It analyzes the process of archives access of the Departamento de Ordem Política e Social do Estado de Minas Gerais (DOPS). Based on the concept of information regime three categories were selected for the investigation: the context of information production, the socio-political conflicts related to access/confidentiality to information and legal aspects. In doing so, the results demonstrated that the problem of information access should not be treated only within a technical approach since the legal and political variables are central elements in this process and cannot be neglected.
Information regime; Information access; Military dictatorship archives