Osan City Achieves 'Excellent' Grade in Public Institution Comprehensive Integrity Evaluation

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Lee Su-won] Osan City announced on the 16th that it has achieved Grade 2, an excellent rating, in the "2023 Public Institution Comprehensive Integrity Evaluation" administered by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission.

The Public Institution Comprehensive Integrity Evaluation assesses 499 public institutions nationwide, including 31 cities and counties in Gyeonggi Province, and rates them on a scale of 1 to 5 based on factors such as perceived integrity and integrity efforts.

Considering that only one local government in Gyeonggi Province's 31 cities and counties received Grade 1 in comprehensive integrity, Osan City's achievement of Grade 2 in this evaluation is assessed as effectively securing the highest level of integrity in the province.

Osan City received high marks for its institutional head's interest and efforts in fostering an ethical public service culture, led by the establishment of the "Comprehensive Integrity Promotion Plan for Clean Osan in the Eighth Civilian-Elected Term," including △integrity evaluation system for senior civil servants △integrity strategy meetings △integrity communication days △education to eliminate workplace abuse △operation of an anonymous reporting system for civil service misconduct. These self-correction efforts were highly evaluated.

Of particular note was the successful advancement of the integrity efforts (qualitative evaluation) category from Grade 3 last year to an excellent grade (Grade 2).

The 93.5 points that Osan City received in the external integrity category as evaluated by citizens represents 11.7 points higher than the national average for similar local governments, demonstrating that the city's public service integrity is among the highest in the nation.

Osan City Mayor Lee Kwon-jae said, "The achievement of a high score ranking second in the province in this, effectively the first integrity evaluation of the eighth civilian-elected term, is the result of the efforts of all Osan City residents and public officials," and added, "This year, we aim to achieve Grade 1 and will actively improve and supplement the 'internal integrity' category, which appeared to be somewhat insufficient in this evaluation."