Expansion of Autonomy in Government Ministries' Departmental Coordination... "Swift Response to National Issues"

'Total Labor Cost System Team Leader' Visibility Expanded from Grades 4·5 to Grade 6

[Asia Economy Reporter Jo In-kyung] The Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced that the partial amendment ordinance of the "General Rules on the Organization and Staffing of Administrative Agencies," which includes provisions to operate government organizations flexibly and strengthen the autonomy of organizational management, passed the Cabinet meeting on the 7th.

The amendment first improved the internal adjustment and reorganization of tasks within each ministry's divisions and bureaus to be autonomously implemented by the heads of the divisions and bureaus.

Previously, the titles and responsibilities of advisory bodies such as policy officers within divisions and bureaus were stipulated in each ministry's organizational regulations (Presidential Decree), and changing them required a procedure to amend the regulations, limiting rapid response. However, going forward, the titles and responsibilities of policy officers assisting the heads of divisions and bureaus stipulated in the organizational regulations will be determined by the enforcement rules of the organizational regulations (Prime Minister's Decree or Ministerial Decree).

Additionally, the scope of appointment for heads of teams using the total personnel cost system (temporary auxiliary and advisory bodies autonomously established through intentional personnel cost reduction) in each ministry has been expanded up to grade 6.

Until now, team leaders under the total personnel cost system were limited to grade 4 or 5 public officials, and in affiliated agencies where grade 4 or 5 officials were almost nonexistent, the establishment of teams was insufficiently utilized.

Furthermore, explicit grounds have been stipulated to allow consultation even when extending the dispatch period of public officials dispatched with separate staffing to less than one year, and the documents submitted to the Minister of the Interior and Safety when ministries request amendments to organizational regulations have been revised to reflect current practices.

Lee Jae-young, Director of Government Innovation and Organization at the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, said, "As a follow-up to this amendment, we plan to collectively revise the organizational regulations of each ministry through consultation with related ministries to reflect the strengthened autonomy of division and bureau heads. We will continue to improve the system to maximize organizational management performance by strengthening the autonomy of government organizational operations in response to changes in the administrative environment."

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