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DATA GOVERNANCE IN DIGITAL PUBLIC ENVIRONMENTS: Information Mediation, Informational Quality, and Countering Asymmetry in Government Administration

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Ferreira, João Rodrigo Santos · Lima, Paulo Ricardo Silva

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2026

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pt

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2026-11-13T08:57:43.245199+00:00

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2026-11-13T08:57:43.245199+00:00

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Ministério Público do Estado de Alagoas · Universidade Estadual de Alagoas, UNEAL

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Introduction: Information and communication technologies have significantly transformed the processes of production, circulation, mediation, and consumption of data within the government environment, driving the modernization of public administration. In recent years, electronic portals have established themselves as the primary infrastructures for the dissemination of public acts, propelled by active transparency guidelines and digital governance mechanisms guided by the logic of efficiency, in which the centralization of flows becomes an essential element of institutional dynamics. In this context, integrated platforms and open data tools have contributed to mitigating administrative fragmentation, a phenomenon where complex procurement content is adapted into structured, interoperable, and easily retrievable formats. While this process expands informational reach and accessibility, it also raises concerns regarding the risk of information overload (infoxication) from excess raw data, the standardization of search criteria, and the critical capacity of citizens and managers when facing digital public sources. Objective: In light of this scenario, this study aims to analyze how the implementation of a unified digital public procurement platform in Alagoas, a state located in the Northeast region of Brazil, impacts information mediation processes, informational quality, and the mitigation of asymmetry in digital public environments. Specifically, it seeks to discuss the transformation of decentralized records into rapidly circulating strategic assets, examine information simplification and organization strategies adopted by institutional oversight profiles, identify elements related to data findability and comprehensibility within government architecture, and reflect on the effects of centralized flows on evidence-based decision-making. Methodology: Methodologically, the research is qualitative and descriptive and exploratory in nature, grounded in a literature review of Information Science and document analysis. The empirical corpus will consist of search functionalities, query filters, and structured report export mechanisms within the web environment of a government process modernization agency in the aforementioned Brazilian state. The analysis will be conducted using previously defined analytical categories based on specialized literature, such as digital government, public transparency, information management, information findability, accessibility, technical interoperability, and the reduction of informational asymmetry. Expected Results: As expected results, it is assumed that the structural and governance logic of unified platforms favors the optimization of public information, shaping a strategic intelligence environment characteristic of the Government as a Platform (GaaP) model. On the one hand, adapting complex physical processes into integrated digital reports and exportable formats expands their circulation and reuse, contributing to the democratization of access to government data and strengthening social control and oversight by external actors. On the other hand, this same dynamic demands continuous coordination between technical technology sectors and management control offices, avoiding the risk of converting public portals into chaotic repositories that limit a clear understanding of state expenditures. In this scenario, a shift is observed from traditional criteria of isolated searches toward criteria linked to consistent metadata and item-category indexing. Thus, the reliability of information becomes influenced not only by its legally required publication but also by its capacity to be found, integrated, and reused responsively. Final Considerations: This study reflects on how the structuring of digital government environments represents one of the major contemporary challenges for Information Science, as it demands discussions on the boundaries between the mere availability of raw data and effective quality transparency. From the perspective of information mediation, this work seeks to understand how digital infrastructures reconfigure cost reduction, inter-institutional planning, and the overcoming of historical asymmetries between the State and society. Thus, the research contributes to the debate on the impacts of digital transformation in the public sector and signals the role of information management practices in promoting a more transparent, efficient, and evidence-based public governance in digital environments. Conference abstract published in the proceedings of TOI2026 — XII Congresso Internacional em Tecnologia e Organização da Informação. ISSN 2965-4130. Original publication in Doity

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10.5281/zenodo.23103067

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