TITLE II TRANSPARENCY ONLINE Article 5 Publication of Public Department Websites Government branches will progressively establish, according to their budget, the diffusion of the following information through the Internet: 1. General Information about that branch mainly including its issued regulations and communiqués, description, organization, organizational chart, procedures, legal framework, and the Unified Text of Administrative Processes (Texto Unico Ordenado de Procedimentos Administrativos) that governs the determined body, if applicable. 2. Budget information that includes data about executed budgets, investment projects, designated salaries and benefits of high ranking officials as well as all personnel and their wages. 3. The acquisitions of goods and services. The publication will describe transactions in detail – the promised amount, the suppliers and the quantity and quality of the goods and services that were acquired. 4. Official activities that involve or will involve high ranking officials of the respective branch, understood as the directors of that branch and the officials that rank below them 5. Additional information the department considers appropriate. The aforementioned provisions do not exclude the obligations that are present in Title IV of this law related to the publication of information on public finances. All public administrative entities must identify the official responsible for the development of the websites. Article 6 Implementation All government departments will be obliged to have websites functioning according to the following dates: a. Central Government Departments, autonomous and decentralized departments, on July 1, 2003 b. Regional Governments have up to one year after taking office. c. Local Provincial Governments and decentralized provincial departments have up to one year at the start of a new municipal period, unless the technological and financial resources make it impossible for them to comply. d. Local District Governments have up to two years from the beginning of the new municipal period, unless technological and financial resources make it impossible for them to comply. e. Private entities that offer public services or execute administrative functions must comply by July 1, 2003. The authorities in charge of designing the budget will take into account the aforementioned deadlines when assigning the corresponding resources. TITLE III ACCESS TO PUBLIC INFORMATION OF THE STATE Article 7 Legitimacy and Unmotivated Requirements (Requerimiento Inmotivado) Every individual has the right to request and receive information from any branch of Public Administration. An explanation for the request is not required under any circumstance. Article 8 Entities Required to Supply Information The entities that are obliged to concede information are the ones specified in Article 2 of the present Law. These entities will identify, under the responsibility of their highest ranked representative, the official responsible for disclosing information mentioned in the present Law. If this official remains unnamed, 2