E-Government and Budget Transparency of Indragiri Hulu Government

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) become an essential requirement in developing information society and a knowledge society. Indragiri Hulu Regency is the only regency in Indonesia to be piloting an Open Government Indonesia (OGI) project with the targets to maximize the use of the website for the needs of alternative information media. Based on the assessment of the Indonesian Forum for Budget Transparency (FITRA) in 2013 Indragiri Hulu Regency scored 23 below the maximum score of 100. This study aims to determine the budget transparency of Indragiri Hulu Regency government through its official website. This study uses a qualitative method. The findings of this study indicate that the Indragiri Hulu Regency government has an official website and accessible, but the website does not encounter any special content of budget transparency. As for the publication of budget documents to be done but in different content. Furthermore, Indragiri Hulu Regency also government budget documents does not update regularly on its official website. This is due to the absence of awareness of local government and the absence of strict sanctions so that people has not be Able to access information on the implementation process of local budget policy.