Open Government in Grassroot Level: An Analysis of E-Government Implementation in Pejambon Village, Bojonegoro
Kusnan (a*), Sulikah Asmorowati (b)
(a) Magister Public Policy, Airlangga University
Jl. Airlangga No. 4-6, Surabaya, Indonesia
(b) Department of Administration, Airlangga University
Jl. Airlangga No. 4-6, Surabaya, Indonesia
Abstract
The Government of Bojonegoro Regency was an Indonesia representative in Open Government Partnership (OGP) of Subnational Government Pilot Program. This achievement raised new energy to implement openness in rural government. This policy was also in line with Rural Law. Meanwhile, to implement government openness, the use of e-government was highly prioritized. By e-government, the governance would be effective and efficient. However, only one of 419 villages in Bojonegoro succesded in implementing government openness, that was Pejambon Village. This village won the best website in East Java in 2016 and 2017. Thereafter, it took the first place as the most informative and transparant village in national level in 2018. This study was aimed at acknowledging e-government stages using maturity model of evolutionary e-government and understanding e-government implementation strategy using the theory of Indrajit (2006). A qualitative method by the approach of interview and document analysis was used in this study. The result showed that e-government implementation in Pejambon Village reached the transactional stage. This stage was attained by the political will of the village authorities, financial availability, competent human resources, infrastructure, and e-government application. The achievement of Pejambon Village could be the finest practice in e-government implementation for other villages.
Keywords: Open government, Implementation, E-government, Grass-root level
Topic: International Symposium on Social Sciences, Humanities, Education, and Religious Studies