Os avanços da lei de acesso à informação

Abstract

This research aimed at the study and presentation of the progress made with the publication of the Law No. 12.527/11 (Law on Access to Information) and the Decree No. 7.724/12. During this work it was possible to identify the evolution of access to public information in Brazil, whose regulation appears on the Constitution of 1988, but until 2011 there was no law guaranteeing citizens access to public information and its effective applicability. Thus, the Decree No. 7.724/12, at Federal level, with it is devices allowed access to public information by the citizen and led to the creation of the Citizens Information Service - SIC. Through bibliographic research and from the data availability in electronic means in the e-SIC Portal, it was possible to consolidate and interpret the data. Nevertheless, during the data collection inconsistencies emerged, however they were solved using the e-SIC, which, by the way, was an effective system itself, as presented in this research. The results showed improvements in the LAI since its enactment, but some results were inefficient, e.g. a highlight to the heedless universities in meeting their registered demands on e-SIC, on the other hand, it did not prevent from the detection of advances with the enactment of the LAI and its applicability, on the contrary, it demonstrated the effectiveness of the system and SIC-disclosure of data and public information, even confirming the irregularities committed by some public bodies under their operation, contradicting the devices created from the Law on Access to Information.