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Informa.BR — Brazil's AI-Powered Natural-Language Search Across Federal Public Data

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Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 83% 40/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

Brazil's CGU launched Informa.BR on 30 June 2026: citizens type a plain-language information request and AI matches it against the Transparency Portal, the Open Data Portal and past freedom-of-information replies, with a one-click path to file a new request if nothing turns up.

Informa.BR — Brazil's AI-Powered Natural-Language Search Across Federal Public Data

Details

Maturity
Pilot
Promoter
Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU)
Period
Launched 30 June 2026
Keywords
open data, transparency, access to information, e-government

Context

Brazil's federal comptroller general (CGU) launched Informa.BR on 30 June 2026 to help citizens find public information scattered across many government websites.

Objectives

The platform aims to let citizens describe their request in plain language and be matched automatically to existing public data and past freedom-of-information replies, rather than manually searching each government portal.

Activities

Informa.BR uses AI to search the Transparency Portal, the Open Data Portal, federal agency websites and the archive of prior access-to-information replies, returning a results summary with direct links; if nothing is found, users can file a new formal information request on the same page. Federal agencies must route their access-to-information links to Informa.BR, while the ombudsman channel Fala.BR continues to handle complaints separately, with full migration to be phased in over time.

Conclusions

As a service barely a month old, Informa.BR's launch, scope and mandated roll-out are well documented, but no usage, accuracy or satisfaction data has yet been published, so its real-world effectiveness remains unproven.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Medium (€50k–€500k)
Time to results
Medium (1–3 years)
Staffing & skills
Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU) as lead agency, Federal agencies required to link their access-to-information pages to the platform

Conditions for success

  • Mandatory agency-wide linking from statutory access-to-information pages
  • Integration across multiple existing data sources (Transparency Portal, Open Data Portal, FOI-reply archive)
  • Fallback path letting users file a new formal request when the AI search finds nothing

Common failure modes

  • No usage or accuracy data has been published yet, so effectiveness is unverified
  • Gradual, non-uniform agency migration could create an inconsistent citizen experience during rollout

Where it fits

Governance type
national government agency
Scale
national

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