Are governments complying with transparency? Findings from 15 years of evaluation

Michener, Gregory; Coelho, Jonas; Moreira, Davi

doi:10.1016/j.giq.2021.101565

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“…Random effects account for the effects each public organization on its own could have originating from the organization's individual disclosure incentives. Such incentives differ regarding the varying institutional, structural, organizational or foundational motivations of organizations operating in the public realm (e.g., Berliner et al., 2021; Michener et al., 2021).…”

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Are the answers all out there? Investigating citizen information requests in the haze of bureaucratic responsiveness

2023

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Under freedom of information (FOI) regulations, public officials are pressured to grant citizens access to public information by responding to citizen information requests. However, despite FOI regulations, information requests are treated with varying bureaucratic attention, resulting in a high number of ignored or overdue requests by public organizations. Focusing on this bureaucratic discrimination, this study aims to explain the determinants of varying bureaucratic responsiveness to citizen information requests. Responsiveness in this case is therefore either a successful response to the request, a refusal to respond to the request, or no response at all (i.e., the request is ignored). By drawing on public accountability, and thus a citizen‐driven model of bureaucratic responsiveness, we shed light on the human aspect behind responsiveness to information requests. This research argues that the request's topic as an accountability‐seeking indicator and the communication tone as an indicator for underlying emotions influence responsiveness. The results from applying text mining and text analysis techniques, such as topic modeling and sentiment analysis, on over 100,000 citizen information requests filed via a German online FOI platform support these assumptions.

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Are the answers all out there? Investigating citizen information requests in the haze of bureaucratic responsiveness

2023

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“…These institutions have a relevant social role, being responsible for the generation of knowledge and dissemination of information from learning environments (Cárdenas, López, & Landeros, 2017). According to the study by Michener et al (2021), education is the most evaluated topic when it comes to analyses of government transparency processes.…”

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“…For some authors, Brazil meets some points of the legislation, however, they agree among themselves that significant improvements are necessary for an effective attendance of active transparency (Alves et al, 2021;Baldissera et al 2021;Michener et al, 2021;Silva et al, 2020).…”

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Priority themes on active transparency in federal institutions of higher education: A systematic mapping

Souza¹,

Cavalcanti²,

Castro³

et al. 2023

Connecting Expertise Multidisciplinary Development for the Future

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Initiatives aimed at citizen participation, transparency and the use of technologies have led public management to new directions. Open government is an international initiative that encourages governments that are more transparent, accountable and open to social participation. An interesting initiative applied in Brazil is the proactive dissemination of information of collective interest to society by these bodies and entities, including federal institutions of higher education (IFES), due to their social role and potential for disseminating knowledge to society. . In this context, the objective of this work is to identify which are the themes of collective interest in IFES for the due fulfillment of active transparency. For this, a bibliographic survey, a documentary research and a systematic mapping study were carried out, enhancing the results found. As a result, some general and specific themes of collective interest in IFES were identified.

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“…A transparência sobre os recursos humanos no setor público é também fundamental para avaliar a capacidade estatal e a qualidade das políticas públicas implementadas (Bergue, 2021;Marenco & Strohschoen, 2018), bem como para a integridade e responsabilização na administração pública (Michener et al, 2021). Afinal, burocratas (não eleitos) possuem ideias próprias de como devem ser as políticas públicas e influenciam os rumos do Estado tanto quanto políticos eleitos (Peters, 1969).…”

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Transparência sobre dirigentes públicos estaduais: Uma análise exploratória

De Freitas,

Praca

2023

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Servidores públicos são fundamentais para o funcionamento do Estado. Em especial, os dirigentes públicos ocupam um lugar central ao traduzir a direção política em políticas públicas, sendo um elo entre a burocracia de alto escalão e a burocracia da linha de frente. Mas o quanto as informações governamentais permitem conhecer as características desses agentes que detêm cargos de confiança e são responsáveis por conduzir os assuntos públicos? Este artigo busca responder a essa pergunta analisando as legislações sobre a estrutura administrativa dos estados brasileiros e seus portais de transparência, verificando a viabilidade do entendimento de aspectos como atribuições, escolaridade, gênero e raça desses burocratas. Os resultados evidenciam a existência de limites para compreender o perfil dos dirigentes em nível subnacional, seja dentro do próprio estado ou em uma perspectiva comparada. O artigo contribui assim para conectar as discussões teóricas sobre transparência e composição da força de trabalho no setor público.

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Are governments complying with transparency? Findings from 15 years of evaluation

Cited by 18 publications

References 27 publications

Are the answers all out there? Investigating citizen information requests in the haze of bureaucratic responsiveness

Are the answers all out there? Investigating citizen information requests in the haze of bureaucratic responsiveness

Priority themes on active transparency in federal institutions of higher education: A systematic mapping

Transparência sobre dirigentes públicos estaduais: Uma análise exploratória

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