SECTORAL EGO VERSUS COLLABORATION: COMPARING THE REGULATORY AND INSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATIONS OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN BALIKPAPAN CITY AND SAMARINDA CITY

Paisal Akbar; Achmad Nurmandi; Dyah Mutiarin; Hasse Jubba; Zuly Qodir; Pande Made Kutanegara; Bambang Irawan

doi:10.26618/dkjeeg56

المؤلفون

Paisal Akbar Department of Politics and Government, Universitas Mulawarman https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6883-1439
Achmad Nurmandi Doctoral Program in Government Affairs and Administration, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6730-0273
Dyah Mutiarin Doctoral Program in Government Affairs and Administration, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3171-8915
Hasse Jubba Doctoral Program in Political Islam, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4171-2501
Zuly Qodir Doctoral Program in Political Islam, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8568-703X
Pande Made Kutanegara Department of Anthropology, Universitas Gadjah Mada https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2227-9458
Bambang Irawan Department of Administration, Universitas Mulawarman https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4841-7302

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26618/dkjeeg56

الكلمات المفتاحية:

Digital Government Transformation، Regulatory Readiness، Institutional Capacity، Collaborative Governance، Local Bureaucracy، Smart City

الملخص

This study critically examines the foundational readiness for digital government transformation by comparing the regulatory and institutional capacities of two major cities in East Kalimantan, Indonesia: Kota Balikpapan and Kota Samarinda. Using a qualitative comparative case study, data were gathered from in-depth document analysis, surveys of eight local government officials, and semi-structured interviews with eight key informants from the Communication and Information Offices. The findings reveal a stark divergence in institutional execution despite similar regulatory frameworks. Kota Balikpapan’s strong technical regulations are hindered by pervasive sectoral ego (reported by all respondents), creating implementation friction. In contrast, Kota Samarinda exhibits a collaborative institutional culture with no inter-agency resistance, driven by its integrative “Smart City Plus” vision and a centralized service platform. The study concludes that mature digital government depends less on regulatory completeness and more on deliberate governance engineering, intentional design of collaborative structures, leadership as integrators, and trust-based operational cultures. This research contributes by asserting that in decentralized contexts, the sociopolitical dynamics of local bureaucracy are the ultimate determinants of success, outweighing technology alone.

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