PUBLIC GOVERNANCE, TRANSPARENCY, AND ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACTS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR
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https://doi.org/10.57108/iesj.2026.6-2.4Keywords:
public governance, administrative procurement, technological innovation, artificial inteligence, transparencyAbstract
This article analyzes the legal challenges related to public governance, transparency, and the administrative procurement of digital technologies within the framework of technological innovation policies integrated into the public sector. The research is based on the premise that the adoption of Artificial Intelligence, big data, and digital platforms reconfigures the entire administrative decision-making process, placing pressure on the classical principles governing Administrative Law and state liability. To this end, the study adopts a legal-theoretical and critical-analytical approach, grounded in a qualified bibliographic review and normative analysis, bringing together contributions from public governance, public policy theory, personal data protection, and algorithmic governance. The theoretical-methodological framework supports the argument that state technological innovation cannot be understood merely as procedural modernization, but rather as an institutional phenomenon that requires the reinterpretation of procurement, contractual, and democratic oversight regimes. The analysis demonstrates that the public procurement of technological solutions faces structural limitations associated with information asymmetry, technological dependence, algorithmic opacity, and the technical transfer of sensitive public functions to private actors. As its main findings, the study indicates that administrative contracts aimed at the adoption of digital technologies must incorporate specific technological risk governance mechanisms, such as transparency obligations, decision traceability, independent audits, and continuous institutional oversight. It is concluded that contractual governance constitutes an essential instrument for reconciling technological innovation, state accountability, and the protection of fundamental rights, preventing efficiency gains from being transformed into democratic deficits.
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