The open catalogue of government information is a government information database that centrally manages and publishes government information in order to facilitate people's inquiries and services, standardize government information services, and follow the principles of strict law, truthfulness, effectiveness and timely convenience.
According to the Regulations of People's Republic of China (PRC) Municipality on the Openness of Government Information, people's governments at all levels and departments of people's governments at or above the county level shall establish and improve the government information disclosure system of their own administrative organs, and designate institutions to be responsible for the daily work of government information disclosure of their own administrative organs. On the Concept and Category of Government Information Publicity
First, the basic definition of government information disclosure
Legally speaking, the disclosure of government information refers to a system in which state administrative organs and organizations authorized or entrusted by laws, regulations and rules voluntarily disclose government information to the public or specific individuals or organizations through legal forms and procedures in the process of exercising state administrative functions and powers. Government information disclosure can be understood from two aspects: broad sense and narrow sense. In a narrow sense, the disclosure of government information mainly refers to the disclosure of government affairs, emphasizing that administrative organs disclose their law enforcement basis, law enforcement procedures and law enforcement results, which belongs to the ten-affairs disclosure system. The connotation and extension of government information disclosure in a broad sense is much broader than that of government affairs disclosure, which not only includes government affairs disclosure, but also requires the government to disclose other information it has.
Second, the principle of determining the scope of government information disclosure
The scope of government information disclosure is the main content of government information disclosure system. To study the scope of government information disclosure in China, we must first clarify the principles for determining the scope of government information disclosure.
"Take openness as the principle, not taking openness as an exception". According to the theory of sovereignty in the people and the theory of the right to know, the power of the top ten government agencies and their public officials comes from, belongs to and is dominated by the people. Citizens have the right to timely and accurately understand and know the important decisions, important government affairs and major events closely related to the rights and interests of ordinary citizens. The purpose of promoting the disclosure of government information is to protect citizens' right to know, participate in political power and supervise, supervise government organs to exercise their functions and powers according to law, prevent corruption and improper exercise of government power, improve the transparency of decision-making, ensure citizens to grasp a large amount of valuable social information in time, and reduce and avoid the idleness and waste of information resources. In view of the theoretical basis and significance of the above-mentioned government information disclosure, most countries in the world have made it clear that the scope of government information disclosure is "the principle of openness, except those that are not open". This principle shows that, on the one hand, in order to achieve the purpose of government information disclosure, government information should be as open as possible. The scope of information disclosure includes not only the institutional setup, powers and responsibilities of the government and its subordinate departments, as well as the disclosure of administrative management and law enforcement procedures, but also the information related to economy, science and society generated, collected, used and preserved by the government in the course of performing its duties. On the other hand, the scope of government information disclosure cannot be infinite. Any legal norm is not only to protect a certain right, but also to adjust various social interests to balance it, and the legal system of government information disclosure should not be an exception. The legal system of government information disclosure can not only protect the interests of citizens' right to know, but also protect other social interests in a balanced way. Specifically, it is necessary to balance the relationship between government information disclosure and the protection of citizens' rights and interests, and between government information disclosure and social stability. From the perspective of protecting the above rights and interests, an exception clause should be set up to exclude it from the scope of government information disclosure.
legal ground
"Regulations of People's Republic of China (PRC) Municipality on the Openness of Government Information" Article 12 The guide and catalogue for the openness of government information compiled and published by administrative organs shall be updated in time. The guide to the disclosure of government information includes the classification, arrangement system and acquisition method of government information, as well as the name, office address, office hours, contact telephone number, fax number and internet contact information of the government information disclosure organ. The catalogue of government information disclosure includes the index, name, content summary, generation date and other contents of government information.