Code for Korea's project digitizing government gazettes '공보’란 국가기관과 지방자치단체가 대국민에 정부의 소식을 알려주는 소식지를 말합니다.

'공보’란 국가기관과 지방자치단체가 대국민에 정부의 소식을 알려주는 소식지를 말합니다. 공보는 누구나 찾아볼 수 있도록 제공되고 있으며, 시민단체와 언론이 행정 영역을 감시할 때는 공공 감시 도구가 되기도 합니다. 그렇다면, 인터넷 시대에 '전자 공보'는 우리 시민의 곁에 얼마나 더 가까워졌을까요?

“조례와 규칙의 공포는 해당 지방자치단체의 공보에 게재하는 방법으로 한다. 종이공보와 전자공보는 동일한 효력을 가진다.” - 지방자치법 제33조

Map of Gazettes, a project from Code for Korea, was initiated during the open data day in 2022. It involved 15 citizen hackers who voluntarily collected 243 public messages from local governments, including those published in PDF and DOC formats. The project also involved evaluating the level of digitization of public messages from various local governments. For instance, the Busan Electronic Gazette doesn’t upload the entire gazette in PDF format; instead, it provides documents for each item in the gazette, along with metadata such as document type and publishing organization, allowing the public to search using this metadata. However, due to the significant variation in public messages among local governments, assessing the level of digitization was often challenging. After successfully collecting the data, this project received funding sponsorship from the National Information Society Agency (NIA) of Korea. Participants in the project noted that there was no direct collaboration with the government. They suggested that it would be beneficial for both parties if there were opportunities for direct communication with government officials to bring a greater impact.