Kinerja Pejabat Pengelola Informasi dan Dokumentasi (PPID) Kota Medan dalam Pemenuhan Ketersediaan Informasi Publik

Abstract

Every public agency that operational activities are sourced from the State Budget (APBN) and/or Regional Budget (APBD) is responsible for opening access to information relating to the administration of the state or its government to the public. In order to realize this responsibility, every public agency is obliged to have a supporting organization that is responsible for providing public information, this organization is called as the Pejabat Pengelola Informasi dan Dokumentasi (PPID). Thus the Medan City government is also obliged to form the PPID which has the duty and authority to provide public information relating to government activities to the public. This research aims to see how the performance of the PPID Kota Medan in Fulfilling the Availability of Public Information, which factors and dynamics influence their performance. This study uses a qualitative method with descriptive analysis. The conclusion of this study shows that the PPID Kota Medan has carried out its duties quite well. In terms of Productivity, they have made this happen based on existing rules or regulations and this is also the same with their goals. Responsiveness, they have tried to involve the Medan City’s people. Responsibilities, they already know and applies the law as a support as well as the basis for carrying out all their activities in accordance with PPID policies. As for the obstacles in influencing the performance of the PPID Kota Medan, among others, namely regarding the dual duties and positions; human resources where there are still many members of the PPID Kota Medan who do not fully understand the duties of PPID, especially for PPID Pembantu due to the frequent position changes in Organization of Local Government (Organisasi Pemerintahan Daerah; OPD) in Medan City as part of the PPID Pembantu; lack of budget allocation support from the government. This is what turned out to have had a significant impact on the performance of the PPID Kota Medan.