the improvement of public
services and the control of public resource management.
Name: KEICYANNE MOREIRA MACHADO VAZ
Publication date: 24/10/2024
Examining board:
Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| JANYLUCE REZENDE GAMA | Presidente |
| PABLO LUIZ MARTINS | Examinador Externo |
| TACIANA DE LEMOS DIAS | Examinador Interno |
Summary: There is a growing concern among society regarding the improvement of public
services and the control of public resource management. Within this context, the
Brazilian government committed to releasing its data in open format. Thus, this
research aims to verify to what extent the federal universities in the Southeast region
of Brazil are disclosing their open data sets in compliance with the relevant legal
standards. To provide a basis for the research, the Agency Theory was used,
demonstrating the informational asymmetry that exists between agent-principal and
the use of measures such as transparency and accountability to minimize this problem.
A general study was conducted at federal universities in the Southeast region through
documentary and bibliographic research. Regarding the methodology, this work is
classified, according to its purpose, as applied research. Regarding its objectives, it is
classified as descriptive research, and in terms of the nature of the data, as qualitative.
The investigation's results showed that eight out of the 19 evaluated universities did
not present current Open Data Plans; one did not catalog the data on the Brazilian
Open Data Portal, and four did not comply with all the mandatory items of the Open
Data Plans. Moreover, for the most part, they do not follow the suggestions of the Open
Data Plan Preparation Manual for datasets to be released in open format. It was found
that the least available topics in the aforementioned Manual were those dealing with
information about the weekly activity schedule of teachers, scientific production, and
the list of properties for rent, respectively. The most discussed topics were about the
courses offered by the universities and their respective subjects. Furthermore, it was
highlighted that the Federal University of ABC and the Federal University of Rio de
Janeiro did not address 13 out of the 14 topics, while the Federal University of
Uberlândia and the Federal University of Viçosa were the institutions that addressed
the most suggested topics. Thus, it is concluded that the studied institutions have
difficulty complying with the Open Data Policy and being in accordance with the
relevant laws and regulations.
