Starting the election silence period prior to the simultaneous general elections on 17 April 2019, Ministry of Communication and Informatics and the Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu) have controlled the political campaign advertising content through digital platforms. Nevertheless, the ‘control’ will not limit the citizens’ rights of freedom of expression, said Director General of Information Applications […]

Cabinet Secretariat as the Fostering Institution for Indonesian Government Translators (known as Pejabat Fungsional Penerjemah/Translator Functional Officials) has successfully held First Level Functional Translator Education and Training for the third time, involving 22 participants from several Government institutions. “Based on our data, 175 Government Translators from all over Indonesia have participated in Functional Education and Trainings,” […]

Minister of Home Affairs Tjahjo Kumolo said he is optimistic that voter participation in the 2019 General Election could reach 77.5 percent or exceed the target set by the General Elections Commission (KPU). He is also quite sure that the young generation will exercise their voting rights and not be abstained.

Ministry of Communications and Informatics (Kemenkominfo) launched a chatbot service called Chatbot Anti Hoaks (Anti-Hoaxes Chatbot) to tackle hoaxes, fake news, misleading information, and hate speeches. The Chatbot Anti Hoaks is a software designed to answer public questions about dubious information. The service is to anticipate the increasing hoaxes, fake news, misleading information, and hate […]

Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Ignasius Jonan on Friday (12/4) at the PLN Load Control Center (P2B) in Gandul, Depok, West Java monitored electricity supply and the readiness of state-owned electricity company PLN ahead of the 2019 Presidential and Legislative General Elections. The Minister said that electricity supply in general has been safe, so […]

Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reforms Syafruddin said that the development of the Integrity Zone in Government working units must be accelerated and every working unit should immediately achieve the status of Corruption-Free Zone (WBK)/Clean and Serving Bureaucratic Zone (WBBM). “Don’t delay the development of integrity zone. Corruption-Free Zone, and Clean and Serving […]

In the past four and a half years, the Government has been focusing on three aspects in developing digital economy, according to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. “The first one is to create digital infrastructure, be it through a broadband connection or by building a Palapa Ring from Sabang until Merauke, from Miangas until Rote Island that […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has congratulated ride-hailing app Go-Jek for becoming Indonesia’s first decacorn after its valuation hit US$10 billion according to research institution CB Insights, in its Global Unicorn Club report. “Undeniably, digital economy gives a big hope for our economic growth in the future. We know that in 2018 the portion of digital economy already reached US$27 […]

The National Civil Service Agency (BKN) from January 2018 to March 2019 recorded 900 cases of violation of state apparatus neutrality ahead of the 2019 General Elections. The data shows that 99.5 percent of the cases are dominated by state apparatus working for regional governments including provinces, regencies, and municipalities.

Violations of Government Regulation Number 53 of 2010 on Discipline of Civil Servants (PNS) Article 3 Number 11 on Compliance with Working Hours has once again dominated disciplinary violations involving civil servants. The Civil Servants’ Personnel Advisory Agency (BAPEK) together with Cabinet Secretariat, Attorney General Office, and Ministry of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reforms on Thursday […]