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RAIN 0720 Weekly Update: General (11)



Information Week 7/1/02
Where Was IT?
CIOs need to rethink their responsibilities as
companies fight to restore investor confidence in
financial reports
http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20020630S0014


New York Times 7/12/02
Companies Rethink What to Shred, and When
By JONATHAN D. GLATER
Spurred by repeated scandals and the specter of legislation, companies
are examining their document-retention policies, making sure that the
procedures are up to date and that employees are complying with them,
according to lawyers who advise corporations. Companies are also struggling
with questions of what to do about electronic documents.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/12/business/12SHRE.html


Washington Post 7/16/02
Point. Click. Think?
As Students Rely on the Internet for Research, Teachers Try to Warn of the Web's Snares
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9729-2002Jul15.html


AP 7/16/02
Wal-Mart Sells Window-Less Computers
CARYN ROUSSEAU
LITTLE ROCK (AP) - Saying it wants to offer its customers more options, Wal-Mart's online shopping site has started selling inexpensive computers without the Microsoft Windows operating system.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/3674798.htm


Global Continuity 7/17/02
Invocation lessons
A list of the lessons that various business continuity professionals
worldwide have learned during real-life invocations. The information
was gained from a recent survey by globalcontinuity.com.
http://www.globalcontinuity.com/Article.asp?id=2...edge&SessionID=200271716223&PageSeq=200271716223


New York Times 7/17/02
Money Transfers by Hijackers Did Not Set Off Alarms for Banking Regulators
By JAMES RISEN
WASHINGTON, July 16 — Even as the Sept. 11 hijackers pumped hundreds of thousands of dollars into commercial banks to finance the terrorist operation, they never tripped any of the American banking system's alarms intended to warn federal regulators of the suspicious movement of cash, investigators have said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/17/national/17TERR.html



Wired 7/17/02
Meet the Nigerian E-Mail Grifters
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,53818,00.html


Miami Herald 7/18/02
Bridge flaw found on old blueprints
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/local/3684042.htm


The Business Press 7/19/02
Archive Management Services
This record company is a hit with stacks in stores
BY ROBERT CHACON
Don’t call their business a storage company. As owners of Archive Management Service, Bob Norton and Carol Gudde are more librarians than clerks, managing a collection of a
trillion documents, including X-rays, blueprints, police evidence and valuable collections from local universities.
http://www.thebizpress.com/news/profile.shtml


FCW 7/19/02
HIPAA could mean big business
http://www.fcw.com/geb/articles/2002/0715/web-hipaa-07-19-02.asp


Searcher 7/20/02
The Info Pro's Survival Guide to Job Hunting
http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/jul02/mort.htm




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