CHICAGO - A traumatized nation. The hunt for plotters. Military tribunals and executions.
It was the spring of 1865, not the autumn of 2001, and the North's intense mourning for slain President Abraham Lincoln was matched by its zeal for retribution. Within weeks, eight alleged compatriots of John Wilkes Booth were on trial for their lives.



Tyler Morning Telegraph 12/01/01
Red Springs fire chief plans to open records
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=2720712&BRD=1994&PAG=461&dept_id=226369&rfi=6

by Anne Gillaspie
RED SPRINGS - The Red Springs fire chief plans to open his department's financial records to the public Thursday.
The action comes a day before the deadline given him by the state before he faces legal action and five months after the information was requested.




Bradenton Herald 12/03/01
Voter database overhaul sparks dispute on contract
http://braden.infi.net/content/bradenton/2001/12/03/local/1203voterlist_12B.htm

AP
TALLAHASSEE - An overhaul of the database of voters that proved faulty during the presidential election has sparked new controversy because it was awarded to a private company instead of the state's court clerks, as intended by the Legislature.



Wall Street Journal 12/03/01
College-survey firm quietly peddles student information to big marketer
http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB1007345870354311480.htm

by Daniel Golden
Each year, more than one million U.S. high-school students take time out of their school day to fill out a survey asking their names, addresses, grade-point averages, races, religions and social views. The organization that sponsors the survey, the National Research Center for College and University Admissions, tells the schools it will broaden students' higher-education options by distributing their names and profiles to hundreds of colleges and universities across the country.




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