Abstract: Transparency and openness acts as fundamental principles of local self-government’s implementation. Due to them not only local problems can be solved openly and without interference from state bodies but local authorities also can become closer to people in municipalities in order to solve these problems. The aim of the research is study of the informational openness as an obligatory element of transparency in the work of municipalities. Informational openness cannot receive proper development without appropriate legal regulation. Therefore, the researcher of the constitutional and legislative provisions, creating a legal basis for public access to municipal information about the activities of local government are analyzed. In existing legislation the fixed different ways of bringing this information to the attention of the municipal community are revealed. In a study of the municipal print media received a legal assessment as instruments of informational openness. However, on the web sites of the municipalities publishing information about their activities is deemed most appropriatly to modern challenges. Electronically active implementation of providing of municipal services has been received characteristics in this row. Made analysis allowed revealing the existence of gaps in the current legislation which regards to the authority of local self-government. A number of changes in the federal legal acts were proposed by the researchers within the study. Conclusions of the work can be used in research for problems’ study of informational openness of municipalities as well as they will be useful to the legislative activity.