Citizens’ access to on-line governmental financial information: Practices in the European Union countries

In recent years we are witnessing simultaneously the need for public sector entities to be more transparent in the information they publish and a series of technological advances that are changing the way these entities relate to citizens. This latter fact could support the former; that is, the info...

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Published in:Government information quarterly 2005, Vol.22 (2), p.258-276
Main Authors: Perez, Carmen Caba, Lopez Hernandez, Antonio M, Bolivar, Manuel Pedro Rodriguez
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access to information
Business information
End users
European Union
Finance
Government information
Government Spending
Information Technology
Online information retrieval
Public
State Society Relationship
World Wide Web
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Summary:In recent years we are witnessing simultaneously the need for public sector entities to be more transparent in the information they publish and a series of technological advances that are changing the way these entities relate to citizens. This latter fact could support the former; that is, the information and communication technologies – particularly the Web – could be put to use by governments and become the instrument through which to provide the citizens with regular accurate information on the public finances. In this context, this article (1) explores whether public sector entities (more specifically, the central public administrations of the EU countries) are becoming aware of the importance of including financial information on their Web sites that citizens can use in their decision making, and (2) proposes a model that will facilitate citizen access to financial information.
ISSN:0740-624X
1872-9517
DOI:10.1016/j.giq.2005.02.002