Awang is currently the Head of Research and Development Centre of Information System and Public Administration Automation (SIOAN), the National Institute of Public Administration (LAN), the Republic of Indonesia. Beside working as a structural official, he is also teaching in several education and training programs for civil service. Apart of his bureaucratic work, Awang writes various articles on Public Administration and presents them in several national and international seminars. Beside being published by several journals, Awang’s articles were also published by Asian Development Bank (Manila, 2005), and Springer (New Delhi, 2013.