Cabinet Secretariat Maintains the ‘Informative’ Predicate in Public Information Openness

Advisor to Cabinet Secretary for Communication Kardwiyana Ukar (left) receives an award for informative category at the Public Information Openness Award, at the Vice Presidential Palace, Jakarta, Tuesday (12/19). (Photo: Bureau of Press, Media, and Information of Vice-Presidential Secretariat)

Cabinet Secretariat has once again received an award for ‘informative’ category for the state institutions and non-ministerial government institutions. The award was received by Advisor to Cabinet Secretary for Communication Kardwiyana Ukar during the Public Information Openness Award, at the Vice Presidential Palace, Jakarta, Tuesday (12/19).

The Public Information Openness Award is presented based on the result of monitoring and evaluation of public information openness carried out by the Central Information Commission.

Cabinet Secretariat has earned the score of 96.72 which is higher than that in the previous years when it earned the score of 94.90 in 2022 and 90.87 in 2021. With this achievement, the Cabinet Secretariat has successfully gained the ‘informative’ predicate for the three consecutive years.

In his remarks, Vice president Ma’ruf Amin emphasized the importance of public information openness in realizing a good governance and that it has determined the success of bureaucratic reform program.

“I am also confident that information transparency is a way to maintain democracy that leads to improving the people’s prosperity,” he added.

Vice President has also appreciated the fact that more public bodies earning the ‘informative’ predicate from time to time. According to Vice President, it is an indication of a good compliance of Indonesian public bodies in implementing public information openness.

“The number of public bodies fell into ‘informative” category rises significantly. In 2018, only 15 public bodies fell into ‘informative’ category, but in 2023 the number grows significantly to 139,” he said.

Previously, Chairperson of Central Information Commission Donny Yoesgiantoro in his report mentioned that the monitoring and evaluation of public information openness is an instrument to realize a big vision of information openness in Indonesia.

“The big vision of information openness development is to realize an information society that is developed, smart, and adopting the values of Pancasila (the Five Principles), and to realize a good, clean, transparent, and accountable governance,” Donny further explained.

Donny added that this year, out of 369, 139 fell into ‘informative’ category, 43 fell into ‘toward informative’ category, 13 fell into ‘fairly informative’ category, 27 fell into ‘less informative’ category, and 147 fell into ‘not informative’ category.

Donny also remarked that the number of public bodies that fell into ‘informative’ category has surpassed the target of national mid-term development plan that initially targeted 90 public bodies. (IT Center of Cabinet Secretariat/UN)(AW/LW).