Gyeonggi-do, 'Preventing False Claims and Career Inflation by Public Officials' at the Source

Introduction of On-Demand Career Verification Issuance via Computer System Registration

[Asia Economy Reporter La Young-cheol] Gyeonggi Province will fundamentally block 'falsehood or career inflation by public officials.'

On the 19th, the province announced, "We have established and will implement the 'Gyeonggi Province Public Officials Career Management Improvement Plan' to eradicate the corruption where some retired construction public officials inflate their careers beyond reality to get re-employed, and to ensure fairer and more transparent career management."

Accordingly, the province will introduce a system where, instead of issuing career verification certificates collectively before and after retirement as before, public officials will receive verification from the project or personnel department within 30 days after 'actual project completion' or 'personnel transfer' and issue career verification certificates as needed.

Additionally, the public officials can register the career verification certificates issued as needed into the Korea Construction Engineers Association's computerized system to enable systematic career management.

This improvement plan will be applied from July this year and applies to all public officials working in all job categories in Gyeonggi Province.

For example, in the private sector, construction business operators submit career reports to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (Korea Construction Engineers Association) as needed after confirmation from construction business operators, and register them in the computerized system for systematic career management.

However, for public officials, since career verification certificates are issued collectively before and after retirement after confirmation of related careers from the ordering and personnel departments, it has been pointed out that old career data is difficult to verify due to disposal, etc., leading to career inflation.

Lee Woon-joo, Director of the Fair Construction Policy Division, said, "Integrity and honesty are obligations that public officials must strictly observe," adding, "Through this improvement plan, we will eradicate career inflation by public officials and promote systematic career management to contribute to creating a fair construction environment."

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