Abdul Razak Asri, Andin Aditya Rahman
The progress of technological advances has enabled the public to easily obtain information. With every step forward taken, it is inevitable that information regarding government affairs is also being demanded to be made available, which is considerably high amidst Indonesian citizens.
The openness regarding governmental affairs information is apparent when Law
No. 14 of 2008 on Freedom of Public Information was passed. Due to this legislation, almost every government institution optimized the utilization of their websites, so that the government is more open and transparent.
Hatta Ali, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court asserted such condition in his institution, by stating, “the Supreme Court is unconcealed. It’s even seemingly half naked,” on Monday.
Despite the Chief Justice’s claim, Supreme Court’s website failed to achieve the top 10 position in the e-Transparency Award 2013 – a competition held by Open Government Indonesia that rated the transparency of government institutions based on their official website.
Only two law-related government institutions made it into the top 10 position. The first one is the Constitutional Court, at the seventh place, and the Corruption Eradication Commission at the fourth place. The Ministry of Industry ranked first, knocking out the other 47 institutions.
The e-Transparency Award 2013 judged the websites of government institutions based on five aspects: 1) availability of information regarding their budget, 2) information on their works, 3) website architecture, 4) information management, and 5) user interface.
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