Leadership Commitment in Transparency Management of Public Information in Pemalang District, Indonesia

Abstract

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.

Keywords

• performance
• leadership
• transparency
• openness
• public information
• ppid
• pemalang district