[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Hye-seon] A review revealed that the compliance rate with laws and regulations in 3,617 public software (SW) project proposals issued by 431 government agencies in the first half of this year averaged 99.3%. The legal compliance check has been conducted since 2015 to ensure fair contracts by requiring government agencies to reflect 18 items they must comply with under the Software Promotion Act, the National Contract Act, and other laws in their project proposals for SW projects.


The Ministry of Science and ICT disclosed on the 31st on its website the reflection rate of legal compliance items in public software project proposals from a total of 431 government agencies, including 47 central administrative agencies, 17 local governments, 17 education offices, and 350 public institutions, for the first half of 2022. According to the Ministry, after recommending corrections for items not reflected in the public SW project proposals, the legal compliance rate improved from 93.6% before the recommendation to 99.3%. By agency type, education offices had the highest average at 99.8%, followed by central administrative agencies at 99.7%, public institutions at 99.2%, and local governments at 99.0%.


Among the 431 agencies subject to the overall review, 334 agencies that issued SW projects were checked, and 254 agencies (76.0%) fully reflected the legal compliance items in 100% of their project proposals. Additionally, 56 agencies (16.8%) reflected 98?100%, 14 agencies (4.2%) reflected 95?98%, and 10 agencies (3.0%) reflected less than 95%.



Looking at the distribution of legal compliance rates by project, 3,351 projects (92.6%) out of the total 3,617 projects fully reflected the legal compliance items at 100%, 159 projects (4.4%) reflected 90?100%, 86 projects (2.4%) reflected 80?90%, and 21 projects (0.6%) reflected less than 80%.


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