The Brazilian state and transparency: evaluating compliance with freedom of information

Abstract

This study, which was presented at the seminar ‘National Evaluation on Governmental Transparency’, represents our first effort to assess the workings of the FOI law in practice. The study is part of the institutional mission of the Transparency Audit Network, an international initiative still in its developmental phase, coordinated by the Public Transparency Program at EBAPE and CTS/FGV Direito Rio. The goal of the Transparency Audit Network is to develop and apply transparency assessments in order to help civil society, governments, and academics, to better understand and compare compliance with transparency laws across countries and jurisdictions.