This research was conducted to analyze the openness of public information in the management of village funds in Gowa Regency. This research is a research with a qualitative approach. The villages that were the object of the research were Panaikang Village, Maccinibaji Village, North Bontobiraeng Village and Biringala Village. A total of seven principles of public information disclosure were used as research instruments. The informants in this study were the officials of the village head and the village secretary. The data collection technique is done by interview, observation and documentation. The data analysis technique was done by reducing the data, presenting the data and drawing conclusions. The data validity test in qualitative research includes test, credibility, transferability, dependability, and confirmability. The results showed that of the total 7 principles of public information disclosure, only 6 had been implemented properly and 1 principle still needed improvement and improvement in implementing it, as for the constraining factors, namely the quality of human resources that was less effective as an internal factor and information facilities and infrastructure that had not been implemented properly. online system as an external constraint.

Keywords : Openness of Public Information, Management of Village Funds.