Apples & oranges: recordkeeping principles for transforming business practices.

Cover story

Australia's legal system gets e-discovery rules.

E-DISCOVERY

B.C. criticized for slow response to FOI requests.

GOVERNMENT RECORDS - British Columbia

BSI releases IM standards.

STANDARDS - British Standards Institute - Information management

CIA destroyed interrogation tapes.

GOVERNMENT RECORDS - Central Intelligence Agency - Brief article

Cologne archive building collapses.

ARCHIVES - Brief article

Committing to good information governance.

IN FOCUS: A Message from the Editor

Departing workers often take proprietary company data.

DATA SECURITY - Survey - Statistical data

E-discovery firm can't find its e-mails.

E-MAIL

Facebook cancels changes to user rules.

PRIVACY - Brief article

FCC warns telecom firms to protect data.

PRIVACY - Federal Communications Commission - Brief article

Federal agency spends $6 million on e-discovery.

E-DISCOVERY - Brief article

Finland approves e-mail tracking law.

E-MAIL

Getting from point A to point B: what it means to take a federated approach.

BUSINESS MATTERS

Guiding your organization through murky waters: defining your retention management program.

ANALYST CORNER

HIPAA violation costs CVS $2.25 million.

PRIVACY - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 - CVS Caremark Corp.

In Massachusetts: $14k too much for student records.

PRIVACY - Bridge Public Schools

Iowa governor scrutinized over personal e-mail use.

E-MAIL

Lawmakers propose Internet Safety Act.

LEGISLATION

Mayor Nagin confirms 2008 e-mails were deleted.

E-MAIL

NAGARA launches online library.

GOVERNMENT RECORDS - National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators - Www.nagararesources.org - Brief article

New chief to tackle VA paper problems.

ARCHIVES - Department of Veterans Affairs - Eric Shinseki - Brief article

New details emerge on George W. Bush library.

ARCHIVES - Brief article

Selecting software for managing physical a electronic records: although most records are created electronically, physical records continue to proliferate and demand that organizations seek software solutions that meet the requirements for effectively managing records in both media.

Survey gives states mixed review on transparency.

GOVERNMENT RECORDS - Survey - Statistical data

Swiss Bank to open secret files.

TAX EVASION

The building blocks of a global records management program: What does it take to build a global, enterprisewide RM program? it starts with equal parts planning, management support, and foresight.

Record management

UK's 30-year rule should be halved, inquiry finds.

GOVERNMENT RECORDS - Brief article

Wal-Mart to roll out e-health records.

HEALTH RECORDS - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Sam's Club

White House names first CIO.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - Vivek Kundra named as a chief information officer - Brief article

Wikileaks posts Congressional reports.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - Brief article