Portais de transparência da administração pública municipal: uma análise dos municípios da Região Metropolitana de Salvador

Abstract

The objective of this research was to evaluate the level of transparency of the public administration of the Municipalities of the Metropolitan Region of Salvador. In order to achieve this objective, it was necessary to use a qualitative, descriptive methodology, carried out through documentary research and data collection with direct observation of the transparency portal of the evaluated municipalities, together with the support and elaboration of the transparency ranking of the evaluated municipalities. In addition to the data collected on the transparency portals, data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics - IBGE and from the Transparent Brazil Scale - EBT, 2nd edition were used. To carry out the research, the 13 municipalities that comprise the Metropolitan Region of Salvador Bahia were investigated. The period chosen corresponds to the years 2021 and 2022. The results showed that of the 13 municipalities studied, 10 reached above 70% of compliance with the Law, while only 2 municipalities did not reach these necessary parameters, considering the standards adopted by the TCE- LOL. Regarding the positions of the ranking elaborated, all the municipalities that participated in the research reached an average above 50% in relation to compliance with the LAI. Among the most transparent municipalities, Lauro de Freitas was the one that most complied with the legislation, reaching 95% of transparency and Pojuca the one that least fitted the legislation, reaching only 55% of the required. Even with the actions taken by municipal managers, there is still much to improve in relation to transparency, as there are still limitations on access to published information and compliance with the Law on Access to Information - LAI. The main limitation for carrying out the evaluation was related to the timeliness of the process and instability of the releases of documents linked to the evaluation process, since the results point to the reality of a certain period.