http://jurnaladministratio.fisip.unila.ac.id/index.php/administratio <p>Administratio: Jurnal Ilmiah Administrasi Publik dan Pembangunan is a biannual publication managed by the Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Lampung, and the Association of Administration Scholars (PERSADI). It serves as a platform for the dissemination of scientific ideas and research in the field of public administration and development. The journal aspires to be a credible, representative, consistent, and highly accredited outlet in the realm of public administration and development. Since 2019, Administratio: Jurnal Ilmiah Administrasi Publik dan Pembangunan has been registered with the Crossref system, and all published articles are assigned a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) number. Notably, according to the Decree of the Minister of Research and Technology / National Research and Innovation Agency Number 85/M/KPT/2020, dated April 1, 2020, Administratio: Public Administration and Development Scientific Journal has received national accreditation, attaining Sinta 4 ranking from the publication of Volume 9, Number 1 in 2018 .</p> Jurusan Ilmu Administrasi Publik, Universitas Lampung en-US Administratio 2087-0825 <p>Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:</p> <ol type="a"> <li>Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/" target="_new">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License</a> (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CC BY-NC-SA</a>) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.</li> <li>Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.</li> <li>Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See <a href="http://opcit.eprints.org/oacitation-biblio.html" target="_new">The Effect of Open Access</a>).</li> </ol> http://jurnaladministratio.fisip.unila.ac.id/index.php/administratio/article/view/535 <p><em>This study aims to analyze public accountability in the Gorontalo Search and Rescue (SAR) Office across five dimensions: performance, financial, legal, moral, and innovation. These dimensions are theoretically anchored in Bovens’ multidimensional accountability framework, which distinguishes procedural, professional, and outcome-based responsibilities; this grounding clarifies the conceptual meaning and analytical basis of each dimension. Accountability is viewed as a central pillar of institutional legitimacy, especially in crisis settings where public expectations are heightened. A descriptive qualitative approach was employed, supplemented by a structured quantitative scoring procedure. Qualitative indicators derived from interviews, observations, and document analysis were converted into numerical values using predefined rubrics aligned with the accountability framework, allowing transparent and non-arbitrary visualization through radar and bar charts. Findings show that moral accountability received the highest score, reflecting strong humanitarian responsibility, emotional support to victims’ families, and dignified victim handling. Performance accountability also scored well, supported by response speed, procedural compliance, and inter-agency coordination, although resource constraints limited operational effectiveness. Financial and legal accountability demonstrated moderate results, indicating persistent tensions between bureaucratic compliance and operational flexibility. Innovation accountability was the weakest dimension due to limited adoption of advanced technologies such as drones, satellite-based communication, and digital dashboards.Overall, the study indicates that the Gorontalo SAR Office has established a credible accountability foundation but requires strengthened innovation capacity and improved regulatory harmonization. By explicitly grounding the five accountability dimensions in a recognized theoretical framework and employing a transparent qualitative-to-quantitative scoring process, this study offers a more analytically rigorous contribution to understanding accountability within crisis-response institutions in developing countries.</em></p> Malasari Irawaty Igirisa Juriko Abdussamad Copyright (c) 2025 Malasari, Irawaty Igirisa, Juriko Abdussamad https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 2025-12-10 2025-12-10 16 2 137 152 10.23960/administratio.v16i2.535