Standard Model for Pre-Release Information (KR0024)

Facilitating use of the standard model for pre-release of information; Commitment Start and End Date: New / 1 July 2016 ~ 30 June 2018; Lead implementing Ministry, Department, Agency: Ministry of the Interior; Person responsible from implementing agency: Yang, Myeong seok; Title, Department: Public Data Policy Division, Deputy director; Email: [email protected]; Phone: +82-2-2100-3185; Other actors involved: Government Ministries, Department/ Agency Central: government ministries, local governments, public institutions, etc.; CSOs private sector, multilaterals, working groups: general public, civic groups, etc.; Status quo or problem addressed by the commitment: In order to mitigate inconvenience of citizens caused by each institution selecting and releasing information based on its own subjective viewpoint without any common standard, the government developed a standard model for pre-release of information and distributed for application in public institutions. However, its penetration level is still low, in particular, with only 49.6% of primary local governments following the standard model on average as of December 2015.; Main Objective: To enhance user convenience by providing open information based on standardized categories and method so citizens can better understand, access, and easily use the information.; Brief Description of Commitment: Efforts will be made to gradually increase the rate of public institutions’ information pre-release based on the standard model so that citizens can find categories and contents of the disclosed information in a consistent manner. In particular, the information pre-release rate of primary local governments will be improved from 49.6% in 2015 to 55% by the end of 2016.; OGP challenge addressed by the commitment: Improving public services and Increasing public integrity.; Relevance: This commitment is relevant to access to information and Public accountability; Ambition: More pre-emptive and proactive disclosure of useful information for citizens will improve administrative transparency and facilitate public services.