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Thompson, Ravindran [5] suggest three key aspects the Open Data Lab Jakarta commissioned a study to
for effective public-sector data governance: people assess readiness to implement One Data provisions.
(leadership and data steward), standards (policies The central question addressed by this research is
and requirements), and compliance (including a what do local governments need in order to
mechanism to enforce penalties for non- implement or align themselves with the anticipated
compliance). This study aims to contribute to the One Data Policy? To address this question, we
current understanding of these key aspects by conducted data journey modelling in four
investigating barriers in the implementation of data municipalities in Indonesia: Pontianak , Bojonegoro,
governance policy in Indonesia. Makassar, and Kulon Progo. The following section
details the methodology of the study.
3. THE ONE DATA POLICY
4. PROPOSED METHODS
The Indonesian Government has recognized the
potential significance of improving internal Data journey is a tool aiding the identification of
administrative operations, including data social and technical barriers to data movement in
governance. While the Indonesian Government has large, complex organizations [8]. The tool offers an
made efforts to advance its E-Government system, ability to model the necessary parts of the existing
the progress is still far from satisfactory. In the 2016 information infrastructure, including the places
United Nation’s E-Government Development Index where data is stored, and the links between these
shows Indonesia is ranked at 116 out of 193 places that enable the sharing of data. It can also be
countries, behind several other south-east Asian used to describe the movement of data from a point
countries and also the regional average. Much of of entry in the infrastructure to the point of use by a
local government is still at the initial developmental new consumer (human user or a new IT
stage, providing only government information such development). Once a diagram of the movement has
as organization structure, contact details, news, and been created, it is possible to identify parts of the
events via their official websites. The annual E- movement that, because of some type of barrier, can
Government Indonesia ranking by the Ministry of introduce some costs to the movement or new
Communication and Informatics shows that the top development. Hence, data journey modelling can
three provinces are all located on the assist the decision-making process of whether it is
well-developed Java island, indicating a strong worth implementing a new functionality or policies
dependency between availability of technology on an existing network of data. The diagram
infrastructure with public sector innovations. contains several elements as shown in Figure 1.
These elements include:
With regard to data governance, the report issued • Container or place where data is stored. A
by the Executive Office of the President shows that container can be in electronic form (e.g. a da-
at present, there are no standard data management tabase, an Excel spreadsheet, a word docu-
practices applied across government agencies [7]. ment) or in physical form (e.g. cabinets, desks,
Each agency is working in silo, developing its own pigeon holes). Electronic data containers are
data management practice, with a lack of a clear denoted using the database icon and physical
strategy for data sharing and collaboration. The One ones with a rectangular box.
Data policy is expected to provide a common
framework for data management along with • Journey leg is an established route where data
guidelines for public institutions to limit redundant stored in a container can travel to another
efforts, improve data quality, interoperability and container. The direction of the link shows the
integration, including data licensing and formats. movement of data from the source to the tar-
The roadmap for the implementation of the One get container. The link is denoted with a
Data began with the pilot implementation at nine straight line connecting the two containers.
national ministries in 2016 and 2017 [7]. In the next • A medium is used to move data from a source
phase, the implementation will continue to cover all container to a target container. Media can be
national and subnational agencies. of physical (paper) or electronic form (email,
file transfer).
To support preparation for implementation at the
subnational government level in 2019, the One Data
Team at the Executive Office of the President and

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