Article 8. Powers of the heads of public authorities and administration in the sphere of ensuring openness of the activities of public authorities and administration

The powers of the heads of public authorities and administration in the sphere of ensuring openness of the activities of public authorities and administration include:

coordinating the activities of structural and territorial subdivisions of public authorities and administration to ensure the use by information users of information on their activities;

organizing the development and adoption of normative legal acts, normative and other documents regulating the procedure for providing information on the activities of public authorities and administration;

organizing monitoring and continuous comprehensive evaluation of measures undertaken to ensure openness of the activities of public authorities and administration;

designating officials responsible for providing information on the activities of public authorities and administration;

approving the list of information on the activities of public authorities and administration to be posted on their official websites;

approving the list of information on the activities of public authorities and administration with restricted use in accordance with legislation;

approving information materials on the activities of public authorities and administration that are to be published;

establishing the procedure for attendance of information users at open collegial meetings of public authorities and administration;

ensuring free use by information users of information on the activities of public authorities and administration, except in cases provided for in part one of Article 6 of this Law;

ensuring the timely provision and reliability of information on the activities of public authorities and administration to be posted on their official websites;

taking appropriate measures against officials of public authorities and administration who violate the legislation on openness of the activities of public authorities and administration.

Heads of public authorities and administration may also exercise other powers in the sphere of ensuring openness of the activities of public authorities and administration in accordance with legislation.