FY 2014 Budget Proposal Analysis by Ministry II

  • 2013-11-04
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FY 2014 Budget Proposal Analysis by Ministry II

    The FY 2014 Budget Proposal Analysis by Ministry is published to support the ICT, Future Planning, Broadcasting & Communications Committee, Education, Culture, Sports & Tourism Committee, Foreign Affairs, Trade and Unification Committee, and National Defense Committee of the National Assembly to make an efficient review of the FY 2014 budget proposals of the relevant ministries . The key results of the budget analysis are reported as follows.
   
    In regard to the ministries and agencies overseen by the ICT, Future Planning, Broadcasting & Communications Committee, the report points out the inappropriate nature of the special support by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning to universities specialized in the studies of science and technology and the excessive targeted amount of the Digital Contents Korea Fund. The report raises issue with the Korea Communications Commission’s proposed expansion of KBS special broadcast programs for Koreans living abroad and the proposed expenditure on public service advertising.
   
    Regarding the ministries and agencies overseen by the Education, Culture, Sports & Tourism Committee, it is found that the Ministry of Education set aside performance-based compensation for national university instructors without a legal basis. The report points out that the ministry needs to reduce the size of incentives in the grants for regional education, while reducing the portion of the special grant relative to the total amount of grants. Regarding the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the report raises concerns that  a newly proposed project to establish a virtual bank for freely available copyrighted works would perform poorly in light of other similar projects, while questioning the appropriateness of funding hospitality programs to stimulate the cruise tourism sector.
   
    Regarding the ministries and agencies overseen by the Foreign Affairs, Trade and Unification Committee, the report suggests that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should collaborate with other relevant ministries regarding its program to strengthen public diplomacy competency and adjust its ODA budget for Ethiopia in line with changes in the manner of project implementation. The Ministry of Unification needs to establish measures to repay deposits from the Public Capital Management Fund for Inter-Korean Cooperation Fund programs and adjust its proposed budget for the DMZ World Peace Park based on progress made. 
   
    As for the ministries and agencies overseen by the National Defense Committee, the report advises that the Ministry of National Defense should keep to a minimum the annual surplus from its contributions to the cost of keeping US troops that is carried over to the following year, revisit the amount of soldiers’ holiday pay, which is estimated to be insufficient, and make an adjustment to the budget for the Golden Bat program based on potential land sales. The report also assesses the appropriateness of the F-X program budget of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration given that the implementation of the program is being delayed, and pointed out the need to establish measures for the delayed deployment of K2 tanks.