The Implementation of E-Government to Reduce Corruption in Indonesia

Abstract

This study examines the important role of e-government in reducing corruption in Indonesia. The aim of this study is to explore the application of e-government in government offices in order to encourage employees not to commit acts of corruption. Corruption is an act of someone who abuses trust in an issue or organization, only for personal gain. The application of e-government aims to provide services without the intervention of public institution employees and a long queue system just to get a simple service. In addition, egovernment also aims to support good governance. The data collection process is carried out by searching, recording and studying data from a number of existing archives or official documents, literature and research journals that are considered important and have relevance to the problem under study obtained transcribed and analyzed. The results of the analysis raise 4 themes that are discussed here: The Practice of implementing e-government in Indonesia; Improving public services in Indonesia; egovernment encouraging behavior changes in institutions, public officials and society and egovernment to become early detection of corruption prevention.