The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has decided to urgently consider measures to prevent recurrence in line with the report compiled by the Verification Committee, regarding the issue of rewriting data in the "core statistics," which is one of the most important national statistics.
The challenge is to promptly implement effective measures and restore trust.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has continued inappropriate processing such as rewriting data over the "Construction Work Order Dynamic Statistics", which is one of the "Core Statistics" and shows the monthly order trends of the construction industry. The three-party verification committee released the report on the 14th.
In this, it was pointed out that the staff in charge may not have sufficient knowledge about statistics regarding the background of the problem, and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism decided to hurry to consider measures to prevent recurrence according to the contents of the report. I am.
We are also considering restoring the data that has already been discarded to the one before rewriting, and correcting the results of the statistical problems in question as far back as possible.
In the report, the verification committee said that the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism did not disclose the problem, saying, "Whether it is called'concealment work' or not, there was an awareness that executives wanted to avoid pursuing responsibility. I have to think about it, "he criticized severely, and the issue is whether to promptly implement effective measures, review the organizational culture, and restore trust.