Transparency

The leader's commitment in transparency of public information is an important part in realizing good governance. The characteristic and value inherent in good governance are to give non-governmental parties to the optimal role in government activities to create synergy between parties. In practice, good governance contains values such as efficiency, fairness, and responsiveness that makes the government can more effectively work to realize the welfare of the community. The principle of good governance is accountability, transparency, political policy formulation of openness, participation, rule of law and sense of public justice to every public policy.

The concept of a democratic country leads to increased transparency, participation, and accountability in public service. "The role of public administration is vital in helping empower society and create Democracy". Transparency is closely related to information disclosure for the public to obtain accurate and adequate information. "Transparency is the availability of organizational and community information able to monitor the organization's performance".

The leader's commitment in realizing transparency of public information by public bodies in Indonesia is still a serious issue. Transparency of public information is still considered low by some communities. There were 4 (four) government institutions that are often complained about the low data disclosure that is as follow as local government, National Land Agency (BPN), Educational Institutions and Police Institution. In addition, Indonesia's data transparency level is also still left behind from the Asia-Pacific Areas. Transparency of data means openness, providing data to the public to access, use, and share. Transparency of data from 2017 Resource Governance index puts Indonesia in the fourth place on the list.

By focusing on the disclosure information to realize a good government, the Indonesian Government issued ACT No. 14 in 2008 on Public Disclosure of Information (KIP ACT). By the issuing of the KIP ACT is expected to realize transparent governance. "Good governance was a conception of governance that was clean, democratic, and effective". KIP ACT requires the area to create Regional Regulations (PERDA) on public disclosure of information.

Areas in Central Java Province are committed to the disclosure of public information, and such an area is Pemalang District. Government of Pemalang District created Regional Regulation (PERDA) Number 01 in 2011 focused on transparency and community participation in local government organizing. The main aim of this entity was to ensure the right of society to know the process of planning, implementation, evaluation, as well as supervision in the implementation of local governance. According to Tahir stated that transparency in regional governance gave opportunity for the community to know the policies that are to be taken by the government. "Transparency would also encourage increased public accountability".

The government agency that manages the disclosure of public information is the Department of Communications and Informatics (DISKOMINFO), which is designated as an Official Information Officer and Documentation (PPID). Diskominfo in this case also cooperates with all public bodies called PPID Maid in Pemalang District about the service of public information. In addition to detailed duties and authorities, PPID also makes the classification of public information consisting of as follows: (1) Public Information (2) Information that is excluded. Public information classifies into Public information that must be provided and announced periodically, public information also should be publicly announced and public information that must be made available at all times.

The Mechanisms of public information services classify as PPID of Pemalang District in a direct and indirect way. The direct way is by providing an information service desk and a service desk providing Internet access. Problems related to transparency in Pemalang District are one of them on the recruitment of village devices. In 2017, there were 8 (eight) cases of reporting related to the transparent maintenance (Diskominfo of Pemalang District, 2018). The purpose of this research is to observe how the leader commits in realizing transparency of public information in Pemalang District.