Article 1(Purpose) #
The purpose of this Decree is to prescribe matters mandated by the Framework Act on Public Service Evaluation and matters necessary for the enforcement thereof.
Article 2(Scope of central administrative agencies) #
"Agencies under the control of the President and agencies under the control of the Prime Minister and their advisory bodies as prescribed by Presidential Decree" under Article 2(2)a of the Framework Act on Government Performance Evaluation (hereinafter referred to as the "Act") refers to the following organizations: <Amended on Feb. 29, 2008; Mar. 23, 2013; Jul. 19, 2016; Act No. 16500, Oct. 1, 2025>
1. An agency affiliated with the President: The Korea Media and Communications Commission;
2. Agencies affiliated with the Prime Minister: The Office for Government Policy Coordination, the Fair Trade Commission, the Financial Services Commission, the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, and the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission.
Article 3(Institutions, corporations, or organizations belonging to public institutions) #
Institutions, corporations, or organizations prescribed by Presidential Decree in subparagraph 7g of Article 2 of the Act means institutions, corporations, or organizations designated by the head of the competent central administrative agency in consultation with the Public Service Evaluation Committee under Article 9 of the Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Committee") from among the institutions, corporations, or organizations referred to in the subparagraphs of Article 4(1) of the Act on the Management of Public Institutions (excluding public enterprises and quasi-governmental agencies referred to in subparagraph 7a of Article 2 of the Act).
[This Article Wholly Amended on Jul. 19, 2016]
Article 4(Scope of integrated evaluation) #
The scope of integrated evaluation under the latter part of Article 3(2) of the Act shall be as follows: <Amended on Jul. 3, 2008; Aug. 21, 2009; Feb. 3, 2016; Jul. 19, 2016; Mar. 30, 2018; Dec. 8, 2020; Mar. 22, 2022; Jun. 28, 2022>
1. A self-evaluation of research and development programs under Article 7(1) of the Act on the Performance Evaluation and Management of National Research and Development Programs;
2. Evaluation of the performance records of implementation plans for development of educational human resources under Article 8 of the Framework Act on the Development of Human Resources;
3. Evaluation of education and training of central administrative agencies under Article 15 of the Act on the Capacity Development of Public Officials;
4. Deleted; <May 4, 2010>
5. Analysis and inspection of the performance records of major policy measures for comprehensive plans and implementation plans under Articles 6(6) and 7(4) of the Framework Act on Intelligent Informatization;
6. Deleted; <Dec. 8, 2020>
7. Evaluation of the actual status, etc. of regulatory reform under Article 34 of the Framework Act on Administrative Regulation;
8. Evaluation of the actual operation conditions of the information disclosure system under Article 24 of the Official Information Disclosure Act;
9. Investigation and evaluation of the actual operation conditions of open positions under Article 27 of the Regulations on Management of Open Positions and Publicly-Recruited Positions;
10. Analysis and evaluation of the operation of government administrative organizations under Article 32 of the Common Rule on the Organization and the Prescribed Number of Personnel of Administrative Agencies;
10-2. A self-evaluation of fiscal projects under Article 85-8(1) of the National Finance Act and Article 39-2(1) of the Enforcement Decree of that Act;
11. Other evaluations determined by the Committee in consultation with the evaluation supervising agency, as deemed necessary for integrated evaluation.
Article 5(Matters regarding development of evaluation affairs of master plans for public service evaluation) #
"Other important matters regarding the development of evaluation affairs prescribed by Presidential Decree" in Article 8(2)8 of the Act means the following matters:
1. Matters regarding plans for annual integration or connection of evaluations for efficiently conducting public service evaluation;
2. Matters regarding the linkage between the results of the public service evaluation and the organization, budget, personnel, and remuneration systems, etc.
Article 6(Operation of Public Service Evaluation Committee) #
(1) The chairpersons of the Public Service Evaluation Committee under Article 10(2) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as the "chairpersons") shall represent the Committee, respectively, and have general supervision and control of the business affairs of the Committee. <Amended on Jan. 5, 2021>
(2) When both chairpersons are unable to perform their duties due to any unavoidable cause, a member designated by the Prime Minister shall act on behalf of the chairpersons.
(3) The chairpersons shall convene and preside over meetings of the Committee.
(4) If the chairpersons intend to convene a meeting, they shall determine the date, time, venue, and matters to be referred to a meeting and notify each member thereof not later than 7 days before the meeting is held, except in urgent cases.
(5) The Committee may, if necessary for the efficient performance of evaluation affairs, request the heads of relevant central administrative agencies to provide support for business affairs, such as human resources. <Added on Jul. 3, 2008>
(6) Except as provided in paragraphs (1) through (5), matters necessary for the operation, etc. of the Committee shall be determined by the co-chairpersons following a resolution by the Committee. <Added on Jul. 3, 2008>
Article 7 #
Deleted. <Jul. 3, 2008>
Article 8(Agency related to general supervision and control of evaluation) #
"Central administrative agencies related to the general supervision and control of evaluation" in Article 11(1) of the Act means central administrative agencies classified as follows: <Amended on Feb. 29, 2008; Jul. 3, 2008; Mar. 23, 2013; Nov. 19, 2014; Jul. 26, 2017>
1. The major policy sector: The Office for Government Policy Coordination;
2. The fiscal project sector: The Ministry of Economy and Finance;
3. The organizational structure and informatization sector: The Ministry of the Interior and Safety;
4. The personnel management sector: The Ministry of Personnel Management;
5. Deleted. <Jul. 3, 2008>
Article 9(Support following entrustment of management and operation of integrated electronic evaluation system) #
If the Prime Minister entrusts the management and operation of an integrated electronic evaluation system pursuant to Article 13(3) of the Act, he or she may provide necessary support within the budget.
Article 10(Self-evaluation by central administrative agencies) #
(1) The heads of the relevant central administrative agencies conducting a self-evaluation pursuant to Article 14(1) of the Act shall directly select policies, projects, business affairs, etc. (hereinafter referred to as "policies, etc.") subject to a self-evaluation based on the implementation plan for public service evaluation under Article 8(3) of the Act, and shall make sure to include the following policies, etc.:
1. Fundamental or essential policies, etc. to fulfill the duties of the agency;
2. Policies, etc. to achieve performance objectives of the pertinent year;
3. Policies, etc. necessary for linking the self-evaluation results with the organization, budget, personnel management, remuneration system, etc.
(2) In cases where a single policy, etc. overlaps on multiple sectors, the head of a central administrative agency may classify it into a single sector for evaluation in order to prevent duplication of evaluation.
Article 11(Composition and operation of self-evaluation committee) #
(1) A self-evaluation committee established in a central administrative agency pursuant to Article 14(2) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as "self-evaluation committee") shall be comprised of not less than 10 but not more than 30 members, including 1 chairperson.
(2) The chairperson of a self-evaluation committee shall be appointed by the head of the relevant central administrative agency from among civilian members under paragraph (3).
(3) Members of a self-evaluation committee shall be commissioned or appointed by the head of the central administrative agency from among persons with extensive expertise and experience in evaluation or business affairs under the jurisdiction of the committee or from among relevant public officials.
(4) The term of office of members of a self-evaluation committee (excluding members who are public officials) shall be 2 years. <Amended on Jul. 19, 2016>
(5) If a commissioned member under paragraph (3) falls under any of the following cases, the head of a central administrative agency may dismiss the relevant member: <Added on Jul. 19, 2016>
1. Where the member becomes unable to perform their duties due to mental or physical disability;
2. Where the member is involved in a misconduct in connection with his or her duties;
3. Where the member is deemed unfit to be a member due to dereliction of duty, injury to dignity, or other reasons;
4. Where the member voluntarily declares that he or she is unable to perform duties.
(6) Except as provided in paragraphs (1) through (5), matters necessary for the composition, operation, etc. of a self-evaluation committee shall be determined by the head of the relevant central administrative agency. <Added on Jul. 19, 2016>
Article 12(Self-evaluation procedures) #
(1) The head of a central administrative agency shall conduct a self-evaluation through measurement based on quantified evaluation indexes, if possible.
(2) If necessary for the efficient operation, fairness, and objectivity of a self-evaluation, the Committee may establish and present evaluation methods, evaluation criteria, and evaluation indexes common to all central administrative agencies.
(3) The heads of central administrative agencies may develop indexes that can reflect the characteristics of the relevant agencies in addition to the common evaluation methods, evaluation criteria, and evaluation indicators under paragraph (2) and utilize them for evaluation.
(4) The head of a central administrative agency may utilize the evaluation results of other evaluation supervising agencies for a self-evaluation if there are results of evaluating the policy, etc. subject to the self-evaluation.
Article 13(Implementation of re-evaluation) #
If the Prime Minister deems it necessary to conduct a re-evaluation under Article 17 of the Act, he or she may request data or require an evaluator to visit the site to verify and inspect the data related to the evaluation.
Article 14(Sectors subject to specific evaluation) #
"Subject sectors prescribed by Presidential Decree" in Article 20(1) of the Act means the following:
1. A sector requiring continuous management based on policy measures to be commonly implemented by each central administrative agency;
2. A sector requiring special management as a major State project that has a large social ripple effect;
3. A sector that measures citizens' satisfaction with agencies or the implementation of policies, etc.;
4. Other sectors deemed necessary for a specific evaluation, as determined through deliberation and resolution by the Committee.
Article 15(Specific evaluation procedures) #
(1) The Prime Minister may, if necessary to efficiently conduct a specific evaluation, have civilian experts perform research and surveys.
(2) In conducting a specific evaluation, the Prime Minister may request cooperation or support from relevant experts and related research institutes and organizations.
(3) If the Committee deliberates on a specific evaluation, it shall hear the opinions of the institutions subject to the evaluation.
Article 16(Major national policy measures) #
"Other major national policy measures, etc. prescribed by Presidential Decree" in Article 21(1) of the Act means the following policy measures:
1. Policy measures requiring national policy objectives and directions;
2. Policy measures requiring close cooperation between central administrative agencies and local governments.
Article 17(Conducting joint evaluation) #
(1) When the Minister of the Interior and Safety intends to conduct a joint evaluation of delegated affairs, etc. of the State under Article 21(1) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as "joint evaluation"), he or she shall formulate a joint evaluation implementation plan after consultation with the heads of relevant central administrative agencies and deliberation by the joint evaluation committee of local governments under Article 21(4) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as "joint evaluation committee of local governments"). <Amended on Feb. 29, 2008; Mar. 23, 2013; Nov. 19, 2014; Jul. 26, 2017>
(2) Upon formulating a joint evaluation implementation plan pursuant to paragraph (1), the Minister of the Interior and Safety shall submit it to the Committee at least 3 months prior to the implementation of the evaluation. <Amended on Feb. 29, 2008; Mar. 23, 2013; Nov. 19, 2014; Jul. 26, 2017>
(3) The joint evaluation implementation plan under paragraph (1) shall include the following matters:
1. Matters regarding the purpose and necessity of a joint evaluation;
2. Matters subject to, and the scope of, a joint evaluation;
3. Matters regarding timing and methods of a joint evaluation;
4. Matters regarding selection of matters subject to a joint evaluation and establishment of evaluation indexes;
5. Matters regarding plans for utilizing the results of a joint evaluation;
6. Matters regarding the organization and operation of a joint evaluation team for local governments jointly operated with relevant central administrative agencies;
7. Opinions of central administrative agencies related to a joint evaluation.
Article 18(Organization and operation of joint evaluation committee of local governments) #
(1) The joint evaluation committee of local governments shall be comprised of up to 20 members, including 1 chairperson, and in order to ensure the objectivity and fairness of evaluation, at least 2/3 of the members shall be comprised of civilian experts with extensive expertise and experience in evaluation.
(2) The chairperson of the joint evaluation committee of local governments shall be appointed by the Minister of the Interior and Safety from among civilian members referred to in paragraph (3). <Amended on Feb. 29, 2008; Mar. 23, 2013; Nov. 19, 2014; Jul. 26, 2017>
(3) Members of the joint evaluation committee of local governments shall consist of the following persons: <Amended on Feb. 29, 2008; Mar. 23, 2013; Nov. 19, 2014; Jul. 26, 2017>
1. Persons designated or commissioned by the Minister of the Interior and Safety from among public officials under his or her jurisdiction or those who have extensive expertise and experience in evaluation;
2. Persons recommended by the heads of the relevant central administrative agencies participating in the joint evaluation, from among public officials under their jurisdiction or those who have extensive expertise and experience in evaluation, and appointed or commissioned by the Minister of the Interior and Safety.
(4) The term of office of a member (excluding a member who is a public official) of the joint evaluation committee of local governments shall be 2 years.
(5) If a commissioned member under paragraph (3) falls under any of the following cases, the Minister of the Interior and Safety may dismiss the relevant member: <Added on Jul. 19, 2016; Jul. 26, 2017>
1. Where the member becomes unable to perform their duties due to mental or physical disability;
2. Where the member is involved in a misconduct in connection with his or her duties;
3. Where the member is deemed unfit to be a member due to dereliction of duty, injury to dignity, or other reasons;
4. Where the member voluntarily declares that he or she is unable to perform duties.
(6) Other matters necessary for the organization and operation of the joint evaluation committee of local governments shall be determined by the Minister of the Interior and Safety following deliberation by the joint evaluation committee of local governments. <Amended on Feb. 29, 2008; Mar. 23, 2013; Nov. 19, 2014; Jul. 19, 2016; Jul. 26, 2017>
Article 19(Evaluation of public institutions by central administrative agencies) #
When the head of a central administrative agency intends to conduct an evaluation of a public institution under his or her jurisdiction pursuant to Article 22(3) of the Act, he or she shall undergo deliberation by the self-evaluation committee.
Article 20(Allowances) #
Allowances, travel expenses, and other necessary expenses may be paid to the chairpersons and members of various committees related to evaluation, other interested persons, reference witnesses, and relevant public officials, etc. within the budget; provided, this shall not apply where a public official attends a meeting of the committee, etc. in direct connection with his or her duties.
Article 21(Delegation or entrustment of authority) #
(1) The Prime Minister shall delegate the authority necessary for conducting a specific evaluation of innovation management under Article 20 of the Act to the Minister of the Interior and Safety pursuant to Article 33(1) of the Act. <Amended on Feb. 29, 2008; Mar. 23, 2013; Nov. 19, 2014; Jul. 26, 2017>
(2) The Minister of the Interior and Safety delegated with the authority to conduct a specific evaluation of innovation management pursuant to paragraph (1) shall prepare and submit to the Committee the subject matters, methods, criteria, evaluation indexes, etc. (hereafter in this Article referred to as "evaluation indexes, etc.") for the evaluation of innovation management. In such cases, the Minister of the Interior and Safety shall ensure that the evaluation indexes, etc. of innovation management are maintained in equity with evaluation indexes, etc. in other specific evaluation sectors. <Amended on Feb. 29, 2008; Mar. 23, 2013; Nov. 19, 2014; Jul. 26, 2017>
(3) In entrusting part of the evaluation affairs pursuant to Article 33(2) of the Act, the Prime Minister, the head of a central administrative agency, and the head of a local government may provide subsidies to cover part of expenses incurred in the operation, research activities, etc. of the relevant specialized research institute to the extent necessary for the smooth promotion of the entrusted affairs.