TRANSPARÊNCIA PASSIVA DAS PREFEITURAS DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO

Abstract

This study aimed to understand how compliance with the guidelines contained in the Access to Information Law (LAI) is carried out by the executive powers of the municipalities of the State of Rio de Janeiro. The State of Rio de Janeiro has an amount of 92 cities throughout its territory. Three requests were made with low, medium and high levels of demand and difficulty, respectively: digital copy of the Budget Guidelines Law (LDO), including all annexes; the collection of the Urban Property and Land Tax (IPTU) over the last ten years; and, the total of overtime hours worked by professionals placed in the Mayor's Office, with the respective amount paid during the year. Of the total number of municipalities, in 84 (91.30%) complete answers were not obtained: in 9 (9.78%) city halls it was not possible to send the request, while for 75 (81.52%) city halls this sending was not possible. it was possible, but there was no return, or it was unsatisfactory. Already 8 (8.70%) city halls retrieve everything that was requested. Non-compliance with the regulations was noticed in most city halls, in different ways, either due to problems in the digital routing, or due to no problem with returning the requests in which the submission was possible, or in other words, regarding the type of content required. Thus, it is clear that the posture adopted by the municipalities reveals that the passive behavior towards the requested requests has not yet been institutionalized, with a gap between a concrete conduct and a prescribed norm.