Corruption might occur in many places within the government. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can be used to create a more open and transparent government enabling the Control of Corruption (CoC). The research presented in this paper aims to analyze the effect of ICT on CoC in open government. Using panel data of ASEAN countries over 33 years from 1984 to 2016, this study examined the data utilizing panel Auto-Regressive Distributed Lags (ARDL). The results of this study reinforce the existing literature on the positive effects of ICT on CoC. However, the assumed relationship is more complicated than often assumed. This study shows the presence of a quadratic (non-linear) inverted u-shaped relationship between the ICT development and CoC, which implies that there is no further opportunity for ICT alone to reduce corruption once a threshold is reached. ICT might even be used to facilitate corruption. Hence, ICT needs to be complemented by institutional and organizational measures and education to fight corruption.

Corruption occurs in many places within the government. To tackle the issue, open data can be used as one of the tools in creating more insight into the government. The premise of this paper is to support the notion that data opening can bring up new ways of fighting corruption. The current paper aimed at investigating how open data can be employed to detect corruption. This open data is trivial due to challenges like information asymmetry among stakeholders, data might only be opened partly, different sources of data need to be combined, and data might not be easy to use, might be biased or even manipulated. The study was conducted using a literature review approach. The reviews implied that corruption can be detected using Open Government Data, Thus, by conducting the open data technique within the government, the public could monitor the activities of the governments. The practical contribution of this paper is expected to assist the government in detecting corruption by using a data-driven approach. Furthermore, the scientific contribution will originate from the development of a framework reference architecture to uncover corruption cases.

No abstract

Government is always the biggest spending agency in many countries, and this signifies a huge opportunity for government procurement fraud. Failure to implement strong measures for fraud prevention may lead to financial losses and a bad reputation for the country. In Indonesia, procurement fraud has been classified as one of the major components of fraud. Therefore, there is a crucial need for extensive studies to understand factors that may contribute to the fraud prevention strategy among government agencies in Indonesia. This paper examines three factors that may promote procurement fraud prevention among government agencies in Palembang City. The three factors are top management competencies, e-procurement and internal control system. Questionnaires were distributed to employees in the procurement department of 51 government agencies in Palembang, the most reported procurement fraud cases in Indonesia. Data were thoroughly analysed using multiple regression analysis with the SPSS analysis tool. The finding revealed that internal control systems and e-procurement significantly contributed to fraud prevention programs. However, the top management competencies showed a negative relationship with procurement fraud prevention. In addition, this study found the implementation of e-procurement and internal control systems was an important tool in to fight against fraud. This study contributes to the literature by providing empirical support in confirming the critical role of the internal control system and e-procurement in enhancing fraud mitigation mechanisms.