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RAIN 01/27: Weekly Update Part 4



There are 12 stories in this posting.

Jamaica Observer 01/24/02
Cabinet documents now declassified, but…
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20020123T190000-0500_20212_OBS_CABINET_DOCUMENTS_NOW_DECLASSIFIED__BUT___.asp

CABINET documents created since Independence in 1962 and documents created 30 years ago are now eligible for public disclosure, Government archivist, Elizabeth Williams told a parliamentary committee reviewing the Access to Information Bill yesterday.



Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 01/24/02
House taking up open files law update
http://www.post-gazette.com/regionstate/20020124openrecords6.asp

by John M.R.Bull
HARRISBURG -- The first major changes to the state's Open Records Law in 45 years cleared a House committee yesterday, setting the stage for a full House debate over whether lawmakers should be covered by the law for the first time.


New York Times 01/24/02
Keyboard releases finger pressure
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/24/technology/circuits/24KEYY.html

by Sally McGrane
TWO years ago, Wayne Westerman, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Delaware, had a problem. His dissertation was almost due, and he couldn't type more than one page a day because of repetitive stress problems that had begun when he was an undergraduate. "I couldn't stand to press the buttons anymore," he said.



The Star Ledger 01/24/02
Asbury Park documents taken in FBI search
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/jersey/ledger/15a988a.html

by Maryann Spoto and Rudy Larini
Government records dealing with Asbury Park's failed oceanfront redevelopment were seized by federal agents in City Hall yesterday, along with documents pertaining to a former city bar and defunct minor league basketball team.



The News-Press 01/24/02
Editorial: Identity theft chilling, but answer worse
http://www.news-press.com/opinion/020124secrets.html

A statewide grand jury investigating the very real problem of identity theft has come up with a very bad idea for dealing with it.
The jury's report suggests reversing a century-old principle of open government in Florida, which has been based on the idea that public records are open unless a specific exemption is passed by the Legislature for a specific reason.



Arizona Republic 01/24/02
Public records more difficult to get
http://www.arizonarepublic.com/arizona/articles/0124accessmain24.html

by Jacques Billeaud
Associated Press
Public records tell homeowners about building projects in their neighborhoods. They contain details about waste sites and air quality. And they document how the government protects public safety and spends taxpayer money.



Columbus Dispatch 01/22/02
Making computers secure will keep your business safe
http://www.dispatch.com/business-story.php?story=dispatch/news/bus02/jan02/1043896.html

by Jeff and Marc Slutsky
Your business computer files and software must be protected from being lost, destroyed or infected with a virus.
"Many companies today consider its computer information priceless,'' said Bill Sekela of Help Wizards, a computer consulting company in Columbus.



New York Times 01/24/02
The last word in dictation
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/24/technology/circuits/24STAT.html

by David Pogue
In my younger days as a personal personal-computer trainer, my clients sometimes included the rich and famous. "So what are they like?" my star-struck friends often asked. I always gave them the same answer: "Their computers have the same kinds of glitches ours do," I'd say. "It just happens in much nicer apartments."



Sacramento Bee 01/24/02
Maybe it's time to shine a little light on state's 'sunshine laws'
http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/1517790p-1594279c.html

by Marjie Lundstrom
If you believe the bureaucrats, two Bee newsmen will be arrested any day now -- a bit of an inconvenience, since one is my husband.
Excuse me, sirs, but you're under arrest for possessing -- we think -- a super-secret document exposing how inept and foolish we are at Folsom's city-run prison. That embarrassing audit revealing crummy buildings, broken equipment, lax supervision and the main front door that doesn't lock was for Our Eyes Only, and anyone in the public having a copy would be guilty of a misdemeanor.



Village Voice 01/24/02
Freeze Frame
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0204/kaufman.php

by Anthony Kaufman
As the Museum of Modern Art breaks ground in midtown for its new $650 million expansion project, the powerful arts institution has closed its world-renowned Film Stills Archive indefinitely and let go two longtime staffers, Mary Corliss and Terry Geesken. The museum released a statement attributing the closure and layoffs to the redevelopment, saying the museum "will aim to restore access [to the collection] as the building project evolves." But many film critics and scholars are calling the decision irresponsible, and even vindictive.



BlackVoices.com 01/22/02
Woman inspired by Haley search for ancestors
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/bv/20020122/co/woman_inspired_by_haley_search_for_ancestors_1.html

by Darryl E. Owens
After two years of dogged research, Emily Tilley could only shake her head and the fading papers in her hands as though she expected to shake free the necessary clue to propel her search.
After two years of dogged research, Emily Tilley could only shake her head and the fading papers in her hands as though she expected to shake free the necessary clue to propel her search.





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