Evidenciação das Compras Públicas nos Websites das Instituições Públicas de Ensino Superior da Região Sudeste

Abstract

The growing advance of information and communication technologies (ICT) has provided a new way for society to develop. This advance has changed the population's access to information, making it easier and faster. These advances have also changed the performance of Public Administration bodies that have been charged for greater transparency in the activities carried out by public managers, including the disclosure of public procurement. Therefore, the objective of this study is to identify and analyze the degree of transparency in the disclosure of public purchases in the institutional websites of the Public Institutions of Higher Education (HEIs) located in the Southeast region of the country. So as to develop the present research, the checklist model developed and employed by Soares and Vicente (2011) and Soares (2013) was applied, focusing on the information relating to public purchases presented on the websites of public HEIs in the Southeast region. The sample of the study is restricted to those institutions that disclose information as to public purchases on the websites, twelve (12) HEIs were used. The methodology adopted for the research consists in a descriptive study of a qualitative-quantitative approach, by means of documentary research. It was verified in the analysis carried out that few institutions have a transparency portal on the institutional site. Despite the fact that legislation demands greater transparency in public procurement, the transparency of the HEIs surveyed in the Southeast is low, having a percentage of less than 50% of purchases disclosed by most institutions.