10 June 2016
Jakarta – In the issue of smart city at the Jakarta Province, implementation of the Public Information Disclosure Law (UU KIP) also requires attention as the existence of Information and Documentation Managing Officer (PPID), Public Information List (DIP) and other infrastructure stipulated in the law will guarantee sustainable public information management, as stated during Focus Group Discussion on implementation of UU KIP in Jakarta last Tuesday.
Desiana Samosir, Coordinator of Freedom of Information Network Indonesia (FOINI), said in the forum that not all Jakarta and Thousand Islands municipalities had PPID. This could affect public information services. The Jakarta government has also not made DIP and SOP as guidelines for PPID.
FOINI also highlighted the problem with the secretariat that is in charge of managing the Jakarta Information Commission (KI) and the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission. “This will complicate the work of KI in the future,” said Desi.
Muhammad Dawam, member of KI Jakarta, agreed that information disclosure needed much improvement, saying that even though PPID in the Jakarta government had deep understanding on UU KIP, they were hesitant to act as there were no appointment letter of PPID and budget for PPID.
Dawam proposed that KI Jakarta should be involved in the revision of Gubernatorial Regulation No. 48/2013 about Public Information Services and given flexible budget in conducting monitoring and evaluation of UU KIP implementation in Jakarta.
Ii Karunia, Head of Communications and Public Relations at the Jakarta government, welcomed the agenda for synergy and stated his commitment to improve the implementation of UU KIP in Jakarta by, among others, revising the regulation.
In 2015, the Jakarta province was not included in the Public Institution ranking by the Central Information Commission. This year, Jakarta must catch up in order to be included in the ranking. “Even though the governor did not personally aim to include Jakarta in the ranking, achieving such target will be a great achievement,” said Ii.
Source: http://kebebasaninformasi.org/2016/06/10/foini-pemda-dan-ki-dki-harus-sinergis-dalam-implementasi-kip/