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Collecting Information from Real and Virtual Documents

CONTENTS

Public Records and “Sunshine Laws”

Filing an FOIA Request

The Privacy Act

Collecting Governmental Information

Businesses and Individuals

Business Publications and Indexes

Trade Publications

Law Enforcemen Databases

Birth and Death Records

Financial Records

Additional Real and Virtual Documents

Database Services

City Directories

Creating Contact Lists

KEY WORDS
Databases	Freedom of Information Act	Records
Directories	Licenses	Sunshine Laws

INTRODUCTION

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