Objective

1. Simplifytheprovisionofpublicservicesthroughdataintegration.

2. Implementthe“onceonly”principle:throughwhichcitizensshouldnotneed to present information to government agencies that it alreadypossesses.

3. Foster cultural change in the public sector towards an integratedgovernment.

4. Increasedataaccessandreuseacrossthepublicsector.

5. Increasecompliancetodataprivacyandcybersecurityregulationsandbest practicesthroughtheadoptionofstandardsandcentralized platforms.

AdoptionScale

This program started as a means of data sharing between Braziliangovernment bodies of the Federal Executive Branch (approximately 250different agencies, of which 85 have already joined the program). In thenextphase,accesstotheshareddatawillbeextendedtoagenciesatthestateandcitylevel,raising thescopeoftheprojectsignificantly.

There are currently 890 different public services using at least one of theavailabledatasets,addingupto1.550differentsystemintegrations. Currentlytheprogramisabouttoreach600milliontransactionsperyear.

A study has been developed to evaluate the cost savings for society,especially in terms of time spared through simplified access to publicservices.Basedonit, theestimatedsavingshavebeenclosetoR$2.5 billion(aboutUS$500million)sincethebeginningoftheprogram.

Information on Design andImplementation:

The main development created for the project is the API manager. Therole of this tool is to add a layer between the providing and receivingsystems,responsibleforauthenticationandaccesscontrol,trafficcontrol,security,among otheraspects.

It's worth noting that some implementation strategies were key to theprojectresults:first,APIaccessisfreetogovernmentagenciesinmostcases, simplifying the budgeting process; there's been a long mappingeffort, in order to identify and prioritize the most sought-after data sets;andtheprojectdevelopmenthashadfromthestarta focusonprivacy andsecuritybydesignmethodologies.

Monitoring and Evaluation Metrics

TheAPIplatformallowsforreal-timemonitoringofthemostrelevantmetricsrelatedtotheproject,whichare:

NumberofAPIaccesses
NumberofAPIservicesprovided
Numberofsuppliergovernmentagencies
Numberofconsumergovernmentagencies

Asalreadymentioned,themainimpactindicatorusedintheevaluationisthe economy generated due to the time spared to the citizen and thegovernmentbecauseof theimprovedserviceprovision.

Governance Mechanism

The program has been established and is managed by the Secretariat forDigital Government. The below mentioned decrees provide a regulatoryframeworkthatallowsfordatasharing,whiletheBraziliandataprivacylawaddsspecific requirements for the process.

Mostrelevantlegalinstruments:

PresidentialDecree#8777/
2016-introducesthe“onceonly”principleinPublicAdministration
PresidentialDecree#10046/2021-datasharingpolicy
FederalLaw#13708/2018-BrazilianGeneralData PrivacyLaw(LGPD)