Home Affairs Ministry to Check and Evaluate Regional Heads Not Implementing WFH

JAKARTA - Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Bima Arya Sugiarto stated that his office will conduct checks and evaluations on local governments (pemda) that do not implement work from home (WFH) for civil servants (ASN). Bima said the checks could be carried out through the Local Government Information System (SIPD) of the Ministry of Home Affairs. “We will check and evaluate which regions have not adjusted. We can check through SIPD to what extent efficiency measures have been implemented,” Bima said when contacted on Thursday (9/6/2026). Bima emphasised that this policy applies nationally, so every local government must implement it. This is because some regions have signalled rejection of the WFH policy for ASN in their areas. Among them is the Governor of South Kalimantan (Kalsel), Muhidin, who firmly rejects the WFH policy. Then, the Regent of Dompu, Bambang Firdaus, who stated he would review the WFH policy. According to Bima, the Ministry of Home Affairs will communicate with several such regions. “We will communicate; there are some regions that initially differed but after we communicated, they could understand and then adjust,” he said. As is known, the government has implemented a WFH policy for ASN every Friday. “Adjustment of official duties by location with a WFH work pattern for one working day per week, namely every Friday,” said Tito, reading out points from the SE, as per a written statement received by Kompas.com on Wednesday (1/4/2026). As stipulated in the SE, the implementation of WFH is intended to encourage the achievement of ASN regional work culture transformation that is effective and efficient.