Transparência e controle social na administração pública a construção do acesso à informação no município de Camargo/RS

Abstract

It is related to the Law on Access to Information, especially, in the city of Camargo/RS as a way to execute the transparency and social control in the public management. It was analyzed the right of access to information in the construction of a democratic society, identifying the legal provisions and principles that are related to the popular participation in the public management. Through a qualitative research of descriptive, exploratory and documentary character became evident that the administrative acts must be transparent, in other words, they must be intelligible, of free access and easy comprehension. The diffusion of information from the public management it is essential for the society to have the effective control about the public res management and as an instrument of democracy, although the research’s data reveal the little participation of Camarguense citizens, because during one year of the Law on Access to Information, 10 out of 424 filed requirements were identified as a request of information and copies of documents. That is equivalent to 2,35% of the total of requirements. The results indicate that the population, especially Camarguense, probably does not know the valuable right that assists them or they do not show interest in follow the administrative decisions taken by public authorities.