E-Government and social networks: information, participation and interaction

Abstract

The new access-to-information law is an important step toward government transparency and control by the population by reversing the current situation and making transparency the rule and secrecy an exception. However, the consolidation of these intentions will only occur with the effective expansion of channels of participation and collaboration based on a flow of relationships that extend from the interior to the exterior of the governmental apparatus and vice versa. Social networks offer a path for this flow, repositioning the discussion of e-government, open data and open-source software. At this initial moment of implementation, it is important to note how complex organisations like Fiocruz behave in the face of this challenge.