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This Federal Law establishes legal grounds for organization and realization of public control over the functioning of state bodies, local government, public and municipal entities, other bodies and organizations performing some public functions in accordance with the federal laws. Citizens of the Russian Federation shall have the right to participate in public control either personally or as members of social associations and other non-government entities. The scope of public control shall be realization and protection of legal rights and freedoms of citizens, rights and legal interests of social associations and other non-government entities. In order to ensure transparency and access to information social associations can launch web-sites or to use, in accordance with the national legislation, to use official web-sites of state bodies and local government.