Suwon Selected as Excellent Local Government for 'E-Government Implementation'

The Ministry of Public Administration and Security announced the evaluation of e-government performance results of local governments for 2006.

The top-tier institutions selected were Seoul Metropolitan City and Gyeongnam Province, while five basic local governments including Gimhae City in Gyeongnam, Jeungpyeong County in Chungcheongbuk Province, and Seocho-gu in Seoul were selected.

Excellent organizations selected included Ulsan Metropolitan City, Chungcheongbuk Province, Suwon City in Gyeonggi Province, Jinhae City in Gyeongnam, Tongyeong County in Gyeongnam, Yeoncheon County in Gyeonggi Province, Eumseong County in Chungcheongbuk Province, Hadong County in Gyeongnam, Seodaemun-gu and Gangnam-gu in Seoul, and Buk-gu in Ulsan, while Sokcho City in Gangwon Province, Hamyang County in Gyeongnam, and Dong-gu in Incheon received special awards.

The Ministry explained, "These organizations have significantly improved their e-government levels in areas such as information technology personnel and budget ratio, and the number of information systems built in the past year."

According to the Ministry, the 'information technology budget ratio' for metropolitan governments increased from 0.68% in 2005 to 0.86% in 2006, and the 'number of information systems built' increased from 7.81 projects in 2005 to 8.38 projects in 2006.

Additionally, for basic local governments, the information technology personnel ratio increased from 1.81% in 2005 to 1.99% in 2006, while the number of systems built increased from 4.04 units in 2005 to 4.44 units in 2006.