Analysis the Citizens' Right to Know of Government Information from a Case

摘要

Information disclosure is an important way to achieve the citizens' right to know. "Open Government Information" made specific provisions for the scope of disclosure of government information and the subject, methods and procedures, supervision and protection, etc. It is important to protect the citizens' right to know of our country. However, since the implementation of this legislation, it always forms a "public" instead of "open", Government information become more and more formal. The reason is this is a top-down "active" behavior of government. It is lack of the strong intrinsic motivation and legal Regulation. Disclosure of information in real life situation has great gap between the states of the law. This essay analyzes the realization of the right to know and "regulations" legislative gap from a case. Emphasize information disclosure is the government's responsibility and discusses how to effectively safeguard and protect the rights of citizens from the perspective of legislation and government responsibility.