SECONT - Secretaria de Estado de Controle e Transparência

What SECONT - Secretaria de Estado de Controle e Transparência does

SECONT (Secretaria de Estado de Controle e Transparência) is the State Secretariat for Control and Transparency of the Government of Espírito Santo, Brazil, headquartered in Vitória. It is constitutionally and statutorily mandated to exercise internal control, public transparency, anti-corruption enforcement, and administrative accountability across all state government agencies and entities. The secretariat coordinates integrity programs across 51 state agencies, provides oversight over 78 municipalities, and serves the state's roughly 4 million citizens through ombudsman, information-access, and transparency-portal services.

Its core technology portfolio includes the Portal da Transparência (a public transparency portal aggregating state spending, contracts, and personnel data), MAILA (an automated monitoring robot that continuously checks transparency-portal information availability), SIAC (Sistema de Gestão de Risco, a risk-management system for internal control), and SISCORES (a correctional management system for disciplinary proceedings). Supporting infrastructure includes the Repositório SECONT (a digital repository holding 300+ institutional documents) and a Calculadora de Penas (penalty calculation tool). All systems are developed and hosted with PRODEST, the state IT agency, on open-source software.

SECONT operates as a government department with no commercial revenue; it is funded entirely through annual state budget allocations and provides all services free of charge. Its customer base consists of three segments: state government agencies (internal control and auditing), municipal governments (oversight coordination), and citizens (transparency and ombudsman services). Key partnerships include SESA for health-related audits, PGE for joint ordinances, SEGER for integrity program development, and CONACI for inter-state coordination.

Name

SECONT - Secretaria de Estado de Controle e Transparência

Legal name

Secretaria de Estado de Controle e Transparência

Website

https://secont.es.gov.br

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

SECONT is the State Secretariat for Control and Transparency of Espírito Santo, Brazil, exercising mandated internal control, anti-corruption, and public transparency oversight across 51 state agencies and 78 municipalities serving 4 million citizens.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Internal Control and Transparency

NAICS

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (921), Public Administration (92), Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities (922)

akta.pro primary industry

Policy & Compliance Management (HDADAIAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

National Archives, Records & Information Governance (BPAIAAAG), Compliance, Regulatory & Audit Reporting (State/Federal/Ofsted-style) (EDADAIAF)

Keywords

• Government internal control
• Public transparency services
• Anti-corruption oversight
• Internal auditing services
• Citizen ombudsman services

Headquarters

HQ city

Vitória

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Government Budget Allocation: SECONT operates as a state government agency funded through annual state budget allocations. No commercial revenue is generated as all services are provided as public governance functions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

SECONT is the State Secretariat for Control and Transparency of Espírito Santo, Brazil, responsible for internal control, public transparency, anti-corruption enforcement, and administrative accountability across the state government. It operates the Portal da Transparência for public access to government spending and contracts, the Ouvidoria-Geral ombudsman service for citizen complaints, and the SISCORES/SIAC systems for disciplinary and risk management. The department coordinates integrity programs across 51 state agencies and provides oversight to all 78 municipalities in the state.

Product overview

SECONT (Secretaria de Estado de Controle e Transparência) is the state government department responsible for internal control, public transparency, anti-corruption enforcement, and administrative accountability for the State of Espírito Santo, Brazil. The department operates multiple interconnected services: the Portal da Transparência provides public visibility into state expenditures and contracts; the Ouvidoria-Geral channels citizen complaints and feedback; SISCORES manages disciplinary and corrective proceedings; SIAC supports risk management for internal control; and the Programa de Integridade provides integrity frameworks and plans for state entities. Supporting infrastructure includes the Repositório SECONT for document management and the Acesso à Informação service for legal information access requests.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Portal da Transparência: State transparency portal providing public access to government spending, contracts, and administrative information.

Products and services

• Portal da Transparência
• Ouvidoria-Geral
• Sistema SISCORES (Sistema de Correição)
• Sistema SIAC - Gestão de Risco
• Programa de Integridade do Estado do Espírito Santo
• Repositório SECONT
• Acesso à Informação (LAI)
• Processo Administrativo de Responsabilização (PAR)
• Calculadora de Penas
• MAILA - Monitoramento Automático das Informações de Livre Acesso

Quantifiable outcome

• 51 integrity plans coordinated across state government
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SESA - Secretaria da Saúde do Espírito SantocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2021Joint audit program for COVID-19 vaccination campaigns. SECONT and SESA collaborate on auditing immunization processes, with SESA providing health specialists to support SECONT's audit teams. The partnership involves questionnaire distribution to all 78 municipalities and on-site visits to vaccination locations.
• PROGED - Programa de Gestão DocumentalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDocument management partnership under Decree 1552-R of 2005. SECONT participates in the PROGED system through its Commission for Document Evaluation (CADS), implementing document classification and retention schedules across the agency.
• PGE - Procuradoria-Geral do Estado do Espírito SantocoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerJoint issuing of ordinances and guidelines for emergency procurement during COVID-19 and administrative sanctioning procedures. Portaria Conjunta Secont/PGE establishes procedures for analyzing emergency contracting processes.
• PRODEST - Instituto de Tecnologia da Informação e ComunicaçãocoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology infrastructure partner responsible for website development and maintenance. SECONT's website and digital systems are developed and hosted by PRODEST using open-source software.
• CONACI - Conselho Nacional de Controle InternominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational network of state control bodies. SECONT participates in CONACI for sharing best practices and coordinating anti-corruption initiatives across Brazilian states.
• SEGER - Secretaria de Estado de GestãocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint development of integrity programs and administrative procedures. SEGER collaborates on public servant conduct guidelines and the Plano de Integridade do Estado framework.
• State Municipal Governments of Espírito SantocoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartnership for municipal oversight and control coordination. SECONT provides guidelines, checklists, and audit frameworks to all 78 municipalities, including COVID-19 procurement guidelines and vaccination audit programs.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Open Knowledge Brasil: Civil-society organization promoting open data and government transparency in Brazil, including transparency portal standards. Comparable to SECONT in the transparency domain but operates as an NGO rather than a state agency.

Broad incumbents

• Tribunal de Contas da União (TCU): The federal external audit body that oversees federal spending and accounts. Comparable to SECONT in oversight and audit functions, though operating at federal scale and with judicial-like authority rather than executive-branch coordination.
• Controladoria-Geral da União (CGU): The federal-level counterpart to SECONT, CGU performs internal control, transparency, and anti-corruption oversight across the entire federal government of Brazil. It is comparable as the parent-tier version of the same institutional model SECONT operates at the state level.

Regional players

• Ministério Público do Estado do Espírito Santo (MPES): The state public prosecutor's office operating in Espírito Santo, with overlapping jurisdiction in corruption investigations, administrative improbity actions, and accountability enforcement — making it a functionally related regional peer.

Direct peers

• Tribunal de Contas do Estado do Espírito Santo (TCE-ES): The state audit court operating in the same jurisdiction as SECONT. It performs external audit of public accounts and overlaps with SECONT's control and transparency remit, making it the most direct jurisdictional peer.
• Controladoria-Geral do Estado de Minas Gerais: State-level control and transparency body in Minas Gerais performing the same functions as SECONT — internal control, transparency, anti-corruption, and ombudsman services — making it a directly comparable peer for benchmarking.
• Controladoria-Geral do Estado do Rio de Janeiro: State-level oversight secretariat in Rio de Janeiro with a mandate covering internal control, transparency, and anti-corruption — closely parallel to SECONT's structure and services.
• Controladoria-Geral do Estado de São Paulo: The largest state-level internal control and transparency secretariat in Brazil. Operates an analogous mandate to SECONT — internal control, transparency portal, ombudsman, and integrity programs — but at much greater scale, making it the closest functional peer.

Others

• Transparência Brasil: Independent civil-society organization focused on government transparency and anti-corruption in Brazil. Comparable in mission (transparency and accountability) but operates from outside government as an NGO, providing a complementary civil-society benchmark.
• CONACI - Conselho Nacional de Controle Interno: The national council of state internal control bodies of which SECONT is a member. CONACI coordinates best-practice sharing across all Brazilian state control bodies, making it a coordinating ecosystem peer rather than a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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