| Public records, in general, are records
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| | or because they were disclosed
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| that are made accessible to the public
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| | voluntarily.Public records are usually
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| without restrictions (for the most part).
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| | kept by government agencies at all levels
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| These records usually contain personal
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| | (i.e. county/local, state, and federal
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| and private information that have been
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| | national levels). And, because these
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| disclosed to the public either because
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| | documents were disclosed for public
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| some government transactions or
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| | access, all public records are supposed
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| activities require that they be disclosed
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| | to be free.
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