A lei de acesso à informação: aplicação e efetividade jurídica, no âmbito executivo, nos municípios que compõem a região metropolitana de Maceió

Abstract

This work presents the results of an analysis carried out on transparency portals of the municipalities that make up the metropolitan region of Maceió. These portals represent egovernment, which expresses, among other needs, the concern of public management with access to information, in a clear and easy-to-understand manner in the digital age, considering that virtuality enables citizens to monitor actions more effectively and , mainly, transparency. Thus, the objective of this study was to evaluate the applicability and effectiveness of the Access to Information Law (LAI) by city halls of the municipalities that make up the metropolitan area of Maceió, Alagoas, through a checklist as recommended by the LAI and the Fiscal Responsibility Law (LRF) . This is a qualitative research with an exploratory approach through a bibliographic review and an observation regarding the compliance with legal norms regarding access to information, using institutional websites and transparency portals of the aforementioned city halls. Through this research, it was evidenced that the promotion of active transparency in these sites presents deficiencies, being in disagreement with the normative provisions of the current laws.