Gwangyang City Publishes All City-Commissioned Projects on Website

All Contract Processes Including Private Contracts and Order Plans Can Be Verified

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] Gwangyang City in Jeollanam-do has achieved a 'Grade 1 for two consecutive years in the Anti-Corruption and Integrity Evaluation by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission,' drawing attention to this year's integrity evaluation as well.

According to Gwangyang City on the 7th, to ensure transparency and fairness in contracts and to establish a culture of integrity in contracting, all contracts concluded by the city are 100% disclosed on the city’s website for all citizens to view.

Since 2014, the city has built and operated a contract information system linked with the financial program that automatically discloses contract information.

The contract information system is a program where contract officers input contract information into the financial program, allowing anyone to check all contract processes on the city website’s ‘Contract Information’ section, including details of private contracts, order plans, bidding information, overall contract status, and payment details.

Although the city was pointed out in the 2019 Jeollanam-do comprehensive audit and the city council’s administrative audit for failing to disclose many private contract details, it was revealed that this was a simple mistake by the contract officer who failed to check whether the contract method was a private contract when entering contract information.

The city corrected and input the undisclosed contract details to make all information public, and urged the main office, business sites, and eup/myeon/dong offices to be especially careful to prevent cases of omission in website disclosure due to data entry errors in the future.

Accounting Manager Park Bong-yeol said, “We have strengthened self-inspections on whether private contracts are disclosed and regularly instructed contract officers in each department to check the disclosure list,” adding, “We will continue to strive to implement fair and transparent contract administration by disclosing contract information without a single omission.”

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