The Role of Information and Documentation Management Officer in Public Information Disclosure Implementation at Local Government

(Comparative Study in Malang City Government and Batu City Government)

DOI

10.2991/aebmr.k.201116.048How to use a DOI?

Keywords

information disclosure, information management, public agencies, local government

Abstract

Currently, Indonesia adheres to open government system. The open government system has characteristic of transparency in bureaucracy, public participation in having state, and collaboration between state components. One of supporting factor is public information disclosure to public. Policies regarding all matters relating to public information disclosure have also been regulated in Public Information Disclosure Act Number 14 Year 2008. This act has also been stated that every Public Agency is obliged to form Information and Documentation Management Officer (IDMO). IDMO is an officer who responsible for managing public information in a public agency. This study was descriptive research with qualitative approach that located in two local government which were Malang City and Batu City. The study result concluded that IDMO of Malang City Government and Batu City Government had been guided by Public Information Disclosure Act Number 14 Year 2008 in carrying out their duties and responsibilities. However, not all of public information in the scope of Malang City Government and Batu City Government could be available because of the existence of several institutions or public agencies that were still closed. There were still many people who did not know the functions and the role of IDMO. The researcher recommended to the IDMO of Malang City Government and Batu City Government that they should make a firm action to public institutions that were still closed. Then, routinely hold socialization about IDMO and information disclosure to public. Thus the public would know more about the functions and role of IDMO.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Muhammad Rosyihan Hendrawan
AU  - Gani Nur Pramudyo
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/11/17
TI  - The Role of Information and Documentation Management Officer in Public Information Disclosure Implementation at Local Government
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd Annual International Conference on Business and Public Administration (AICoBPA 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 239
EP  - 242
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.201116.048
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.201116.048
ID  - Hendrawan2020
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