Paperwork refers to written

document A document is a written, drawn, presented, or memorialized representation of thought, often the manifestation of non-fictional, as well as fictional, content. The word originates from the Latin ''Documentum'', which denotes a "teaching" or ...

s or the work needed to create them. Paperwork may also refer to: *

Paperwork reduction Red tape is an idiom referring to regulations or conformity to formal rules or standards which are claimed to be excessive, rigid or redundant, or to bureaucracy claimed to hinder or prevent action or decision-making. It is usually applied to g ...

, loosening or reducing documentation requirements **

Paperwork Reduction Act The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (Pub. L. No. 96-511, 94 Stat. 2812, codified at ) is a United States federal law enacted in 1980 designed to reduce the total amount of paperwork burden the federal government imposes on private businesses and c ...

, a United States federal law enacted in 1980 **

Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act The Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996 or EGRPRA (passed as part of ''Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act of 1997'' ) is a United States federal law The law of the United States comprises many levels of codified ...

, 1996 US federal law **

Government Paperwork Elimination Act The Government Paperwork Elimination Act (GPEA, Title XVII) requires that, when practicable, federal agencies use electronic forms, electronic filing, and electronic signatures to conduct official business with the public by 2003. In doing this ...

, 1998 US federal law * ''Paperwork'' (Lil' Troy album), 2006 * ''Paperwork'' (T.I. album), 2014 and its title song

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