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“Envisioned as a link between government and civil society, it will serve as an online platform where citizens will be able to engage government by launching petitions or making queries online,” Said Secretary Edwin Lacierda, Presidential Spokesperson of the Office of the President, The Philippines.

The PhilGEPS is the central portal of all public procurement activities that provides both government agencies and suppliers a more open, transparent and competitive environment.

Open Data Philippines is a website for publicly available, up-to-date national data on categories such as economics and labour, transport and traffic, environment, geospatial data, health, education and many more.

The website and app, both named ‘E-Leksyon 2013’, aim to inform and empower voters for both national and local elections. They offer information about common election violations that citizens should be aware of, such as prohibited campaigning and unlawful forms of election propaganda.

HDMF is the provident financial institution in the Philippines, and membership is mandatory for all Filipino employees, onshore and offshore.

The initiative is a pioneering response to a growing demand for greater transparency and accountability in the management of humanitarian donations. According to Richard Moya, Undersecretary and Chief Information Officer at the DBM, citizens want to make sure that foreign aid funds are going exactly where they’re supposed to go.

The Computerisation programme is an initiative by the Government that aims to have public elementary and secondary schools nationwide use Information Communication Technologies (ICT) in teaching, learning, school management, and governance.

“By reforming the existing payroll system, the government will be able to facilitate the quick and efficient processing of employee and salary benefits across the whole government,” he said.

The NPS, which is currently being developed by the Public Financial Management Committee, is also a component of the larger Government Human Resource Information System (GHRIS) which aims to unify all human resource management operations in the government – from recruitment all the way to retirement.

Through the kiosks, dubbed GSIS Wireless Automated Processing System (G-W@PS), the members of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) can readily apply for loans, check membership status and loan accounts.

Pensioners can also renew their active status through the G-W@PS kiosks.

TVWS are unused TV broadcast channels made available by the transition from analog to digital TV. It is part of the ICT-Office’s (US$11.5 million) Integrated Government Philippines (iGovPhil) Project which seeks bridge the digital divide between urban and rural areas.

BI Commissioner Ricardo David Jr said the programme will enhance the country’s border security and boost the agency’s capability to thwart the entry of foreign terrorists and other illegal aliens.

“The Aquino administration remains committed to improving openness and transparency in governance through our digitization efforts,” said the DBM Secretary Florencio Abad. . Registered suppliers will be subjected to additional fees, which will allow them to access additional user features such as electronic bidding and electronic payment, he added.

Two new membership schemes will be introduced. They are Blue Membership and Platinum Membership.

According to DOST Secretary Mario Montejo, “The technology is designed to enhance access to healthcare in remote villages as our answer to the problem of ‘doctorless’ municipalities. People can be diagnosed of illness even if the doctor is not present in their area.”

The National TeleHealth Initiative will use wireless technology to enhance access of rural patients to health experts in different cities.

The National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) is an information management system that identifies who and where the poor are.

With the AO, nearing its final draft, Health Secretary Enrique Ona said this will further support activities aimed at achieving universal healthcare in a country riddled various geographic and social challenges. The Telehealth system will address health needs of Filipinos located in far flung rural areas where it is difficult to access quality medical care. In addition, it will reduce unnecessary travels by simply connecting patients to doctors with a click of a button.

According to Jops Josef, Component Team Lead for Systems Integration of the Integrated Government Philippines project (iGovPhil), through the system, citizens availing services from a government agency may pay through payment channels which include credit cards, online banking, bank and non-bank over-the-counter payments, mobile banking, and rural banks among others. This will be possible through private payment aggregator companies that will be part of PhPay.

A roundtable of government agencies, chaired by the Chief Information Officers Foundation Inc, was held on October 26th (2010) to discuss the creation of a Shared CyberSecurity Services Portal (SOC).

The National Bureau of Investigation, National Security Council and the Philippine National Police are the agencies in contention to lead the project, which will be funded by the Philippines’ E-Government Fund.

The eTIS is one of the sub-components of the BIR’s US $54.3 million Revenue Administration Reform Project (RARP) which aims to increase tax revenues over time and address issues posed by corruption, tax administration inefficiencies and lack of transparency, by introducing state of the art technologies to enhance the country’s overall tax administration system.

The EGMP includes several recent projects, such as the Integrated Government Philippines Project (iGovPhil), which aims to link government data centres and databases to create a secure network for government information systems, and the Medium-Term Information and Communication Technology Harmonization Initiative (MITHI), which will harmonise all IT systems in the public sector.

According to Louis Casambre, Executive Director of the ICT Office, the portal aims to provide linkages with statistics-gathering agencies in the country as well as international research bodies. Apart from providing numbers, graphs and matrices, the portal will serve as a platform to publish analytical reports to describe ICT development in the country.