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For the Record

In Ancient Greece, they hanged people caught destroying antiquities thought to be records. Modern state and local governments, not quite so extreme, protect public records with laws. Today, those paper-based laws are fast becoming antiques themselves.

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Agencies band together to streamline forms processing

New system will give private companies a more efficient way to file employee benefits forms, and make those forms easier for the government to process

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Firm to provide FBI with online public record info

Data services firm ChoicePoint Inc. has forged an agreement to provide the FBI with information from online public records that will help the agency compile suspect profiles.