The Improvement of Legal Measures of Electronic Local Government for Smart Local Government Development Case Study Supplies Management by Electronic Government Procurement in Nakhon Sawan Province
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The research article consisted of the following objectives: 1) to study legal issues related to electronic local administration; and 2) to explore the guidelines for enhancing legal measures in driving the electronic local administration. The study applied a qualitative research method by way of in-depth interview with 3 groups of key informants which were: 1) administrators in the local government organizations; 2) officers of local government organizations; and 3) local legal experts in Nakhon Sawan Province, in a total of 30 persons. The group meeting was also conducted with 8 experts. The data were analyzed by way of content analysis. From the study, the following results are found: The legal issues are as follows: (1) problems in defining procurement terms; (2) problems with the criteria for defining the scope of procurement; (3) problems with the criteria of procurement methods; (4) problems with the criteria of inspection and preliminary selection of those who are eligible for bidding; (5) problems with criteria for determining the period for procurement; (6) problems with criteria for filing an appeal; (7) problems with criteria for announcing the results of purchasing or hiring; and (8) problems with criteria for managing contracts. The guidelines for enhancing legal measures in driving the electronic local administration on a case study of parcel management by electronic procurement consist as follows: (1) the legal amendment to be consistent with the context of each organization; (2) the establishment of clear practices in various matters; (3) the promotion for the operations manual at both the corporate and individual level; (4) the building of network of legal advisors in other agencies; (5) the provision of training for additional legal knowledge; and (6) making remarks on procurement in various issues as a guideline of practice.
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