Indicators of Transparency and Good Governance of Spanish Municipalities Online

Abstract

It have been analyzed the information available on 2,930 municipalities Spanish municipalities’ websites. The article considers two hypotheses: first, that Spanish municipalities’ websites show deficiencies in public information, thus affecting the role that municipalities play as news sources; and second, that digital technologies can work to reduce these shortcomings and thus to reawaken interest among citizens. Before the entry into force of Law 19/2013, of December 9, transparency, access to public information and good governance, the amount of public information available is poor. The qualitative analysis provides the same result since the essential elements of the management evaluation.