dossiers
Detailed case files
Dossiers is the plural of dossier, a collection of documents about a particular person, event, or subject.
Intelligence agencies keep dossiers on persons of interest.
Human resources maintains personnel dossiers.
The word carries a slight flavor of surveillance or investigation: The FBI had compiled a thick dossier on the activist.
Stored data collections
- classifiedRestricted from disclosure
- agentsThose who act for others
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- CIAU.S. foreign intelligence service
MI6 · operatives · informants · espionage · covert · debriefing · assets · handlers
Devoted to examination
- sourcesPoints of origin
- documentsFormal written records
- exposéInvestigative journalism piece
- reportersThose who gather news
leaked · whistleblowers · research · facts · editorial · archives · correspondents · verification
Paid staff members
- recordsStored data or albums
- evaluationsFormal judgments of quality
- hiringGiving someone work
- HREmployee management department
background checks · references · qualifications · performance reviews · credentials · employment history · applications · resumes
Facts supporting truth
- case filesOrganized investigation documents
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- discoveryAct of finding something
exhibits · depositions · testimony · litigation · defendants · plaintiffs · affidavits · subpoenas
- chartsVisual data displays
- historyRecord of past events
- diagnosesMedical condition determinations
- treatmentCare for an ailment
clinical · physicians · confidential · HIPAA · documentation · symptoms · consultations · specialists
files
Stored data collections
- classifiedRestricted from disclosure
- agentsThose who act for others
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
CIA · MI6 · operatives · informants · espionage · covert · debriefing · assets · handlers · moles
investigative
Devoted to examination
reporters · leaked · whistleblowers · research · facts · editorial · archives · correspondents · verification · scoops
employees
Paid staff members
- recordsStored data or albums
- evaluationsFormal judgments of quality
- hiringGiving someone work
HR · background checks · references · qualifications · performance reviews · credentials · employment history · applications · resumes · assessments
evidence
Facts supporting truth
- case filesOrganized investigation documents
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
discovery · exhibits · depositions · testimony · litigation · defendants · plaintiffs · affidavits · subpoenas · criminal
patient records
treatment · clinical · physicians · confidential · HIPAA · documentation · symptoms · consultations · specialists · referrals
- fichierstxt, pdf, doc, mp3, zip
- bureaucracybureaucracy, bureaucrat, bureaucrats, red tape, civil service
- classified recordsdocuments, files, reports, intelligence, secrets
- paperworkinvoice, permit, documents, license, filing
- classified inteltop secret, classified, classified documents, state secrets, military secrets
- secret policeStasi, KGB, Gestapo, NKVD, Cheka
dossierspublic records
Officially filed, publicly accessible documents