Document Type : Research Paper

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Good governance as a well known method in the public administration needs to transparency and responsibility. The right of citizens' accessibility of the information support transparency. Many of developing countries pay attention to this concept. This article adapted from the research that examines urban manager's attitudes about transparency and citizen rights. Research data gathered by interview and analyzed by content analyses method. Inquiries in the interviews are about the six factors affect on the inaccessibility of the information. Results show that from Mashhad's urban manager's viewpoint, citizens need to information but don't take enough action for accessing them because cost and any administrative difficulty. Mashhad's urban managers couldn't execute their informative duties along with citizens and lack of the legal mechanisms about information accessing by citizens was obvious.

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