Boseong-gun Ranks 2nd in Public Institution Integrity Evaluation...Improves One Grade for Two Consecutive Years

County Governor Kim Cheol-woo Emphasizes Integrity Practice with First Approval on Inauguration Day and Promotes Various Integrity Improvement Policies

[Boseong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Cheon-seok] Jeollanam-do Boseong-gun announced on the 9th that it received a "Comprehensive Integrity Grade 2," which is one level higher than last year, in the 2020 public institution integrity evaluation.

According to the data released by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, Boseong-gun's comprehensive integrity score rose by 0.47 points from last year to 8.48 points, with external integrity and internal integrity scores of 8.79 and 7.62, respectively.

Boseong-gun improved its comprehensive integrity grade from 4 in 2018 for two consecutive years and received a comprehensive integrity grade 2 this year. It plans to aim for a grade 1 integrity in 2021 and work towards creating a clean Boseong.

County Governor Kim Cheol-woo said, "On the first day of my seventh term, I pledged with my first approval to practice integrity as a public official of Boseong-gun, promising not to betray the trust of the residents as their servant. I am very honored to receive a comprehensive integrity grade 2, which is one level higher in this evaluation." He added, "I thank all the staff who worked together, and next year, we will accelerate efforts to make Boseong more transparent with the goal of achieving grade 1."

Meanwhile, to improve integrity, Boseong-gun established special measures for integrity enhancement, implemented employee integrity pledges, conducted employee integrity education, held integrity concerts, produced integrity business card wallets, and promoted various anti-corruption and integrity policies such as activating autonomous internal control systems.

The public institution integrity evaluation is conducted annually by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission targeting public institutions. It is based on external integrity surveys conducted on civil petitioners who experienced construction management and supervision, various permits and approvals, and subsidy projects from July 1 of last year to June 30 of this year in Boseong-gun, as well as internal integrity surveys of employees currently working in Boseong-gun regarding personnel affairs, budget execution, and fairness of work instructions, and the results are comprehensively calculated.

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