데이터 기반 행정법과 증거기반 정책결정

The Act on Promotion of the Data-driven Administration and Evidence-based Policy Making

(Purpose) The term ‘evidence-based policymaking’ is in common currency in social media. Yet, it is vague, aspirational term. In May 2020, the Act on promotion of the data-driven administration was passed by the National Assembly. Although the law was passed recently, it contains many practical limitations in terms of evidence-based policy making. The purpose of this study was to propose legal and institutional alternatives to eliminate these limitations. (Design/approach) In this study, the legal and institutional issues related to a data-driven administration were examined. In particular, we proposed factors that should be considered in order to achieve a data-driven administration. First, a general government unit is proposed as a basis for applying the law. Second, normative principles, i.e., fiscal discipline and fiscal information, are proposed to strengthen accountability and transparency. Third, the role is clarified in order to clarify the substance of the law. For example, the administrative and fiscal domains are addressed separately in this study. Fourth, we propose collaborative governance for an effective, data-driven administration. (Research implication) The data-driven administration law should be consistent with other existing laws (e.g., e-government law, personal information protection law, and others). In order to operate effectively from an evidence-based policymaking perspective, the administrative and fiscal sectors within the legal framework must be revised extensively. If necessary, new legislation may be required in order to subdivide it into the fiscal domain. Evidence-based policymaking is inherently able to explore the value-laden way in which collaborative governance are negotiated by individuals and interest groups.