The purpose of this Act is..
- Purpose
- The purpose of this Act is to ensure the people’s rights to know and to secure the
people’s participation in state affairs and the transparency of the operation of
sta- te affairs by prescribing necessary matters concerning the people’s claims
for the disclosure of information and the obligations of public institutions
to disclose theirinformation in their possession.
- The purpose of this Act is to ensure the people’s rights to know and to secure the
- Definitions
- For the purpose of this Act, the definitions of terms shall be as follows:
- 1. The term “information” means matters recorded in documents (including e-documents; hereafter the same shall apply), drawings, pictures, films, tapes, slides and other media, etc. corresponding thereto that are all made, acquired and managed by public institutions in order to discharge their respective duties;
- 2. The term “disclosure” means the act of public institutions allowing the people to persue information, deliver copies and replications of information to the people under the provisions of this Act or fur-nish the people with information through the information and communications network (hereinafter referred to as the “information and communications network”) under subparagraph 7 of Article 2 of the Act on Promotion of the Digitalization of Administrative Affairs, etc. for Creation of Digital Government; and
- 3.The term “public institution” means any State agency, local government, governmentinvested institution provided for in Article 2 of the Framework Act on the Management of Government-Invested Institutions and other institutions prescribed as such by the Presidential Decree.
- For the purpose of this Act, the definitions of terms shall be as follows:
- Principles for Disclosing information
- All information held and managed by public institutions shall be disclosed under the conditions presc-ribed by this Act.
- Scope of Application
- (1)The disclosure of information shall be governed by this Act, except as otherwise expressly provided for in other Acts.
- (2) Every local government may prescribe its local ordinance governing the disclosure of information on its administrative affairs within the scope of Acts and subordinate statutes.
- (3) This Act shall not apply to any information that is collected or produced by agencies in charge of information pertaining to the national security and security services for the purpose of analyzing infor- mation pertaining to the national security: Provided, That the same shall not apply to the production, provision and disclosure of the information provided for in Article 8 (1).
- Applicants for Information disclosure
- (1) Every people holds the right to request information disclosure.
- (2) Requests for disclosing information made by any foreigners shall be prescribed by the Presidential Decree.
- Obligations of Public Institutions
- (1) Public institutions shall enforce this Act and abide by related Acts and subordinate statutes so as torespect the people’s rights to request information disclosure.
- (2) Public institutions shall create an information management system by which information can be properly kept and speedily searched, open an office and secure staff in charge ofinformation disclosure and work to build an information disclosure system, etc. by making full use of the information and communications network.
- Publication of Administrative information
- (1)
With respect to the information falling under each of the following subparagraphs, public institutions
shall prescribe the specific scope of its disclosure and the frequency, time and methods of its disclosure, etc. in advance and publish such standards and regularly publish the information according to such standards: Provided, That the same shall not apply to the information falling under each subparagraph of Article 9 (1):
- 1. Information pertaining to any policy that has a substantial impact on the life of the people;
- 2. Information pertaining to any work or any project, etc. which is undertaken under a State policy and requires the spending of a significant amount of budget;
- 3. Information that is needed to perform the administrative overseeing of detailed budget spending and project evaluation outcome; and
- 4. Other information that is prescribed by the heads of public institutions.
- (2) The heads of public institutions shall work vigorously to make information that the people need to know accessible to them in addi- tion to the matters referred to in paragraph (1).
- (1)
With respect to the information falling under each of the following subparagraphs, public institutions
shall prescribe the specific scope of its disclosure and the frequency, time and methods of its disclosure, etc. in advance and publish such standards and regularly publish the information according to such standards: Provided, That the same shall not apply to the information falling under each subparagraph of Article 9 (1):
- Making and Deeping of List of Information
- (1) Public institutions shall make and keep a list of information that they hold and manage in a manner that the people can readily understand such list of information and publish the list of information throu- gh the information disclosure system, etc. by making full use of the information and communications network: Provided, That in the event that any information that may not be disclosed under Article 9 (1) is entered in the list of information, such information may not be provided and disclosed.
- (2) Public institutions shall secure a place for information disclosure and facilities needed to disclose information in order to speedily and smoothly perform the clerical work of information disclosure.
