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RAIN 01/21: Weekly Update Part 2



There are 14 stories in this posting.


Myrtle Beach Sun News 01/15/02
Board files new records in case over Lightfield
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/2002/01/15/news/2469233.htm

by Natalie Burrowes
A state board says it has new evidence Tim Lightfield used a state-owned computer to view pornographic Web sites while president of Horry-Georgetown Technical College, court filings show.
The State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education said in a court filing Jan. 9 that it corroborated the times Lightfield used his laptop with the times the porn sites were accessed.



New York Times 01/15/02
Court opens motor vehicle tax records
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/nyregion/15DMV.html?ex=1012124431&ei=1&en=cd4568f4b63c4aa7

Connecticut's highest court ruled yesterday that motor vehicle tax records are public documents, placing previously private information about state drivers and their vehicles in the public domain.



e-newsservices 01/15/02
Iron Mountain places EMC Storage Infrastructure at core of digital archives
http://www.e-newsservices.com/en/document.html?document_id=61342

Records Management Services Leader Relies on EMC Networked Storage to Ensure Access and Availability for Digital Archives, Manage Complex IT Environment and Reduce Costs EMC Corporation and Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM), the leader in outsourced records and information management services, today announced that Iron Mountain has selected EMC networked information storage systems and software to help manage Iron Mountain's Digital Archives infrastructure.



Newsbytes 01/15/02
EPIC sues for govt. data collection info
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/173666.html

by Robert MacMillan
Privacy and civil liberties advocacy group Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) said that it asked a federal court Monday to order the release of records that detail the sale of personal information to law enforcement agencies.
EPIC said in its complaint that the Justice and Treasury Departments both failed to respond to FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) requests that the group filed with the agencies.



Washington Technology 01/11/02
E-records management on the rise
http://www.washingtontechnology.com/news/1_1/daily_news/17669-1.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.



Federal Computer Week 01/14/02
Interior officials take the stand
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2002/0114/web-indian-01-14-02.asp

by Graeme Browning
Both the Interior Department's chief information officer and one of his top deputies have testified that they played little more than an advisory role in the development of a seriously troubled, multimillion-dollar computer system set up by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to handle trust payments to about 500,000 American Indians.



Miami Herald 01/15/02
'Wrestling' death leads to suit over private files
http://www.miami.com/herald/content/news/local/broward/digdocs/011451.htm

by Caroline J. Keough
The World Wrestling Federation's slander suit against the lawyer who defended Lionel Tate has gone from a comic tussle to an all out, no-holds-barred grudge match.
Months before Tate was sentenced to life in prison for body slamming a 6-year-old girl to death when he was 12, the WWF sued Jim Lewis, Tate's attorney, for damaging its reputation.



New Zealand Herald 01/15/02
Cuts worry system minder
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=586622&thesection=technology&thesubsection=general

by Michael Foreman
Information technology staff at the Auckland District Health Board are worried proposed job cuts threaten the future of a $3.1 million computerised patient record system.
The system, which records details of patient and treatment history, was delivered for $400,000 under budget, and is expected to save the board $700,00 a year by increasing the efficiency of 700 mental and community health users.



KTVB (Idaho) 01/14/02
Archivist warns about loss of records
http://ktvb.com/news/newstory.html?StoryID=10435

NAMPA- State Archivist Steve Walker worries that priceless pieces of history could be lost as local governments convert space-consuming paper records into electronic data.



KOMO (Seattle) 01/15/02
'There was a mistake there'
http://www.komotv.com/news/story_m.asp?ID=16312

by Joe Furia
SEATTLE - Personnel files, loaded with sensitive information, were left in a Seattle dumpster where anyone could find them.
KOMO 4 News did just that.
You wouldn't believe the kind of information we found in the employee files thrown in the trash. They revealed names, addresses, social security numbers, phone numbers, and driver's license information. There were even photo copies of checking account slips for direct deposit, complete with the employee's account number.



Orlando Sentinel 01/15/01
Editors gear for an assault on state public-records law
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orl-lockiser15011502jan15.story?coll=orl%2Dnews%2Dheadlines

by Mark Silva
TALLAHASSEE -- Florida's newspaper editors, expecting a flurry of exemptions to Florida's public-records law in the 2002 legislative session, have hired a seasoned lobbyist and former lawmaker to fight for openness in government.



Poughkeepsie Journal 01/15/02
Rules to get license, ID now tougher
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/tuesday/localnews/stories/lo011502s5.shtml

by Anthony Farmer
State officials have tightened requirements for getting driver's licenses or nondriver ID cards, a move prompted by security concerns.
When going to a Department of Motor Vehicles office in New York, applicants for a license or nondriver ID are required to provide various documents to prove their age and identity.



St. Petersburg Times 01/15/02
Lobbyist to focus on public records
http://www.sptimes.com/2002/01/15/State/Lobbyist_to_focus_on_.shtml

by Alisa Ulferts
TALLAHASSEE -- Former state Sen. Curt Kiser has added one more client to his lobbying list: the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors.
Kiser signed a contract last week with the group to lobby lawmakers against additional exemptions to the state's public records law. Already, Kiser said he has been asked to keep an eye on about 60 bills lawmakers have filed to create or keep exemptions, which newspaper editorial boards usually oppose.



Ottawa Business Journal 01/14/02
Europe approves Canada's electronic privacy act
http://www.ottawabusinessjournal.com/articles/read_article.cfm?aid=qstwznpqzgnqstwmgnwzmnqstlzmtw

by InBusiness Media Network
The parliament of the European Union has approved Canada's new Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, an act that will soon govern almost all Internet business.
The EU said the act, which came into force on Jan. 1, meets its standards for the protection of personal data.





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