Legislative Body: State Data Will No Longer Be Merely a Pile of Archives with One Data Bill
The Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives’ Legislative Body (Baleg), Sturman Panjaitan, stated that with the drafting of the One Data Indonesia Bill, state-owned data will no longer remain merely a pile of archives.
During a discussion meeting regarding the One Data Indonesia Bill with the government at the DPR Building in Jakarta on Wednesday, Sturman emphasised that the regulation aims to integrate national data to serve as a reference for development direction.
“With this law, the data held by the state will no longer stop as a pile of archives, but will become the basis for effective planning and implementation of public policy, bringing real benefits to the community,” he said.
Baleg identifies at least six fundamental and recurring issues in national data governance.
First, fragmentation and sectoral ego. Every ministry, agency, and local government, down to the village level, produces data using different definitions, methodologies, standards, and update schedules, resulting in a lack of a single source of truth.
The second issue is overlapping authority, as the same data is repeatedly produced by multiple agencies, while there is no strong authority to establish the official reference data.
Third, the existence of partial up-to-date data leads to misdirected policies. The lack of synchronisation between ministries and agencies causes the distribution of social assistance, subsidies, and other programmes to fail to reach the rightful recipients.
Fifth, there is the issue of unequal roles between the central government, regional governments, and villages.
Sixth, the legal foundation remains inadequate, as evidenced by data governance regulations being scattered across various sectoral rules.
“This series of problems is not merely a matter of technical administration. It is a matter of justice. This condition must not be allowed to persist. On that basis, the DPR is taking the initiative,” said Sturman.