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RAIN 12/16: Weekend Report Part 6



There are 20 stories in this posting

ABC News 12/14/01
Signs of the Times?
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/TechTV/techtv_epaper011214.html

by Lindsay Martell
Tech Live
In the not-too-distant future, you might not see your newspaper delivered to your doorstep, but rather, to a digitally updated plastic sheet.


(Editorial note: The author of the following story is the president of the Society of American Archivist. nuff said)

Washington Post 12/16/01
The President's papers are the people's business
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46716-2001Dec14.html

by Steven L. Hansen
How can a democratic people have confidence in elected officials who hide the records of their actions from public view?


Washington Post 12/16/01
Anthrax scare prompts Supreme Court e-filing discussions
http://www.washtech.com/news/govtit/14210-1.html

by Charles Lane
The anthrax scare that closed the Supreme Court building on Oct. 26 put more strain on court operations than is generally recognized, as interruptions in mail delivery and heightened security measures taxed the court's traditional paper-based system for processing thousands of appeals each year, according to lawyers and others familiar with the situation.



Boston Globe 12/16/01
Former Harvard researcher sanctioned for falsifying data
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/350/nation/Former_Harvard_researcher_sanctioned_for_falsifying_data+.shtml

by Jim Geraghty
State News Service
Washington - - A former Harvard researcher, now described as one of the country's top young psychology professors, has been sanctioned by the federal government for falsifying data while at Harvard.


The Tennessean 12/16/01
Computers crippled Access MedPLUS
http://www.tennessean.com/business/archives/01/11/11394903.shtml?Element_ID=11394903

by Bill Lewis
Failure of a home computer can leave a modern household in chaos with homework undone, e-mail unanswered and bills unpaid. So it's not hard to imagine what a two-year-long computer failure can mean to a modern business.



CRMDaily.com 12/10/01
Report: Scattered Web content needs integration
http://www.crmdaily.com/perl/story/15210.html

by Erika Morphy
Demands on Web sites -- at least on those that are interested in retaining and attracting customers -- have never been greater, and have certainly evolved beyond the basics of many Web content management applications.
A new report from Forrester Research (Nasdaq: FORR) shows that these competitive pressures are pushing companies, along with vendors that serve this space, toward a concept called "enterprise content management" -- "an integrated approach to managing documents, Web content and digital assets," Forrester explained.


Cumberland Times-News 12/07/01
Miller photo collection goes online today
http://www.times-news.com/stories/2001/december/day07/1238063.html

by Maria D. Martirano
CUMBERLAND -- A piece of Cumberland's history will be available worldwide when the Herman and Stacia Miller Collection goes online today.
The city will unveil the digital collection of more than 2,000 pictures covering life in the area between 1850 and 1980 at a public demonstration at City Hall at 10 a.m.


Montanaforum.com 12/15/01
Database of farm subsidies creates buzz among farmers
http://www.montanaforum.com/rednews/2001/12/15/build/ag/farmdata.php?nnn=6

by Philip Brasher
AP Farm Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - Around coffee shops, dinner tables and Internet chat rooms, the hottest topic for farmers isn't the weather or their crops. It's the cash they have been getting from the government.
A database of 2.5 million farmers and landowners who have received farm subsidies is available online for the first time through a Web site operated by the Environmental Working Group, an advocacy organization that compiled the numbers from government records.



Des Moines Register 12/16/01
Rich history, harsh realities
http://www.dmregister.com/news/stories/c4788998/16756903.html

by Mike Kilen
Hal Chase gets excited talking about this book. His voice lowers into a dramatic whisper.
"What I'm hoping," he says, "is that so-called white Iowans will read this and say, 'This is a part of me, part of who I am,' and vice versa."
Chase is a white man from Des Moines who teaches college students African-American history.


Memphis Commercial Appeal 12/16/01
Editorial: Predisposed to secrecy
http://www.gomemphis.com/mca/todays_editorial/article/0,1426,MCA_537_909249,00.html

THE BUSH administration, which has shown a penchant for excessive secrecy, now is making a broad assertion of executive privilege to stop Congress from seeing some Justice Department files.



The Herald-Journal 12/16/01
Wofford captures 150 years on Web site
http://www.goupstate.com/hj/news/1216wofford.asp

by Laura Corbin
Wofford College has a new Web site dedicated to its sesquicentennial. Today marks the 150th anniversary of the S.C. General Assembly's issuance of Wofford's charter.
"Through The Years" features articles, essays, letters and remembrances, photographs and sketches that chronicle the rich history of the campus and the community surrounding it.


Houston Chronicle 12/14/01
Committee seeks Andersen papers
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/business/energy/1172377

by David Ivanovich
WASHINGTON -- The chief executive officer of Andersen, the accounting firm that audited Enron Corp.'s books, testified on Capitol Hill Wednesday, but lawmakers investigating Enron Corp.'s fall have many more questions for Enron's outside auditor.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee Thursday called on Andersen to turn over virtually all documents related to the Enron account dating back to 1997.



McClatchy Newspapers 12/16/01
Propose to limit use of Social Security numbers
http://www.knoxstudio.com/shns/story.cfm?pk=SOCSECNUMBERS-12-16-01&cat=WW

by Lawrence M. O'Rourke
WASHINGTON - With terrorists stealing Social Security numbers to establish new identities, Congress is looking at revamping the way banks, hospitals and state driver's license agencies keep track of every American.
"Social Security numbers should be sacrosanct, but terrorists and ordinary criminals have easy access to them, and we have to stop it," said Rep. Robert Matsui of California, the main Democratic sponsor of a bill to restrict the use of Social Security numbers to federal agencies.



New York Times 12/16/01
If you can't touch it, can you steal it?
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/16/weekinreview/16JOHN.html

by George Johnson
As computers become indispensable to modern life, the steepest learning curve society faces is not technical but philosophical. It is easy enough to learn, like a lab rat, to click a simulated button in a Web browser and download the patterns of symbols called computer programs. In a matter of seconds you are the proud owner of a new word processor, calculator or computer game - an invisible, virtual machine.



Orange County Register 12/16/01
Immigrant driver's license plan stalls
http://www.ocregister.com/news/immigrantdrivers01216cci4.shtml

by Hanh Kim Quach
SACRAMENTO -- The Legislature's plan to let undocumented immigrants get California driver's licenses while they are seeking legal residency has come up against an $8 million roadblock - during the state's worst budget crunch in a decade.
At issue is a bill, which has passed but not been signed by the governor, that would allow about 1 million immigrants to obtain a driver's license while they wait out an Immigration and Naturalization Service backlog that is holding up their green cards.



Island Packet 12/14/01
Legislator aims to amend license law
http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/story/949657p-996897c.html

by Carol Weir
State Rep. Edie Rodgers said she plans to sponsor a bill next year that would change state law to help legal immigrants obtain driver's licenses.
Some foreigners living legally in South Carolina are unable to get driver's licenses because state law requires them to present documents they don't have, she said.



Miami Herald 12/16/01
Database traces roots of African slave trade
http://www.miami.com/herald/content/news/national/digdocs/110510.htm

by Robert A. Frahm
Hartford Courant
STORRS, Conn. -- Nearly two centuries after the British Navy rescued thousands of Africans from slavery, a University of Connecticut professor is rescuing their names from obscurity.
G. Ugo Nwokeji, a history professor, is building a database from passenger logs compiled in the early 19th Century as British sailors intercepted slave ships on their way to the Americas.



MobileVillage News 12/12/01
Handhelds aim to give U.S. military an edge
http://www.mobilevillage.com/news/newsusr.pl?action=""

Santa Clara, CA, Dec. 12, 2001 -- (MobileVillage) -- From National Guard deployments in Kosovo, to Navy deployments in the Arabian Gulf, the military is using handhelds to improve patient care, data collection, and inspection processes -- saving time over previous paper-based methods.



Motor Trend 12/06/01
Ford attacks Nazi history with research
http://www.motortrend.com/news/stories/011206fa.html

Ford Motor Company has released the results of its 3 1/2-year study on the activities of its German subsidiary, Ford-Werke, during the World War II era.
The report, "Research Findings About Ford-Werke Under the Nazi Regime," summarizes more than 98,000 pages of documents and other materials gathered and analyzed from more than 30 archival repositories, including Ford archives in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom. At various times, more than 45 archivists, historians, researchers, and translators worked on this project.



Ford Motor Company 12/06/01
Ford issues report on Ford-Werke under the Nazi regime
http://media.ford.com/newsroom/release_display_test.cfm?article_id=10374&id=77&art_ids=10540,10481,10374,10375,10376,10377,10378,10379,10380,10381&sec=77

DEARBORN, Mich., Dec. 6, 2001 - Ford Motor Company today released the results of its 3 1/2-year study on the activities of its German subsidiary, Ford-Werke, during the World War II era.

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