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        "id": 1658992,
        "msgid": "government-accelerates-digital-transformation-for-easier-public-services-1775623937",
        "date": "2026-04-06 18:28:00",
        "title": "Government Accelerates Digital Transformation for Easier Public Services",
        "author": "DWN",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Regulation",
        "summary": "The Indonesian government is accelerating digital transformation to enhance public services, focusing on human-centered design to improve welfare through simpler, faster, and more reliable state interactions. Key components include developing integrated digital service portals via Digital Public Infrastructure, ensuring interoperability across ministries, and strengthening regulations through a Presidential Regulation on digital government to address challenges and consolidate budgets. Officials, including Minister Rini Widyantini and Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, emphasise collaboration and efficiency, citing international examples like the Philippines where digital integration has reduced business permitting processes by 80%.",
        "content": "<p>The government is continuously striving to improve the quality of\nservices to the public, one of which is through accelerating the digital\ntransformation of government. This transformation is not merely about\nintroducing technology into bureaucracy, but represents a fundamental\nchange in governance, from policy formulation, service provision, to\nstate-society interactions. The ultimate goal is to enhance public\nwelfare through a human-centered design approach. \u201cThrough digital\ngovernment, the state is present in a simpler, faster, and more reliable\nmanner. This is not just system modernisation, but a transformation of\npublic service experiences,\u201d said Minister for State Apparatus\nEmpowerment and Bureaucratic Reform (PANRB) Rini Widyantini in a press\nrelease received by Kompas.com on Monday (6\/4\/2026). The statement was\ndelivered by Rini during a coordination meeting with the Chairman of the\nNational Economic Council (DEN) and Presidential Special Advisor for\nDigitalisation and Government Technology Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, at the\nDEN Office on Monday. Rini explained that there are three main\ncomponents in accelerating digital government. The first is [noted as\nmissing in original, but context implies foundational aspects]. Second,\ndeveloping integrated digital service portals through Digital Public\nInfrastructure (DPI) and priority thematic digital services.\nOrchestration and cross-coordinating ministry collaboration are required\nto ensure service interoperability, from birth to death, through digital\nID integration, data exchange, and digital payments. Third,\nstrengthening regulations through a Presidential Regulation (Perpres) on\ndigital government. This regulation is needed to address various\nchallenges, strengthen legal foundations, and ensure policies are\noriented towards public interests. In addition, the Perpres is expected\nto encourage consolidation of priority digital service budgets and\npolicy synchronisation. Rini added that digital government also serves\nas an instrument for state efficiency. Through system integration, the\ngovernment can reduce application duplication and information and\ncommunication technology (ICT) spending, while curbing systemic budget\nleakages. The implementation of digital government has also proven\neffective in improving public service performance and the economy in\nseveral countries. In the Philippines, for example, integrating digital\nIDs into various government services has reduced business permitting\nprocesses by up to 80%. Nevertheless, digital transformation does not\nsolely focus on developing applications or advanced technology. More\nthan that, this transformation encompasses accelerating structural\nreforms that underpin every service, application, and priority\ngovernment programme. On the same occasion, DEN Chairman Luhut Binsar\nPandjaitan emphasised the importance of collaboration among ministries\nand institutions in realising digital government. \u201cThe use of technology\nwill greatly assist the government in providing services to the public.\nPresident Prabowo Subianto\u2019s directive is that digitalisation is a\nnecessity in government governance to provide ease of services for the\npublic,\u201d he said.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/government-accelerates-digital-transformation-for-easier-public-services-1775623937",
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