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Administrative Law Innovation For Automated Artificial Intelligence Social Assistance Governance

General Background The integration of digital technologies into government systems aims to optimize public service precision and national resource distribution. Specific Background The INA Digital portal accelerates the distribution of safety nets in Indonesia using automated decision-making systems to minimize targeting errors and prevent state budget leakage. Knowledge Gap Although computational processing offers efficiency, the existing regulatory framework experiences a significant vacuum regarding algorithm…

By the Truvace desk1 min read1 sourcePeer-reviewedTRV-2026-1901· cite & verify
Administrative Law Innovation For Automated Artificial Intelligence Social Assistance Governance
BOU ELEC 3620 - Policy Analysis and Implementation - Module 06 - Instruments of Government Policy by Dave Barrows. CC BY 4.0 · https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

In brief

A normative legal study examines whether Indonesian administrative law can govern electronic agents that decide who qualifies for welfare through the INA Digital portal. It finds that current legislation cannot independently oversee machine decisions of this kind.

The finding matters because welfare eligibility affects citizens' constitutional rights, and decisions made without human review may be legally defective. The study proposes new accountability rules, but the source does not show that any such rules have been adopted or tested in practice.

Main points

  1. INA Digital uses automated decision-making to speed safety-net distribution and reduce targeting errors and budget leakage.
  2. The study identifies gaps in algorithmic auditing, logical explanations, and digital objection schemes.
  3. Lack of human verification in data matching may breach the General Principles of Proper Governance.
  4. The author proposes algorithmic accountability regulations that mandate human intervention.

The problem

Automated eligibility decisions on INA Digital operate without adequate legal oversight, human verification, or objection mechanisms, risking violations of good governance principles and citizens' rights.

The rundown

The paper frames digital government as a way to improve service precision and resource distribution. In Indonesia, the INA Digital portal applies automated systems to safety-net distribution, with the stated aims of reducing targeting errors and preventing state budget leakage.

Using normative legal analysis, the authors assess how ready national administrative jurisprudence is to govern electronic agents that determine welfare recipient eligibility. They conclude that existing regulation leaves a significant vacuum around auditing, explanation duties, and objection routes.

The recommended response is new legislative instruments coordinated by relevant institutions. These would require operational transparency, jurisprudential certainty, and protection of affected citizens' constitutional rights, with human intervention built into legally binding digital policies.

Sources

  1. Peer-reviewedIndonesian Journal of Innovation Studies2026-10-18

The debate