BUREAUCRATIC REFORM : A WAY TO ELIMINATE CORRUPTION, COLLUSION, AND NEPOTISM PRACTICES IN INDONESIA

In the whole world, developing bureaucracy is one of the primary means in country management of various fields of national life and its relationship with other nations in the world. In addition to carrying out services, bureaucracy has to interpret various political decisions into various policies, and operationally do its function in managing various policy implementations. Hence, it was realized that the bureaucracy is a critical success factor of the whole of government agenda, includ ing in the realization of clean government, in order to become good governance. However, bureaucracy is not always be able to administer or do the task and its function automatically and independently which afterwards resulting in a significant performance s. The successes of bureaucracy in eradicate corruption, collusion, and nepotism activities also determined by many other factors. Factors that need more attention in bureaucratic reform policy are completeness, competency, and consistency from all of the parties that play role in the country management in realizing and creating a clean government and good governance, and also in actualizing and implementing it in our constitution, according to the position and role of each of them in the country

Social Policy in the Implementation of Concurrent Government Affairs in the Nias Archipelago Area, Indonesia

The implementation of social policies for Concurrent Government Affairs in the Nias Archipelago Area, Sumatera Utara Province, is still experiencing inequality, especially from the aspect of budget allocation. This article aims to analyze these problems, using a qualitative descriptive method, data sourced from the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia (2022). We use data analysis techniques through data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The results showed that (1) out of 33 regencies/cities in Sumatera Utara Province, 5 regencies/cities in the Nias Archipelago Area, namely Nias Regency, Nias Selatan Regency, Nias Utara Regency, Nias Barat Regency, and Gunungsitoli City experienced significant imbalances in budget extreme allocations with 28 non-island (mainland) regions and below the provincial average. The lack of social policies will have a significant effect on the implementation of Optional Concurrent Government Affairs in the archipelago; and (2) Conceptually, it is important to pay attention to the principles of accountability, efficiency, externality, and national strategic interests in treating archipelagic areas through increased transfer funds – including the General Allocation Fund (DAU) and the Special Allocation Fund (DAK) - as specifically regulated in Law Number 23 of 2014 concerning Local Government. It is hoped that the novelty of this research can become material for evaluating policies of the central and provincial governments. This research can have implications for accelerating development, especially in island areas