Gestão da informação: desafios do servidor público na implementação da transparência ativa na região metropolitana de Belo Horizonte

Abstract

Access to public information, regulated by Act number 12527/2011, requires a series of actions that can contribute to its implementation in the three spheres of government. It is observed internally in the institutions the adoption of a new information culture that has as protagonist the public servant. However, who is this servant? What is your appropriation of the act? By what criteria does this professional work out the public information? It is necessary to understand the barriers established in the institutions in order to have subsidies to contribute to the effective implementation of the Access to Information Act. The study aimed to get to know the organization of public information in the context of active transparency in the municipal sphere from the perspective of the servant. A profile analysis of the public servant, responsible for the institutional information management, was carried out; in the same way, it was sought to know, from its perspective, the public information management regarding the implementation of said act in the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte. The research was characterized by the qualitative approach, also using quantitative instruments, and was classified as exploratory research of an applied nature. A web-based questionnaire was applied in the 25 municipalities of the 34 that compose the metropolitan area of Belo Horizonte, because they are in accordance with the established by the act regarding the requirement of a transparency portal in municipalities with more than 10 thousand inhabitants. Of the 25 municipalities, 20 answered the questionnaire, totaling a percentage of 80% return. The analysis showed that the profile of the servants is composed mostly of men, graduates and with specialization, aged between 31 and 40 years. These belong to different areas and positions in the prefectures, with two specific positions in the subject. Most understand about the act, but do not have the mastery of their text. There is little knowledge about open data, but they understand the importance of active transparency, as well as the need to qualify to implement access to public information through active transparency and to adapt their municipalities to the act. It is considered that the act is a "modus operandi" of Information Science and that many of the professionals who now work with public information management are still unprepared, which points out the need and possibility of information professionals working in this area: public information management. This study is expected to make room for the practice of information science in the public information management.