Background
Launch of President Lee Myung Park’s government
; Feb.2008
Continuous Reform Efforts
- Pragmatic improvement of work process
- Acknowledge diversity of organizational
work culture
- Produce accountable Results to citizens
Case
Citizen’s Right to Know
Information
All types of information owned and managed by public institutions
Documents, photographs, film, audio tapes and slides, drawings…etc
Eligible Clients
Korean Nationals : individual citizens , legal entities…etc
Foreign Nationals : Long term residents, Short term visitors with academic
purposes, Foreign corporations with local branches
Legal Entities
Central & Local Government Agencies, State and Local Enterprises,
Local offices of the Ministry of Education
Various Schools, Social Welfare Institutes…etc
Citizen’s Right to Know
Preliminary Notification
Major policies related to people’s daily lives, national projects…etc
Scope and level of disclosure, timing, methods are decided in advance
Publicizing List of Items for Disclosure
Items of information to be listed for disclosure
The list contains title, date, officer in charge, duration of preservation
Specific Criteria for Exceptions
Disclosure of Criteria for Exceptions through various open sources
Averts personal decision on disclosure
Public Information Disclosure System
An integrated electronic ONE-STOP service for information disclosure
(www.open.go.kr)
Information search
Submit a request
Notification of
decision
on disclosure
Obtain information
Payment of fees
People’s Participation:
www.epeople.go.kr
A single window for civil petition, recommendation and policy participation
ePeople
Central
Government
Agencies
Local
Government
Agencies
Civil
Petition
Integrate
Public
Institutes
Policy
Dialogue
Recommendation
Satisfaction
Evaluation
Interconnect
Request
Request
Notification
of Results
Request
Citizen
Citizen Recommendation
Citizens idea recommended for policy formulation or improvements
Application
Identify
Agency
Idea
Registered
Agency
Review
Selection
Within
Agency
Inter-Agency
Review &
Prize Award
Idea competition for pending issues
Idea Maturation
Offer greater opportunities for award & prizes to high quality recommendations