PUBINFO is a practical civic-tech project that helps people use their lawful right to access public information in Ukraine.
The service is designed to make this right easier to use in practice: a person fills in a clear form, gets a structured request document, saves a draft, checks the basic response deadline, and prepares the final text for printing or PDF.
This project exists to help people exercise their legal rights in a simpler and more understandable way.
It focuses on one practical task:
- preparing a request for public information
- structuring the request in a readable format
- reducing mistakes in wording and document preparation
- helping users keep a copy of the request and basic submission details
- making the final document ready for print or PDF
The project is based on the Law of Ukraine “Про доступ до публічної інформації”.
Useful reference points in the law:
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Article 19 — request for information, form and requirements
https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/2939-17#n179 -
Article 20 — time limits for responding to requests
https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/2939-17#n192
General text of the law:
PUBINFO helps a user:
- understand that they may submit a request for public information
- prepare a cleaner and more structured request text
- choose a response format
- save a draft locally in the browser
- preview the final document before submission
- print the request or save it as PDF
- track the basic response deadline
This project uses:
- HTML5 — page structure
- CSS3 — visual styling, layout, print styles
- Vanilla JavaScript — form logic, templates, validation, live preview, local draft storage
- LocalStorage — saving draft data in the browser
- Print CSS — preparing a cleaner print / PDF version of the request
- Google Fonts (Inter) — typography
PUBINFO is being developed as a lightweight public-facing tool that combines:
- legal usefulness
- simple UX
- clear document preparation
- printable output
- a more trustworthy civic-tech interface
This project does not replace legal advice.
It is a practical interface for preparing and formatting a request based on publicly available legal rules.
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