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Wednesday, 31.12.2025
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It will be five years before the benefits of reform to the bureaucracy are evident given the messy and disorganized management of the current system, a deputy minister has admitted.

“It’s like we’re planting right now. We will not get anything while planting but we will harvest in due time. We will see the results in five years if we keep improving it,” Eko Prasojo, the deputy minister for administrative reform, told a seminar on bureaucracy reform in Jakarta on Monday.

Read more: ID: Fruits of Bureaucracy Reform Will Take 5 Years, Official Admits

The House of Representatives in Jakarta, Indonesia has spent US$29,295 on the installation of biometric fingerprint scanners to track the attendance of lawmakers.

House Deputy Speaker Pramono Anung stated that Jakarta-based CV Galung Brothers would install the fingerprint scanners by the end of year.

The absence of lawmakers during hearings has been a major issue for Indonesia’s House of Representatives. Despite not attending, the names of many legislators were still recorded on attendance lists.

Read more: Biometrics to track Indonesian lawmaker attendance

With the country building up its broadband capabilities nationwide and smartphones enjoying a large and growing share of the market, the government should make use of online technology to improve the provision of health care, a market intelligence provider has said.

“Indonesia’s focus on building its broadband capabilities and the growing popularity of smartphones can be utilized to bring about a paradigm shift in health care provision,” International Data Corporation said in a statement.

Read more: Better Health Through Improved Indonesian Technology?

The Geospatial Information Agency, formerly known as the National Coordinating Agency for Surveys and Mapping or BAKOSURTANAL, launched an interactive map called “Ina-GeoPortal” which aims to assist public sector organisations in their disaster mitigation and environmental conservation efforts.

The Ina-GeoPortal will give government agencies and the general public real time access to authoritative spatial information on areas that are prone to natural disasters such as earthquakes and floods.

Read more: Indonesia launches geoportal for disaster mitigation

The new system will help General Election Commission to better manage the voter information, improving government transparency and accountability. By Wibisono Sastrodiwiryo, E-government Laboratory, University of Indonesia

After eight months of hard work since September 2011, the Contributing to Voter Register Reform (CVRR) eventually delivers their project to the General Election Commission (KPU) of Indonesia.

The new system is called SIDALIH, an acronym for “Sistem Informasi Pendaftaran Pemilih”, which means “Voter Registration Information System”. In Indonesia, the general election and presidential election take place once every five years, during which local elections are also held to select legislative candidates and head of government offices in 33 provinces and 497 regions.

Read more: Indonesia builds central voter database

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