政府信息公开诉讼制度初论——借鉴美国《情报自由法》诉讼

On Lawsuit System about Government Information Openness——Learning from Freedom of Information Act of US Lawsuit System

我国《政府信息公开条例》于2008年5月1日起实施,以行政法规形式增加了一项政府义务,即信息公开.这既是我国保障公民知情权的重大举措,也是现代民主社会要求建设服务型政府的关键步骤."有权利必有救济",根据《政府信息公开条例》第33条的救济规定,信息公开诉讼必将成为新的行政诉讼类型。美国的政府信息公开的立法方面走在世界前列,较其他西方国家发展得更为成熟和完善,因此结合美国《情报自由法》,构建有中国特色社会主义政府信息公开诉讼制度势在必行.

The Decree of Government Information Openness took into effect on May 1, 2008, by which an additional governmental duty, information openness, is set in the form of administrative regulations. 窗体顶 This is not only a major move to protect the citizen＇ s right to know about the administrative information, but also a critical step of constructing service-oriented government requested by the modem democratic community. ＂Where there is right, there is a remedy.＂ According to Article 33 （rule of remedy） of the Decree, the lawsuit of information openness will certainly be a new kind of administrative proceedings. USA leads the world in the legislation of government information openness by a more mature and improved development in this area than any other Western countries. Therefore, it is imperative to construct socialistic lawsuit system about government information openness with Chinese characteristics in combination with Freedom of Information Act of USA.