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Archivists and Records Managers, part 12

The Schedule

” He also recounted his appraisal of the business records from a closed copper mining company, lamenting that “these important paper records were preserved by accident rather than design ; had they been electronic, they would have been lost to history.”

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Privacy and Security of Data at Universities

Schneier on Security

Commercial entities are besieging universities with requests for access to data or for partnerships to mine them. Universities are exploiting these data for research, learning analytics, faculty evaluation, strategic decisions, and other sensitive matters.

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Why & Where You Should You Plant Your Flag

Krebs on Security

For those who can’t be convinced to use a password manager, even writing down all of the account details and passwords on a slip of paper can be helpful, provided the document is secured in a safe place. YOUR GOVERNMENT. Perhaps the most important place to enable MFA is with your email accounts.

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31 Letters to Santa from ECM Users

AIIM

I want a new football game and football because my little brother always tries to steal mine. Information Governance resides with Records management personnel who have not moved with the times and upgraded their skills.”. “It Information governance overall is not well understood or embraced as a broad discipline. Dear Santa.

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Illegal Content and the Blockchain

Schneier on Security

There’s the Bitcoin logo, and the original paper describing Bitcoin by its alleged founder, the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto. But none of this, so far, appears to seriously threaten those in power in governments and corporations. Imagine someone using this idea to evade government censorship.

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Founders Online Celebrates Seventh Anniversary

Archives Blogs

In partnership with the University of Virginia’s Rotunda electronic imprint and documentary edition projects, we made a freely accessible and searchable online resource for people to read the papers of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams (and family), Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison. .

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Everteam and Technology Vs Corruption

Everteam

The world is leaning towards digital transformation and automated processes in its government transactions, aiming to improve the communication between citizens and public institutions. This Anti-corruption software is developed specifically to detect and respond to fraud, including data mining for data sets and administrative procedures.