The free and unrestricted access of any person to any information of public interest constitutes one of the fundamental principles of the relationship between individuals and public authorities, in accordance with the Constitution of Romania and with the international documents ratified by the Romanian Parliament. Any person has the right to request and obtain from public authorities and institutions, under Law 544/2001 regarding free access to information of public interest, information of public interest, and public authorities and institutions are obliged to provide, at the request of the person, the requested information of public interest in writing or verbally. Public authorities and institutions are obliged to respond in writing to requests for information of public interest within 10 days or, as the case may be, no later than 30 days from the registration of the request, depending on the difficulty, complexity, volume of documentary work, and the urgency of the request. If the time required to identify and disseminate the requested information exceeds 10 days, the response will be communicated to the applicant within a maximum of 30 days, provided that they are notified in writing of this fact within 10 days. The displayed public information request form can be filled in by the citizen, who may request information related to the categories of documents created and/or managed by the Brăila County Council which constitute information of public interest. Firstly, in order to benefit from the information, the citizen must create an account on the Single Electronic Contact Point platform. After registering or logging in to their account, the individual or legal entity enters the platform and searches for the institution they wish to contact, in our case the Brăila County Council. Once at the respective institution, the citizen looks for the necessary form to obtain the information of interest, which must be downloaded, completed with the requested data, scanned, and then uploaded again to the platform. Confirmation of receipt of the document and, subsequently, the response will be communicated via the platform, to the email address indicated in the form.*