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Records Management in the News
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THE SCOOP for May 6, 2009
Agencies still fail to take steps to secure information systems
NextGov - May 5, 2009
"Computer systems and networks at nearly all major federal agencies are vulnerable to cyberattacks, a panel of government oversight officials and industry security professionals told a House subcommittee on Tuesday."Court Orders Review of FBI Records on California Muslim Organizations
OMB Watch - April 30, 2009
"Responding to claims that Muslim organizations have been illegally spied upon in southern California, a federal judge said on April 20, 2009 he will conduct a review of the FBI records."The end of privacy
Emporia (KS) Gazette - May 4, 2009
"The trend of electronic communication, from Facebook to texting to sexting to Twitter, is more than a record of the advance of technology and ingenuity. It forms the basis of a massive, voluntary flight from the very concept of individual privacy."Few hospitals go paperless using free VA software
Boston Globe - May 4, 2009
"The VA software, known as VistA, is open-source software - its code is freely available to the public and is constantly being improved by users - and it includes important features, such as a bar-coding system to track drug dispensations, to help improve patient safety. But very few US hospitals have taken advantage of it."A heretical view of knowledge management
Government Computer News - April 29, 2009
"[I]t's best to think of raw content as content that can potentially link to knowledge but only after you understand and define the knowledge you want such instances to match. A good example is the distinction between an unmoderated discussion forum and a list of answers to frequently asked questions."Infomania
NextGov - May 4, 2009
"As participatory government brings an onslaught of public comments online, agencies will need the right tools to make sense of it all."Massive FBI Data-mining Project Needs Congressional Oversight
Kansas City infoZine - May 3, 2009
"The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) called on Congress recently to examine the Investigative Data Warehouse (IDW) -- a massive FBI data-mining project that includes a billion records, many of which contain personal information on American citizens."Obsolete Regulations Block Government Adoption Of Social Media
InformationWeek - May 1, 2009
"Laws that predate the Internet block use of existing tools. For example, agencies looking to do a survey need to put a notice in the Federal Register 'seeking comments on whether the public should be asked for comments.'"Oriental Institute takes Persian Empire into digital age
University of Chicago Chronicle - April 30, 2009
"The Oriental Institute is using modern technology to digitally record thousands of tablets that, when pieced together, will tell an unusually detailed story of the Persian Empire."Senators want congressional research available to the public
NextGov - May 1, 2009
"Senate Resolution 118, introduced by Sens. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., and John McCain, R-Ariz., would require the creation of a database where the public could search for Congressional Research Service reports."