Comunica o digital na gest o pública dos municípios da RMVP: acesso à informa o, transparência e mecanismos de participa o

The realization of sustainable development corresponds to the consolidation and implementation of the relevant principles of democracy, particularly as to the transparency of public management. Assuming that in the structures of Brazilian public administration municipalities are considered the first link between citizens and the government, this paper presents an analysis of how municipalities have provided information on public management to society through digital communication. For that, an exploratory-descriptive survey was conducted with bibliographical and documentary data collection, in cities of the Paraíba Valley. It was found that there are large disparities among municipalities in the use of the legal prerogative of providing information about public administration to citizens. While some only meet the minimum required by law, others make mandatory information available as a means of facilitating service delivery to citizens, a communication channel that fosters the dialogue between society and government, founded in a participatory democracy. This scenario allows tracing the hypothesis that one of the ways to encourage sustainable development, based on the transparency of local public administration, undergoes training activities of municipal managers on the part of other government levels (state and federal).