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RAIN 01/27: Weekly Update Part 2



There are 14 stories in this posting.


Los Angeles Times 01/16/02
Beams designed to kill anthrax often work too well
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-worldtrade-irradiation-bal.story

Michael Stroh
Baltimore Sun
Franklin Kelly, a curator at the National Gallery of Art, knew something was wrong the moment he saw the yellowed envelope in his mailbox.
Inside, he discovered that color slides of 18th-century oil paintings he'd been eagerly awaiting were warped and bubbly. "They were nuked," he says.



Los Angeles Times 01/22/02
Roy Disney foresaw Pooh rights dispute
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-000005548jan22.story

by Meg James
Top Walt Disney Co. executives knew by the mid-1960s that the company would encounter problems reaping all of the profits from its broad strategy for commercializing the Winnie the Pooh characters, according to newly unsealed court documents.



Federal Computer Week 01/21/02
Documents at your disposal
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2002/0121/pol-carl-01-21-02.asp

by Carl Peckinpaugh
The recent Enron stock meltdown has been nothing but bad news. Many institutional and private investors lost vast sums of money, thousands of Enron employees lost their jobs and many other companies will see their finances subjected to increased scrutiny and skepticism as a result of this debacle. Everyone is asking, "How did this happen?"



Hoosier Times 01/22/02
Debate reopens on public access bill
http://www.hoosiertimes.com/stories/2002/01/22/news.020122_HT_C2_MCW10228.sto?PREVURI=%2Fstories%2F2002%2F01%2F22%2Findex

Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS - Lawmakers are prepared to reopen talks with news media representatives this week in hopes of reaching a compromise on legislation that would exempt the Indiana General Assembly from the state's open-records laws.



Federal Computer Week 01/21/02
Paper records in an IT world
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2002/0121/pol-sprehe-01-21-02.asp

by J. Timothy Sprehe
Recently, the National Archives and Records Administration published a "Report on Current Recordkeeping Practices within the Federal Government." I served as a senior consultant on the report and want to give my own slant on the subject.



Federal Computer Week 01/21/02
Paperless contracting hits mark
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2002/0121/tec-paper-01-21-02.asp

by Christopher J.Dorobek
The paperless office may still be a pipe dream, but Defense Department procurement officials moved a step closer to proving the effectiveness of a paperless procurement system during an annual exercise.
The exercise, called Cobra Gold, used the Standard Procurement System to streamline the procurement of products and services and found that improved procurement systems are a critical asset in warfighting efforts. And those lessons will be incorporated into this year's exercise in May.



Arizona Republic 01/22/02
Police limit records access
http://www.arizonarepublic.com/arizona/articles/0122Accessmain22.html

by Jacques Billeaud
Associated Press
Nearly half of Arizona's police agencies refused to hand over public records in a statewide test of how local government agencies follow the state's Public Records Law.



Arizona Republic 01/22/02
Schools sometimes hesitate to provide records
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/breaking/0122accessschools22.html

by Donna Goyette
If you want to find out what's planned for the vacant lot near your home, chances are you're in luck.
But if you want to know how much tax money your school superintendent spends on out-of-town trips, you're likely to raise a few eyebrows.



Arizona Republic 01/22/02
A public records primer: Step-by-step guide for citizens
http://www.arizonarepublic.com/special19/articles/0122accesshowto-ON.html

by Associated Press
Arizona law gives citizens access to a wide variety of government records, from licensing information on various professionals to police reports to local zoning information.



Arizona Republic 01/22/02
Police report written on reporter who asked for records
http://www.arizonarepublic.com/special19/articles/0122accesspolicereport22-ON.html

Associated Press
St. Johns police officer Creig Wallace Jr. filed a "suspicious person" report on Associated Press reporter Jacques Billeaud after he requested records as part of the Arizona public records access audit.
The report reads:



Arizona Republic 01/22/02
What constituted compliance and noncompliance
http://www.arizonarepublic.com/special19/articles/0118accessmethodology-ON.html

Associated Press
The goal of the statewide public records access audit was to simulate a visit by an ordinary citizen seeking information on how government works, how taxpayer dollars are spent and what's happening in his or her community.



Arizona Republic 01/22/02
Who are you? Audit sought to take 'journalist' out of the equation
http://www.arizonarepublic.com/special19/articles/0118accesswho22-ON.html

Associated Press
Those who took part in the audit of public records access in Arizona were instructed to identify themselves by name but, if possible, avoid disclosing they were journalists.
The reason: concern that journalists, who regularly seek public records, would receive different treatment than an ordinary citizen.



The Times of India 01/22/02
Records, files gutted in fire at TDP office
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=1638657076

Hyderabad: A Telugu Desam Party office in Lalithabagh in Khannagar was set afire by unidentified miscreants on Monday morning.



Bergen Record 01/20/22
The cost of getting public documents
http://www.bergen.com/news/agenda200201205.htm

by Tom Davis
HACKENSACK -- Jack Donovan pays $100 a month for newspaper subscriptions. But he refuses to pay $12 a year to have the City Council agenda mailed to his house.
To Donovan, it's simply a matter of principle, not economics. He views the fee for agendas as part of a strategy to discourage people from coming to the city's sparsely attended meetings.





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