The Right to Information (RTI} law was enacted in Sri Lanka in 2016 and became fully operational in 2017. The law provides a key entry point for strengthening transparency and accountability in government, addressing corruption, and ultimately strengthening participatory, effective and equitable governance. The success of the RTI legal regime will depend on, among other things, the supply of information from public authorities at national, provincial and local levels to the general public. This study was aimed at exploring the awareness levels, compliance and execution of the RTI Act across the state sector with the hope that the survey findings would contribute to 

re-organizing of existing processes and practices in the public administration system, as well fostering a culture of transparency and accountability as envisaged by the law. 

The study focused on Information Officers and Designated Officerslin public authorities. The study was conducted among a statistically representative sample of 434 officers in 287 government institutions at a 95% confidence level and 5% margin of error. In each institute, the Information Officer as well as the Designated Officer was selected for interviews. The institutes were chosen randomly across a universe of 1406 institutes which excluded judicial authorities and tribunals. Judicial authorities and tribunals were not included as it was challenging to obtain the list of authorities.