*Brazil: Hacking for transparency and the right to information*
Last May, the Brazilian government finally introduced ‘right to public
information' legislation. An amended version of the draft bill has
just been presented for public consultation by the Special Commission
tasked by the Lower House of Congress with revising it. The Bill now
goes to Congress for finalisation and adoption, and if approved, the
law will regulate the Executive, Judicial and Legislative Powers,
besides the entire public administration: at federal, state and city
level. This law will carry out the provision of the 1988 Constitution
that guaranteed this right and called for an implementing law.
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