Compliance-First Automation in the Public Sector
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.63282/3050-922X.IJERET-V5I2P108Keywords:
Compliance-first automation, public sector IT, regulatory governance, digital transformation, risk management, accountability, security automation, AI in government, audit readiness, cloud compliance, transparency, automated workflowsAbstract
Public sector organizations have to comply with some of the most stringent requirements. These requirements are primarily driven by laws, regulations, and the need for public accountability. Everything from data privacy and financial reporting to procurement and service delivery is being monitored closely. These different layers of oversight, although necessary, often slow down the organizations' processes and can lead to inefficiencies and even the possibility of human error. The heads of government departments have a big problem to solve: that is, they have to ensure on the one hand that all rules and regulations are followed and on the other that they manage to deliver services to citizens in a proper way. The solution to these problems has been found in the use of automation. Automation, beyond the point of merely diminishing manual workloads, provides uniformity, error elimination, and the creation of transparent traces of accounts that enhance accountability. When compliance requirements are embedded into automated processes at the design stage, public sector organisations can move from reactive oversight to proactive governance. In this way, the risk of regulatory violations is lowered significantly and, on top of this, public trust is built through transparency and reliability. Compliance-first automation helps governance in that it ensures processes are in line with the organisation's established policies. It also helps in risk management, as it flags the anomalies in real time and goes a long way to ensuring accountability through detailed logs and reporting
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