隨著資訊、電腦科技之不斷進步,各國政府不論是出於主動或被動,均將行政業務逐步邁向行政資訊公開化,以期滿足人民對政府施政透明化與公開化之要求,以利監督政府施政。政府不能以資料保護做為故意推託、隱瞞之藉口,但相對地,國家重要機密及個人資料之不當曝光,也會危及國家及社會大眾的利益或安全。 鑑此行政院乃依授權命令於90年2月21日與考試院會銜發布「行政資訊公開辦法」,以作為規範行政資訊之過渡性法規,俾促進行政程序之民主化與透明化,並滿足人民知的權利。然而該法已實施四年多,其成效究竟如何?本研究以中央之行政院37個所屬一級機關及地方之台北市、高雄市政府與21個各縣市政府為研究對象,以深度訪談及問卷調查法進行實證調查,藉由理論與實證相互印證,分析探討推動行政資訊公開之成效,據以擬訂較完善的資訊公開制度。
Following the leaps and bounds in the information and computer technology, world countries, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, would need to broach toward administration information disclosure in order to satisfy the people's demand for open and transparent government administration and for the people to monitor the government administration. The government can no longer renege or shun from disclosing the information on the grounds of data protection, yet conversely, inappropriate disclosure of vital state secrecy and individual data could risk jeopardizing the equity and security of the nation and the social public as a whole. Yet the Executive Yuan, as per empowerment bestowed upon it, has ordered on February 21, 2001, in consultation with the Examination Yuan to announce the ”Administration Information Disclosure Act” as an interim legislation for governing administrative information, in a move to democratize and add transparency to the administrative proceedings, and to satisfy the people's right to know. Yet with the legislation that has been implemented more than four years, has it brought positive influence as anticipated by the public? The study focuses on 37 level one central Executive Yuan government agencies and 21 local county/municipal government agencies, including Taipei Municipal Government, Koahsiung Municipal government, as the study subjects to examine the information disclosure's implementation yield and impact, taking to the in-depth interview and questionnaire survey methods with which to conduct the surveys. Whereby the theories and factual validation are mirrored to analyze and examine the result and impact on the promotion of administration information disclosure in anticipation for drafting a more comprehensive information disclosure system.