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        "id": 1644042,
        "msgid": "kdm-claims-to-have-implemented-wfh-highlights-bloated-bureaucracy-1774871523",
        "date": "2026-03-30 17:32:00",
        "title": "KDM Claims to Have Implemented WFH, Highlights Bloated Bureaucracy",
        "author": "Indriyani Astuti",
        "source": "MEDIA_INDONESIA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi, known as KDM, has asserted that his administration has long practised work from home (WFH) policies, particularly every Thursday for civil servants, which he says has led to effective budget realisation exceeding expectations and productive development outcomes. He criticised the province's bloated bureaucratic structure, with too many managerial positions and too few technical staff executing public services, and pledged to transform it by prioritising frontline workers to ensure policies are implemented on the ground. This comes amid broader discussions on governmental efficiency in Indonesia.",
        "content": "<p>West Java Governor (Jabar) Dedi Mulyadi, commonly known as KDM,\nstated that his team has implemented work from home, or WFH, for a long\ntime. \u201cWe\u2019ve been running WFH since way back, and it\u2019s effective. Just\nlook at the development products\u2014successful or not,\u201d he said at the\nGedung Sate in Bandung, West Java, on Monday (30\/3). He noted that\ndespite WFH, budget expenditure realisation exceeded expectations. KDM\nadded that this WFH initiative aims to save and optimise the budget.\nMeanwhile, WFH for civil servants or ASN in West Java, according to KDM,\nhas been running every Thursday. According to him, the effectiveness of\nASN performance cannot be measured solely by physical presence in the\noffice, but by development programmes felt by the public. The success of\nthis WFH scheme, he said, is proof that West Java\u2019s bureaucracy remains\nproductive even if not all work in conventional office spaces. He\npointed out that the current problem is the bloated bureaucratic\nstructure in the managerial ranks. The number of officials in structural\npositions is disproportionate to the technical staff, who are the\nspearhead of public services and still insufficient. \u201cWe have more\nstructural positions, more functions that order rather than those that\ndo the work,\u201d KDM explained. He stated that he will carry out a\ntransformation by increasing the portion of staff working on technical\nservices. KDM said that with this, policies will not just stop at\ncoordination tables but will be executed in the field.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/kdm-claims-to-have-implemented-wfh-highlights-bloated-bureaucracy-1774871523",
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