Transparency and Openness: The Tools Available in Italy

The object of analysis of this paper concerns the instruments of transparency and openness towards the public administrations foreseen in the Italian legal system; in particular, we analyse the right to access government data and the use of open government data and public big data. For these purposes, the contribution is focused on Legislative Decree No. 33/2013, profoundly modified by Legislative Decree 97/2016, dedicated to transparency and right to access, and on the reforms approved by Legislative Decree No. 82/2005, and more recently by Legislative Decree 179/2016 and Legislative Decree 217/2017, which concern the profiles relating to open data and big data in the public sphere. From the normative analysis emerges the evolution of the concept of knowledge allowed by new technologies and the unprecedented "relationship" made possible between public sector bodies and citizens.