Open Data: a Strategy for Increased Public Management Transparency and Modernization

Abstract

At a time when improving public management,
promoting social participation and the meeting need to
provide better public services are high on our agendas,
the open government data policy is a key input for the
construction and consolidation of open government.
This new paradigm allows citizens to obtain information
about government actions, thus enabling their active
contribution to decision-making and improving
the functioning of the State. The contemporary nature
of the topic as well as the evolution of practices at the
international level have motivated this article, which
provides an overview of the concepts, characteristics
and risks associated with open data. It also describes
the international scene as regards the opening of government
data, discusses some local initiatives, and presents
the Brazilian regulatory framework on the matter.