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RAIN 01/06 (12): Weekend Update 01/06/02



There are 12 stories in this posting.


Halifax Herald Limited 01/06/02
1916 projectionist's work frozen in time
http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaystory?2002/01/06+213.raw+NovaScotia+2002/01/06

by Steve Proctor
Truro Bureau
Truro - Desperate for something to read between newsreels, the projectionist grabs a handful of playbills and retreats to a dimly lit corner, away from the ticking of the black and white film passing through the projector.



Federal Computer Week 01/07/02
Building for the future
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2002/0107/cov-build-01-07-02.asp

by John Zyskowski
At least one federal chief information officer has been known to quip that on any given day, his department violates the spirit, if not the letter, of any of several laws designed to make government work better.
Among the more frequently tread-upon measures, the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 calls on agencies to get smarter about their information technology spending by developing what's known as an enterprise architecture (EA) plan.



Charleston Daily Mail 01/06/02
City's Web site getting overhaul
http://www.dailymail.com/news/News/2002010522/

by Deanna Wrenn
A Web site can say a lot about a city.
Charleston updated its Web site, www.cityofcharleston.org, this week, in hopes of bringing a new look to both the site and the city government.
In coming up with a Web site design to replace the old site, city officials and their Web designer needed to find an image to suit the city.



Washington Technology 01/07/02
E-records management on the rise
http://www.washingtontechnology.com/news/16_19/federal/17632-1.html

by Joab Jackson
When should an e-mail sent to or from a government official be considered an official record?
The answer can be tricky, according to J. Timothy Sprehe, president of the consulting firm Sprehe Information Management Associates Inc., Arlington, Va. With agencies such as the Energy Department sending and receiving as many as 1 million electronic dispatches a day, according to Sprehe, determining the right ones to keep is a growing concern.



Courier-Gazette 01/06/02
Grants given to historical societies
http://www.cgazette.com/common/news/2002/Jan02news/1010065042287.html

Grants totaling $1150 have been awarded by the Wayne County Antique Dealers Association to support worthwhile projects of three local historical societies.



Knoxville News-Sentinel 01/06/02
Big business threatens Internet, law professor says
http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/sci_and_tech/article/0,1406,KNS_328_930637,00.html

by Anick Jesdanun
AP
NEW YORK - The Internet is something like a national electrical grid where anyone can plug in an appliance.
Any computer can hook up to the Internet, and any software application can run over its underlying framework. The open, neutral framework is engineered to treat e-mail, the Web, instant messaging and other data traffic the same, a feature that encourages innovation.



Associated Press 12/27/01
New Opera browser draws praise
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20011227/tc/tech_test_opera_browser_1.html

by Anick Jesdanun
NEW YORK (AP) - Opera bills itself as ``the fastest browser on earth!'' - and indeed it is fast. But to laud it only for its speed would miss the point.
Much more impressive are Opera's other features for surfing the World Wide Web.
Consider the menu item for quickly deleting cookie files that Web sites leave behind to track you. Or the item for rejecting pop-up windows, such as those pitching wireless cameras from X10.



The Business Review 01/03/02
NYPD analysis system to use MapInfo technology
http://albany.bcentral.com/albany/stories/2001/12/31/daily15.html

by Richard A. D'Errico
The New York Police Department, the nation's largest police force, is going to use MapInfo software to analyze crime patterns -- including the location and frequency of certain crimes, the company announced.



Pine Bluff Commercial News 01/06/01
FOIA enters Computer Age
http://www.pbcommercial.com/display/inn_news/NEWS1.TXT

by Carl D. Holcombe
Arkansas' Freedom of Information Act has stepped into the computer age with some of its biggest changes since the mid-1970s.
The key amendment to the nearly 35-year-old act, according to FOIA experts, enlarges the text of the law's definition of public records to include "electronic or computer-based information."



Plano Star Courier 01/04/02
PISD board agenda, background data are available on Web site
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=2899672&BRD=1426&PAG=461&dept_id=186027&rfi=6

by Todd McConaughy
The Plano school board's meeting agendas are now available online in their entirety for public use.
As of the board's Dec. 11 meeting, nearly all agenda information, including supplementary materials, is posted on the district's Web site, www.pisd.edu, by the Friday morning prior to each Tuesday meeting.



Richmond Times Dispatch 12/27/01
U.Va. organizing vast databank
http://www.timesdispatch.com/vametro/archive/MGB8LZ9YPVC.html

by Carlos Santos
CHARLOTTESVILLE - The University of Virginia library, attempting to organize its vast amount of information, is working to build an American Studies electronic databank to support research and scholarship at the university as well as worldwide via the Internet.
The technical needs of such an "information community" are being developed with the help of a $300,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.


Wichita Eagle 01/03/02
Kansans' wartime letters are a hit online
http://web.wichitaeagle.com/content/wichitaeagle/2002/01/03/howwelive/0103letters_txt.htm

by Beccy Tanner
More than 2,500 people have read a collection of wartime letters of Kansas soldiers -- but not by opening crackling pages of age-worn stationery. More than 2,500 people have read a collection of wartime letters of Kansas soldiers -- but not by opening crackling pages of age-worn stationery.



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