SMART GOVERNMENT DENGAN MODEL AGILE GOVERNMENT DALAM PENANGANAN COVID-19 TAHUN 2020-2021 DI KABUPATEN PACITAN

This study aims to analyze the application of smart government with an agile government model in handling COVID-19 in 2020-2021 in Pacitan Regency and find out the success of the Pacitan Regency government in implementing modern technology for public services, especially the handling of COVID-19. The method used in this research is qualitative with data collection techniques through direct interviews with sources from the OPD who are members of the task force for handling Covid-19 in Pacitan Regency including the Social Service, Health Office, Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), and Dr Darsono Hospital. Pacitan Regency. In this study, researchers used one variable, namely Smart Government in Agile Government, while the number of sources interviewed by researchers was 8 (eight) people. Then the researchers used the Nvivo 12 Plus application in processing the data. The results of this study indicate that Agile Government plays an important role in realizing Smart Government to realize better public services, especially in dealing with COVID-19. There are several OPDs that use applications for handling COVID-19, such as the Social Service using the SIKS-NG application and the Health Office using the SILACAK application. This success can be seen from the response of the Pacitan Regency government by making policies and efforts that are carried out quickly and precisely by utilizing modern technology so that it can suppress the spread of COVID-19. This is in accordance with 4 (four) Smart Government indicators in Agile Government, namely Responsiveness, Anticipation Management, Strategic Adaptation, Effective and Efficient. Based on the results of the analysis, it is shown that the responsiveness indicator is the most influential in handling covid-19 in Pacitan Regency.