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Developers and managers of websites are key players in conveying the transparency of governments. Although previous research has highlighted the need for further progress in transparency on sustainability, very few studies have considered how websites can better contribute to providing sustainability information. This paper identifies determinant factors that can help website developers and managers enhance the online transparency on sustainability provided by regional governments. In an empirical study of 17 Spanish regional governments, we identified technological factors (such as broadband availability and the online compilation of information) and transparency-stimulating factors (such as convergence with the information society, accessibility and usability) that can be useful to increase the volume of social, economic and environmental information published on their websites.

International organisations such as the EU, the OECD and the WBG have recommended that governments provide information to citizens about the sustainability of their public policies. Furthermore, previous studies have concluded that while stakeholders are demanding greater transparency from public entities about the sustainability of their actions, little research has been conducted into governmental information disclosure concerning sustainability. Accordingly, the aim of the present paper is to contribute to our understanding of sustainability practices and information transparency in this respect in governmental institutions, and thus enable improvements to be made in this field. In the view that e-government, based on information and communication technologies, is a key element in good governance aimed at achieving sustainable development, we identify factors that may promote the disclosure of information on the sustainability of public entities, by analysing the information content of regional governments' websites and its relationship with certain variables. Our main findings are that socio-economic factors such as education, population density and access to internet, and e-government factors such as the provision of public information online, the percentage of procedures completed after online start, the level of online services provided and broadband availability, are all relevant to the disclosure of sustainability information by regional governments.

Resumen Introduccion Para asegurar la fiabilidad de los resultados de las magnitudes bioquimicas en muestras conservadas durante varios dias, se aconseja realizar estudios de estabilidad segun las condiciones de conservacion empleadas. Con el presente estudio queremos conocer los limites de estabilidad de 27 magnitudes bioquimicas bajo las condiciones de conservacion utilizadas en nuestro laboratorio. Material y metodos Se recogieron 20 muestras de suero en tubos con gel separador y se conservaron a 4 °C. Las magnitudes bioquimicas se midieron 2 veces al dia, con un intervalo de 6 h, durante 5 dias. El cambio de concentracion de las magnitudes a cada uno de los tiempos (X t ) respecto al valor inicial (X 0 ) se expreso como cambio porcentual (X t %) = (X t /X 0 )*100 y se calculo la media de dicho cambio (Xm t %). La estabilidad se evaluo segun 3 criterios. Criterio metrologico segun la variacion analitica interdia (CV a ), por el que la Xm t % no podria superar al cambio significativo minimo (CSM = ±1,65*CV a ). Criterio biologico basado en la variacion biologica intraindividual (CV b ), por el que la Xm t % no podria superar al cambio significativo deseable (CSD = ±0,5*CV b ). Y criterio combinado de ambos, por el que la Xm t % no podria superar el limite de cambio total (LCT = ±√(1,65*CV a ) 2 + (0,5*CV b ) 2 ). Resultados Veinte magnitudes se consideraron no estables segun CSM y 14 segun CSD. Al final del estudio, 9 magnitudes se consideraron no estables segun el criterio LCT. Conclusion Los criterios CSM y CSD resultan demasiados restrictivos. La combinacion de ambos se ajusta mas a las necesidades de nuestro laboratorio. Cada laboratorio deberia estudiar la estabilidad de sus muestras con sus propias condiciones de conservacion.