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| | Information Policy: Government Roles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) |
 | | Government Roles and Responsibilities for information typically involve such functions as collection of information, storage and preservation, organization and dissemination. |
 | | an instrument of government -- necessary for such functions, as the census, collecting taxes, catching and prosecuting criminals, protecting public health, distributing social benefits, issuing licenses, etc. |
 | | The first, fourth and fifth amendments in Bill of Rights limit the government's ability to restrict the free flow of information and limit its ability to collect information about citizens. |
| ils.unc.edu /daniel/InfoPolicy/govern.html (262 words) |
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