(uncountable) Information that has been filed with or recorded by a government agency.

Any authority which has a legal mandate to govern, administrate a part or aspect of public life, such as all branches of the executive power of a state, province, municipality etc.

plural of public authority

The whole of such public authorities, the governmental administration in the widest sense

public relations (in attributive use)

The aspects of social life which occur in public, in the open, as opposed to more private social interaction within families, private clubs, etc. / Politics, as in the profession of being a politician.

Any government and all entities that are controlled or funded by it.

Of or relating to a public sector.

plural of public sector

plural of public opinion