Lei de acesso à informação: vulnerabilidades relacionadas à classificação da informação no COMAER

Abstract

Law No. 12,527 (2011), known as the Freedom of Information Act (LAI), that was published on November 18, 2011, but did not come into effect until May 16, 2012, delimited within the Federal Executive Branch the procedures related to the classification of information as to the level and period of classification, among others. Because of its promulgation, Decree No. 7,724 (May 16, 2012) and Decree No. 7845 (November 14, 2012) were also issued to regulate it. Despite the fact that this legislation is aligned with the constitutional principle of transparency of information and public documents on the restrictions for the classification of information and the characteristics of the organizational structure of the Air Force Command (COMAER), relevant issues can be improperly classified and therefore lack the security measures consistent with level of classification provided for in the very LAI. Once unclassified, the information, much of which is related to national security, becomes easily accessible. This paper seeks to verify if the classification procedures set out in the LAI and in the regulatory decrees can create vulnerabilities to security of COMAER information.