Uiwang City Achieves Highest Grade in Public Institution Integrity Evaluation

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Uiwang City announced on the 9th that it achieved Grade 2, the highest grade among municipal-level basic local governments, in the 2020 Public Institution Integrity Evaluation results released by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission.

The 2020 Public Institution Integrity Evaluation results assessed a total of 580 public institutions nationwide.

Considering that there are no Grade 1 institutions among the 75 municipal-level basic local governments across the country, this is effectively the highest grade.

As a result, the city was selected as an excellent public institution that has maintained Grade 2 or higher in both internal and external comprehensive evaluations for three consecutive years from 2018 to this year.

The city maintained high integrity above the national average across all measured indices.

In particular, it received high evaluations in the external integrity category for supervision of construction and service contracts and licensing work. In internal integrity, significant improvements were made in fairness in personnel affairs and budget execution.

This year, the city implemented various integrity measures both inside and outside the organization, including operating a hotline for reports of improper solicitation, running an integrity communication mailbox, an integrity report system, and disclosing department head operational expenses.

Uiwang City Mayor Kim Sang-don stated, "We introduced a transparent personnel system to enhance internal integrity in the public service sector and built trust in personnel administration. We also focused on establishing proper work systems with principles applied across all city administration," and added, "I believe maintaining the nation's highest level of integrity for three consecutive years is the result of all public officials' efforts."