Brazil published the wages of civil servants of Brazil’s government

 

After Lei de Acesso à Informação (Access to Information Act) was passed on Friday, June 29th, the new Transparency Portal was reported to have published the wages of approximately 700,000 civil Brazil servants of the executive branch of Brazil’s government.

President Rousseff earns R$19,818.49 after tax, but workers in the Senate earn the most, with lawyers and consultants receiving the largest paychecks – starting at R$23,826.57 per month.

The law is part of a raft of recent concessions to transparency: President Rousseff also set up aComissão da Verdade (Truth Commission) to investigate the post-war and military regime eras, and in April, President Rousseff and United States Secretary of State Hilary Clinton co-chaired a meeting of the Open Government Partnership in Brasília.

Sources:
The Rio Times