This study addresses the intelligibility of information made available on federal government websites about programs, projects and actions aimed at the common good of Brazilian society. It seeks to analyze whether the existing information on the websites of the Ministry of Planning, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Social Development, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health referring to programs, projects and actions in the area of the federal government are intelligible to ordinary citizens who access them, through the Internet, in order to know how the programs are structured, how long the projects will last, how much financial resources will be allocated and what benefits they will provide to society. It proposes a methodology of informational parameters that should be observed in the collection of data that can contribute to the understanding of the meaning of information and data available on websites.