Transition Team: "Establishing a Public-Private Joint Digital Platform Government... Will Open Public Data"

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[Asia Economy reporters Byungdon Yoo and Gimin Lee] The Presidential Transition Committee's Digital Platform Government Task Force (TF) announced plans to build a digital platform government through public-private cooperative methods to provide the public data that citizens need.

At a briefing held at the Transition Committee press conference hall in Tongui-dong, Seoul, Ahn Cheol-soo, the head of the transition committee, said, "We will create a digital platform where the public, companies, and government solve problems together and create new value. This will no longer be government-led but achieved through public-private collaboration."

Ahn emphasized, "From a corporate perspective, if public data is opened and combined with private data, a vast data industry can develop. The private sector can exercise creativity to gather this data and create numerous businesses and venture companies. This can lead to the emergence of unicorn companies that lead the world."

The basic principles of the digital platform government include: ▲ fostering an innovative ecosystem where citizens and public-private sectors grow together ▲ fully opening public data digitally under a negative principle ▲ providing public services in an integrated, proactive, and customized manner ▲ abolishing silos between ministries and realizing a unified government through a digital platform ▲ redesigning administrative processes and innovating organizational culture and personnel systems ▲ scientific policy decision-making based on AI and data ▲ protecting personal information and ensuring a trustworthy usage environment ▲ establishing open standards for public-private sharing of data and services ▲ and creating a digital platform government that leads the global market, totaling nine principles.

Five key tasks were also presented. Regarding the creation of an innovative ecosystem for the digital platform government, public data will be fully opened under the negative principle, and laws and systems that hinder this will be revised.

Additionally, the right to request the transfer of personal data related to MyData, which allows the private sector to proactively utilize personal information, will be legislated, and an innovation platform for public-private cooperation will be established. The government will first open government data and service functions (APIs) so that the private sector can create innovative services. Support will also be provided for cloud-based development and testing environments and super-large AI infrastructure. Based on this, exemptions and simplifications of Information Strategy Plans (ISP), as well as budget systems and laws that allow continuous development and modification, will be pursued.

To enhance public experience, proactive public services will be promoted so that citizens can receive guidance on necessary public services according to their life cycle. To facilitate easy use of government services, public web and application user experience (UI/UX) will be improved, dispersed online services will be linked and consolidated, and a system allowing one-time access through various authentication methods will be established.

To enable civil servants to work based on data, systems for analysis, prediction, early warning, and policy decision support will be built. Furthermore, cybersecurity regulations will be revised, and measures to prevent personal information leaks will be strengthened to improve the security environment.

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