[5] Three years later, on 15 September 2014, Soedarmo became an expert staff for ideological and political affairs in the agency, and promoted again to major general.

[11] In December 2015, Soedarmo announced that his directorate general has finished constructing a community radio station in East Kalimantan's cross-border region with Malaysia.

[12] Soedarmo announced in January 2016 that his directorate general would keep a close eyes on new and unregistered mass organizations in Indonesia that posed a threat to the national ideology Pancasila and the government.

The Human rights watchdog Setara Institute criticized its decision, stating that it would be better for the directorate general to watch existing hardline organizations such as the Islamic Defenders Front rather than on new groups.

[15] He instructed emergency bodies to work in the hardest hit areas and stated that deploying heavy equipment and distribution of aid supplies were the first priorities.

[16] In the beginning of January 2017, a group of students launched a demonstration in protest of Soedarmo's plan to enact the province's budget during his tenure.

[21] He also instructed the illegal Korowai gold mine in August 2018,[22] which has caused disturbance amongst the local residents and environmental pollution since it began operating in December 2017.

Papua Councillor John Jose Gobay urged the provincial government to handover the management of the gold mine to the local population.

[26] In November 2017, Soedarmo was named as a possible candidate to contest in the 2018 East Kalimantan gubernatorial election and allegedly received endorsement from the Golkar party.