Seoul Ombudsman Committee Completes 11 Cases Including Last Year's Citizen Request Audit... 27 Administrative and Improvement Actions Taken

Completed 11 Audits Including 5 Citizen Audits for Seoul City and 4 Resident Audits for Autonomous Districts

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Seoul Citizens' Audit Ombudsman Committee announced on the 14th that it completed a total of 11 audits last year, including 9 citizen and resident audits of Seoul City and its 25 autonomous districts, and decided on 27 dispositions, including 4 corrective and improvement requests and 9 institutional warnings and cautions.

The citizen audits completed by the Seoul Ombudsman Committee last year included five cases such as ▲Audit related to the support subsidy project for the 2021 Seoul Theater Festival ▲Audit related to the introduction of COVID-19 self-test kits. Among these, the audit related to the support subsidy project for the Seoul Theater Festival was requested using the 'Online Citizen Audit Request' method, which started in January last year. The 'Online Citizen Audit Request' is the first of its kind nationwide, introduced and operated by Seoul City, and is a more convenient method than recruiting requesters using paper signature sheets.

The resident audits completed by the Seoul Ombudsman Committee last year included a total of four cases, such as ▲Audit related to the entrusted project of the Yongsan-gu Village Autonomy Center (101 requesters) and ▲Audit related to the handling of consent forms for the establishment of the Jangwi 13-4 district association in Seongbuk-gu (196 requesters), requested by residents of Yongsan-gu and Seongbuk-gu against their respective district offices.

In addition, the Ombudsman Committee completed an audit that was converted ex officio from a civil complaint investigation, the ‘Daeheung 2nd District Housing Redevelopment Rental Housing Audit,’ and one delegated audit entrusted by the Board of Audit and Inspection. Currently, the Ombudsman Committee is conducting one resident audit and one audit requested by the Seoul Metropolitan Council, and has received one resident audit request and one citizen audit request, with plans to decide soon whether to conduct the audits.

Chairman Park Geun-yong said, "Last year, by handling various audit request cases, we were able to improve unfair or unreasonable administrative processes in Seoul City and its autonomous districts and take measures to prevent recurrence," adding, "This year, we hope that citizen audit requests targeting Seoul City and its affiliated institutions and resident audit requests targeting the 25 autonomous districts of Seoul will become more active. In particular, we hope that Seoul citizens will actively use the ‘Online Citizen Audit Request System,’ which reduces the hassle of audit requests."

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