Register of Bulgarian Environmental Information Requests, Jan-Jun 2017

A register of applications for environmental information received by Bulgaria's Executive Environment Agency under the Access of Information and Movement Act. The data covers the first half of 2017 and relates to the public's right to access environmental information as defined by Bulgarian law. The dataset is provided by the Data Department of the State e-Government Agency via the EU Open Data portal.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in public requests for environmental information based on the described legal framework and time period.
• Study government responsiveness to information requests based on the register's documented applications.
• Model the relationship between public interest and environmental governance based on the volume and nature of requests.

Strengths

• Data is explicitly linked to specific Bulgarian legislation (Access of Information and Movement Act, Environmental Protection Act).
• The temporal coverage is clearly defined as 1 January to 30 June 2017.
• The responsible agency (Executive Environment Agency) and publishing organization (State e-Government Agency) are identified.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Data Department - State e-Government Agency

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official administrative records of the Executive Environment Agency.

Time Range

1 January 2017 to 30 June 2017

Geography

Republic of Bulgaria