Administrative Management and Reform in Japan
行政管理研究センター
平成8年度
CONTENTS
Part I: Perface
Part I: Measures to Ensure the Confidence of the People in Public Administration from aroundthe World
Section 1: Measures Taken by Various Countries and International Organizations
I. Ensuring the transparency of public administration
II. Participation of the people in public administration
III. Improvement of public services
IV. Streamlining public administration
V. Utilization of the inspection
VI Human resources development
VII. International measures
Section 2: Measures Undertaken by the Government of Japan
I. Ensuring the transparency of public administration
ll. Participation of the people in public administration
III The improvement of public service
IV. Making the public administration more efficient
V. Utilization of the inspection function, etc
VI. Securing and developing human resources
Part II: The Management and Coordination Agency in the Past
Year
Chapter I: Promotion of Administrative Reform
Section 1: Recent Trends in Administrative Reform
I. The recent progress of administrative reform
II. Administrative Reform Promotion System
Section 2: The Promotion of Deregulation
I. Recent deregulatory measures
II. Revisions to the Deregulation Action Program
III. The actual situation of permissions and approvals
Section 3: The Promotion of Decentralization
I. Recent decentralization measures
II. The Special Scheme for Promoting Decentralization
III. The actual state of national participation
IV. Reform of local administration
Section 4: Reform of Public Corporations
I. Changes in the number of public corporations
II. Examination of the demand for public corporations in FY1996
III. Promotion of the reports of the PCAR and the Administrative Reform Committee
IV.The recent state of the promotion of public corporations
Section 5: Rationalization of Administrative Procedures
I. Administrative Procedures Law
II. Procedures for administrative guidance
III. Administrative Appeal Law
Section 6: Management of Administrative Organs and Number of
Personnel
I. Administrative organs
II. Regular national civil service personnel
III. Other
Section 7: Special Measures to Preserve the Rights and
Interests of the victims of Special Disasters
Section 8: Promotion of the Polite and Considerate Public
Services Campaign
I. Purposes and summary of the Polite and Considerate Public Services Campaign
II. Outline of the movement in 1996
Chapter II: The Promotion of Personnel Management
Section 1: Comprehensive Adjustments Regarding Personnel Management
I. Deciding on personnel management operation policies
II. Ensuring the public service discipline of civil service personnel
III. Enhancement of the labor management system
IV. Interviews with employee groups, etc
V. Dealing with the International Labour Organization (ILO)
VI. Research on desirable personnel management policies
Section 2: The Promotion of Personnel Exchange and
Development Projects
I. Promotion of inter-agency personnel and exchange
II. Enhancement of the educational opportunities for national public service officials
Section 3: Personnel Management for Aged Officials
I. Employment of the elderly in the public sector
II. Promotion of the implementation of the retirement preparation program and the
career life planning program
Section 4: The Handling of Salary Reforms for National
Public Service Officials
I. The mechanism of salary reform
II. The state of recent salary revision
III. The 1995 salary revision
IV. The salaries of employees in special positions in Government service that are
exempted from the application of the Government Officials Act
Section 5: Working Hours of National Public Service
Officials
I. The shortening of working hours in Japan
II. Heading for a still greater reduction in working hours
III. The maintenance of a working environment in systematic aspects
Section 6: The Welfare Program of National public Service
Officials
I. Promotion of employee health maintenance
II. The promotion of a counseling system
III. The management and operation of National Public Service Official Athletic Centers
Chapter III: Comprehensive Adjustments for the Development and Advancement of the Government Information System (GIS)
Section 1: The Present State of the Government Information System
I. Development of information orientation
II. Development of the Government Information System (OIS)
Section 2: Development of Policies Related to GIS
I. Comprehensive and systematic promotion of administration with an information orientation..
II. The state of progress of the Administrative Informatization Promotion Plan
III. Attempts to deal with the various problems related to government procurement of computers
IV. Preparation of the Integrated Administrative Information Network
V. Implementing joint training in information systems
VI. Development and provision of joint information referencing systems, etc.,for ministries and agencies
VII. Dealing with the move toward internationalization
Section 3: Promotion of Administrative Information Disclosure
I. Preparation and enhancement of the system of counter service for the reference of official documents
II. Accurate implementation of administrative information disclosure criteria
III. A full-scale examination of the Administrative Information Disclosure System in the Administrative Reform Committee
Section 4: Promotion of Personal Data Protection Measures
I. The role of the Personal Data Protection Act
II. The state of personal data protection measures
Section 5: Promotion of the Improvement of Document Management, etc.
I. Promotion of the improvement of document management
II. Promotion of the conversion of official document size standard to Series A
Chapter IV: The Growth of Administrative Inspections and Administrative Consultations.
Section 1: Administrative Inspections
I. The role of administrative inspections
II. Centrally planned inspections, etc
III. Local inspections, etc
Section 2: Administrative Consultation, etc.
I. The significance and characteristics of administrative consultations
II. Administrative consultation operations performance
III. Activities of the administrative consultations serving as a bridge between the
people and the administration
IV. Activation of administrative consultation functions
V. Studies into the ombudsman system
Appendix: Major Developments of Administrative Reform (since 1981)
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