Transparent public administration - Using IT to reduce corruption and increase efficiency

The thesis present usage of information technologies in public sector and is focused on e-procurement. The aim is to inform about possible solutions which increase transparency and efficiency of public tenders. It begins with theoretic aspects of public sector, corrupt conduct, assumptions and barriers of implementing information technologies in the public sector. E-procurement is mentioned together with the European and national approach and both are compared. Furthermore, special tools and systems, which are available in the Czech Republic at all levels of public administration, are described. Finally, the closing part illustrates the usage of e-procurement tools in the environment of particular public authority