Best web-site of an institution with regard to the Access to Public Information Act

In 2010, in view of the December 2008 amendments to the APIA which introduced an obligation for online publication of information, an award for The Best Web Site With Regard to the APIA will not be presented.

Criteria are incorporated in the criteria for the category Institution, Which Has Most Efficiently Organized the Provision of Public Information.

All past winners in the category were selected on the basis of the down listed criteria.

Evaluation Criteria for institutional web sites:

• Has information pursuant to Art.15 of the APIA been published on the institutional web site:
  1. Description of its powers as well as data on the organizational structure, the functions and the responsibilities of the administration;
  2. List of the acts issued within the scope of its powers;
  3. Description of the data volumes and resources, used by the respective administration;
  4. The name, the address, the telephone number and the working hours of the respective administration's office which is authorized to receive applications for access to public information.
• Has contact information about the officials been published: name, position, phone number, e-mail?
  
• Is there an Access to Information subsection on the web site?
  
• Does the subsection contain internal rules related to the access to information and the procedure for access to the public registers?
• Does the web site contain upgraded:
  - Instructions;
  - Laws;
  - Draft Laws;
  - Reports;
  - Information about Public Procurements, signed contracts;
  - Information under the APIA—request form, procedure for its filing.
• Is the request form accessible on the web site of the institution?
• Are electronic requests under the APIA accepted?
  
• Are electronic requests under the APIA accepted? Does the institution reply to electronic requests/provide requested information electronically?