Hapcheon-gun Selected as Best Institution in Public Data Operation Evaluation

Secured Special Grant of 50 Million Won

Hapcheon-gun, Gyeongnam Province, has been selected as the best institution in the ‘2022 Public Data Provision and Operation Status Evaluation’ conducted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, and will receive a special grant of 50 million KRW as a financial incentive.

This evaluation, conducted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety under the ‘Act on the Provision and Activation of Public Data,’ comprehensively assesses 570 organizations including central government ministries, local governments, and public institutions across five areas: public data management system, public data opening, public data utilization, public data quality, and others (additional or deducted points), using 16 indicators. Each institution’s level of public data provision and operation is rated as ‘Excellent,’ ‘Average,’ or ‘Poor.’

Hapcheon County Office, Gyeongnam.

Based on the evaluation results, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety selected the top institutions among those rated ‘Excellent,’ naming four as the best institutions (1 metropolitan, 3 basic) and 20 as excellent institutions (1 metropolitan, 19 basic).

Hapcheon-gun scored 97.12 points, which is 41.09 points higher than the average score of 56.03 points for basic local governments. It received perfect scores of 100 points in the public data management system and utilization areas (national average scores for basic local governments were 47.91 and 54.68 points, respectively), and achieved first grade in 11 out of the 16 indicators, leading to its selection as the best institution and the award of a special grant of 50 million KRW.

Lee Dong-ryul, Head of the Administration Division, said, “We are very pleased that Hapcheon-gun was selected as the best institution in this evaluation, which shows that our demand-centered public data opening and management system is being systematically well managed. We will continue to discover and open demand-centered public data in various fields to provide services that residents can feel.” He added, “The secured special grant will be used as a project fund to promote the spread of public data.”

Meanwhile, Hapcheon-gun was also selected as an excellent institution in the 2020 and 2021 Public Data Provision and Operation Status Evaluations conducted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, receiving special grants of 25 million KRW and 40 million KRW, respectively.

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