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  • Philippines: P100M budget for ICT feasibility studies allocated--CICT

    Hoping to address problems in "supplier-driven" projects related to information and communications technology, Congress has allocated budget for government agencies to conduct feasibility studies in preparation for the development of terms of reference for sophisticated ICT projects, a government executive said.

    Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) commissioner Tim Diaz de Rivera said that Congress has agreed to allocate about 10 percent of the 2008 e-government budget of P1 billion for these ICT feasibility studies.

  • Philippines: P20M allotted for IT project

    The e-government fund has allotted P20 million for an internet-based service project that will make available to the business community technologies developed by the Department of Science and Technology and other agencies and assist them to invest in these technologies.

    The project, called “One-Stop Information Shop for Mature Technologies in the Philippines," was initiated by the Philippine Council for Industry and Energy Research Development (PCIERD).

  • Philippines: p50-M contract for gov’t portal set for re-bidding

    The R50-million contract to manage and develop the country’s official website, www.gov.ph, has been set for re-bidding after an initial public bidding failed to award the contract to private consortiums.

    The government is putting up the contract on the bidding table after years of being managed and developed for free of charge by a group composed of Microsoft Philippines, Softrigger Interactive, and Bitstop Computers.

  • Philippines: Patent office upgrades website with e-filing system

    In an effort to expedite the filing and evaluation of patent applications, the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) launched a new patent application filing system called Trademark Online through www.ipophil.gov.ph.

    The site was also updated with an IP Case Online search engine and a trademark publication called e-Gazette Trademarks, which contains news on intellectual property in the Philippines.

  • Philippines: Personnel plantilla sought

    The Civil Service Commission (CSC) has called on local government units (LGUs) and government-owned or controlled corporations (GOCCs) to submit on or before January 20 this year their respective plantilla of personnel to be used for the creation of a comprehensive information database for all civil servants.

    The CSC said they are in the process of establishing an e-Government civil servants database of the personal and employment information of all government personnel.

  • Philippines: PMS mulls portal to monitor gov't infrastructure projects

    The Presidential Management Staff (PMS) is considering a web portal where most infrastructure projects of the government can be monitored, a government executive said Monday.

    Meeting with the PMS, Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) commissioner Tim Diaz de Rivera said the plan involves a system that will list down the priority projects of the administration.

  • Philippines: PNP, NBI eye e-gov't funding for anti-cybercrime efforts

    The Philippine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) are hoping to tap into the annual e-government fund allocated by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to modernize government agencies.

    Officials of the PNP-CIDG and NBI presented their proposals in a meeting with the Congressional Oversight Committee on the E-Commerce Law last week.

  • Philippines: PNP, NBI to request for digital forensics budget

    The Philippine National Police (PNP) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) are teaming up to request for additional budget to build both agencies’ digital forensics infrastructure.

    NBI Anti-Fraud and Computer Crimes Division (AFCCD) Director Atty. Elfren Meneses told INQ7.NET that both agencies would be meeting within two weeks to discuss a memorandum of agreement (MOA) wherein the NBI and PNP would coordinate to build their digital forensics infrastructure.

  • Philippines: Rationalization of govt ICT efforts urged

    A staunch advocate of information and communications technology (ICT) recently said there is an urgent need to pass the bill creating the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) in order to rationalize the ICT initiatives of the government.

    “It is high time that the bill calling for the formulation of the DICT to be passed into law so the country can craft better the policies and standards of all the ICT programs in the government,” said George Kintanar, a member of the CIO, an organization of all chief information officers working in different government offices.

  • Philippines: RP gets high rating in UN e-gov’t survey

    The Philippines has performed well in the recent United Nations e-government survey which ranked 191 countries based on e-government readiness and e-participation index.

    The e-government readiness index is comprised of web measure index, telecommunication index and human capital index.

    The e-participation index measures the willingness and ability of a state to provide relevant information and quality services and to engage citizens in a dialogue in the process of service delivery and public policy making through the Internet.

  • Philippines: RP may fastrack empowerment of countryside with space technology as powerful enabler

    Improving the quality of life in the village-level is an integral part of the overall national development endeavour under President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s administration.

    Perhaps, this vision will be realized sooner through the replication of India ’s space technology as a powerful enabler in providing a variety of inputs for holistic and rapid development of rural areas and specific barangays.

  • Philippines: RP needs cybersecurity program--CICT

    Gov’t websites vulnerable to attacks

    Government websites in the Philippines are vulnerable to computer attacks and without a nationwide cybersecurity program, government cannot keep hackers at bay, an official of the National Computer Center (NCC), an agency under the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT), said Monday.

    Angelo Timoteo Diaz de Rivera, NCC director general and e-Government Development Group commissioner, said that the CICT has already won government approval to create a P20-million pilot program for cybersecurity but has not received any budget.

  • Philippines: RP ports' new system cuts import release time to half an hour

    Three Philippine ports – including the country’s largest – will soon implement an internet-based shipment release system, allowing importers to receive their goods in just half an hour.

    This was announced by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Thursday after the system was successfully executed at the Batangas port late last month.

  • Philippines: RP slips in network readiness study

    Gov’t agency hopes to see improvements soon

    The Philippines slips lower in a network readiness study, which indicates the need to improve the country’s own information and communications technology infrastructure.

    Results of the Global Information Technology Report 2008-2009, Philippines placed 85 out of 134 countries in the network readiness index that identifies points that allows for a country to establish and improve their own ICT infrastructure.

  • Philippines: Schools to adopt open source subjects

    Some 80 universities and colleges will incorporate open source subjects into their computer science (CS) and information technology (IT)-related courses later this year under a program that seeks to help schools develop more employable graduates.

    “There is a growing demand for open source, and this program aims to enhance the skills of students in open source systems,” said Dominic Sabado, manager of the European IT Service Center Foundation (EITSC), a partner in the Philippine Open Source Initiative (Positive) program.

  • Philippines: Small municipalities get big brother support in ICT

    Least prioritized municipalities in the country can expect support from their big brother counterparts in the field of computerization and e-Governance.

    The assurance was made at the recently held LeGoV (Local eGovernment Ventures) Conference 2005 at the Heritage Hotel. It was funded by the Small Projects Facility of the European Union (EU) and implemented by the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP).

  • Philippines: State workers ordered to update data sheet

    All government officials and employees are required to update their Personal Data Sheet (PDS) in preparation for the creation of a comprehensive information database for all civil servants.

    This was the directive of the Civil Service Commission (CSC) as it called upon government agencies, particularly the human resource management divisions, to closely monitor and ensure that their respective personnel comply with the directive.

  • Philippines: Taking the High Road through CICT´s Cyber Corridor

    Effective and efficient communications to their constituents has always posed a challenge for good governance in the Philippines given the country´s archipelagic nature. It´s good to know government has been at the forefront of meeting this challenge thorough the newly created Commission on Information and Communications Technology´s (CICT) "Convergence 2009: Empowering the Filipino Through ICT". This program is government´s biggest ICT initiative and was the culminating activity for National ICT Month on June 29, 2009.

    Cagayan de Oro, the capital city of the fastest growing regional economy in the country in 2008, is in the forefront of the country´s initiatives in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) as one of ten identified Next Wave Cities and one of the sites during the "high-tech" multi-site videoconference launching "Convergence 2009".

  • Philippines: Talks of e-government data center revived

    Talks of establishing a government-owned and operated Internet data center (IDC), which is supposed to serve as a central repository of digitally encoded information for all government offices, was revived recently despite the fact that the idea has been disapproved before.

    The Philippine National Oil Corp. (PNOC) recently broached the idea of reviving a government-owned data center, as its own data storage is nearly at full capacity.

  • Philippines: Target: broadband for all by 2010

    A draft strategic road map for the country's information and communication technology (ICT) sector will be presented today for consultation with stakeholders.

    The 20-page draft, a copy of which was obtained by BusinessWorld, will be presented in a public forum to open today's 1st National ICT Summit which brings together public and private sector stakeholders of ICT. The road map is an attempt to "lay down the Philippine government's strategies and programs, and which would signal the country's resolve and commitment to developing a vibrant, accessible and world-class ICT sector."

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