Transparency
Abstract
This article on leadership and transparency suggests that leaders must commit to public information transparency to realize good governance. By being transparent, leaders can create synergies between governmental and nongovernmental organizations to create value. However, transparency is only one piece of the equation, including accountability, openness, and participation.
The leader's commitment in realizing transparency of public information
is one of the key parts of good governance. The Indonesian Government
issued ACT No. 14 in 2008 which was focused on Public Information
Disclosure (KIP ACT) to encourage transparency by involving the public
in every government policy. The government of Pemalang District, in
executing the mandate of KIP ACT, was designated by the Ministry of
Communication and Information Technology (Diskominfo) to have an Office
of Information Management and Documentation (PPID) responsible of
storage, documentation, provision, and service information. This
research is using secondary data research to explore these issues. The
results showed that the leader's commitment in transparency of public
information in Pemalang District has not been applied effectively
because the leader has not exercised his duties and functions by
following the Standard Operational Procedure of PPID. More specifically,
certain guidelines on the drafting of publicly accessible information
and excluded information lists have not been implemented in accordance
with the standards. In addition, there is still low supervision over the
performance of the main PPID officers, so there is no sanction for the
delay of public information reporting and impact on the ranking of PPID
in Pemalang District, which has not been informative.
Source: Neni Sriwahyni, Endang Larasati, and Zri Suwitri, https://business.expertjournals.com/23446781-804/
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