Accountability in the State Courts of the Midwest Region: A portrait of electronic portals

Abstract

The main objective of this article is to analyze the capacity to build accountability on the electronic portals of the State Courts of Justice (TJ's) in the Central-West Region. Specifically, verify compliance with resolution No. 260/2018 of the National Council of Justice (CNJ), which establishes the transparency ranking and seeks to value the courts with the best performance in providing information in a clear and organized manner. Data collection was carried out through documentary research on the electronic portals of the courts of justice, based on the analysis model established in an adapted protocol and defining the criteria in three capacity classifications: low, medium and high. Thus, it assessed the conditions for accountability, transparency and participation/interaction (dimensions of accountability ). The results pointed to an average capacity for accountability in the Courts of Goiás, Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul and high capacity in the Federal District, regarding the dimension of accountability. Regarding transparency and participation/interaction, all courts in the region had a high capacity for accountability . However, from data analysis, it was concluded that simply providing information is not enough if clarity, ease and usefulness are absent, since, especially in the Mato Grosso do Sul court, it is necessary to strengthen social accountability .