The agreement between the two transverse government ministries focuses on the Transparency Portal, which is destined to become the basis of the right of access to public information in Spain. Under the agreement, the website and its contents depend on the Ministry of the Presidency, but its technological design, software development and technical maintenance will be undertaken by the Directorate General for Administrative Modernisation, Administrative Procedures and E -Government, part of the State Department of Public Administrations.
The Government's objective is to give a comprehensive response to citizen demands and comply with the goal of providing a large amount of information to users, with common standards in the presentation, the replies that are provided to requests and in computer processing. Thus the Transparency Portal will have an interactive mechanism for citizens to exercise their right of access to information, refer to the state of process of their requests and receive responses promptly and accurately.
As a result, along with the agreement signed today, the Ministry of the Presidency is working in cooperation with other ministries, to create the information units foreseen by the transparency law, which will be a key part of the system, both as regards information created by public administration, and in response to questions and issues that are raised by citizens.
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