<![CDATA[Formal information-disclosure performance does not by itself show whether public information is accessible, useful, responsive, or capable of generating public value. This distinction is salient for subdistrict administration, where transparency obligations are implemented close to citizens under bounded authority, capacity, and intergovernmental dependence. Anchored in the documented 2025 transparency assessment of Kecamatan Sebuku, Indonesia, this article examines how Public Value Theory can explain and guide the transition from disclosure outputs toward potential public value. It employs a Conceptual Review Article design using a Theory-Focused Narrative Literature Review with a Theory-to-Practice orientation. Six documented Scopus search runs yielded 2,437 stream-level records and 1,612 unique records; after screening and full-text verification, 33 peer-reviewed journal articles formed the analytical corpus. The synthesis reconstructs the public value proposition, authorizing environment, and operational capacity, and integrates later evidence on communicative transparency, access and use, dialogue, value conflict, multidimensional outcomes, and public-value failure. It produces a six-domain, source-traceable framework covering lawful purpose and authorization; usable and candid disclosure; multichannel access and supported use; dialogic response and accountable follow-through; operational capacity and data stewardship; and safeguarded evaluation and adaptive learning. The contribution is conceptual and translational rather than theoretical or causal. The framework guides diagnosis and context-sensitive action but does not treat formal transparency scores as evidence of citizen trust, participation, accountability, legitimacy, or realized public value.]]>
