Meet your peers.(SPECIAL SECTION)(Calendar)
The ARMA Conference and Expo isn't just the best place to go
for professional education, it's also the best place to network
with peers from around the world.
Region Networking . . .
Of special interest.(SPECIAL SECTION)(Calendar)
Each year, the ARMA International Conference delivers the most
up-to-date information on managing information. Be sure to make time for
these special sessions:
International Day
Saturday, . . .
Pre-conference seminars.(SPECIAL SECTION)
Make plans to come early--October 5 & 6--to attend one or more
of the six outstanding pre-conference seminars. They are offered as one-
and two-day programs, all taught by records and information . . .
Hear from the experts.(SPECIAL SECTION)
Get the latest and best records and information management
expertise from more than 100 of the top experts in records and
information management-related policies and practices, legal,
compliance, . . .
Demand is high for new skills innovative technology, &
collaboration. Are you ready?(SPECIAL SECTION)
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In today's competitive marketplace, being good isn't
enough. You have to be better.
Organizations are being bombarded with new and changing
regulations, escalating . . .
Authentic digital records: laying the foundation for evidence: a
foundation for proving that records submitted as evidence are r
Proving the authenticity of records is of great concern to
information and records managers. While this concern initially involved
the integrity of paper-based records, today it extends to . . .
Clarification.(ON THE EDGE: The Use & Misuse of
Information)(Correction notice)
Clarification: "Living Dangerously," which appeared in
this space in the previous issue, stated that the 2006 amendments to the
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) give companies 30 days to . . .
Data management problems widespread: organizations should regard
data as their greatest asset--and invest in data management
acc
A recently published Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)
study--the first comprehensive look at how data management is practiced
worldwide--reveals that most organizations do not manage . . .
Livescribe offers pen-based computer.(UP FRONT)(Product/service
evaluation)
A new computing device in the form of a pen may change the way many
gather and record data.
Livescribe's pen-based computer, introduced at the D5: All
Things Digital technology conference in . . .
ChoicePoint lessons learned.(UP FRONT)
After its involvement in a headline-grabbing 2005 data breach that
compromised the records of 163,000 people, ChoicePoint has since turned
itself into a role model for how to do data security and . . .
SEC appoints first archivist.(UP FRONT)(David Brown )(Brief
article)
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently announced
that David Brown has been appointed as the agency's first
archivist. Brown will lead the agency's records management and
vital . . .
Google reduces data retention period.(UP FRONT)
In an effort to quell recent criticism from privacy watchdogs and
the European Union, Google announced it would reduce the length of time
it retains web users' search histories to 18 months rather . . .
Agencies take steps to safeguard data.(UP FRONT)
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has ordered all federal
agencies to eliminate the unnecessary collection and use of Social
Security numbers by 2009.
That order and several other new . . .
Data security challenges small firms.(UP FRONT)(Survey)
According to a recent survey conducted by Visa USA and the National
Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), 57 percent of small
businesses do not consider securing customer data something . . .
UK National archives, Microsoft working to access old file
formats.(UP FRONT)
British Library research suggests Europe loses 3 billion euros each
year in business value because of inaccessible data.
According to BBC News, the UK National Archives, which holds 900
years of . . .
Japanese bank loses 1 million records.(UP FRONT)(Resona Bank
Inc.)(Brief article)
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Resona, a major Japanese bank, reported that it lost transaction
records on about 980,000 customers--a new record for data loss among the
country's banks.
According to a . . .
EU adopts Prum Treaty.(UP FRONT)(European Union)
The European Council of Ministers has agreed to allow all EU
nations to share access to genetic records, fingerprints, and traffic
offenses, as well as allow national police to operate across . . .
PIPEDA compliance improving slowly.(UP FRONT)(Canada. Personal
Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act 2000)
As new data breaches during 2006 reinforced concerns about security
issues and trans-border data flows in Canada, there has never been a
greater need to take data protection seriously, according to . . .
Secrecy costs $541,000 in WA.(UP FRONT)(Brief article)
Withholding public records will cost Washington's Department
of Corrections $541,000--the largest penalty of its kind slapped on a
public agency in the state.
In June, Thurston County Superior . . .
Law firm offers online privacy library.(UP
FRONT)(www.mofoprivacy.com)(Morrison and Foerster L.L.P.)(Brief
article)
Researchers, lawyers, academicians, and those just curious now have
an easy-to-use online resource for finding privacy laws and information
for countries around the world.
Law firm Morrison & . . .
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