The total budget for the master plan is Php50 million (USD 1.1 million) and will consist of several components such as Cloud adoption, implementation of a structured cabling system, and the implementation of a centralised Geographic Information System (GIS).
Under its Cloud adoption component, the city government is currently selecting cloud solutions from a list of technical solution providers.
According to Dexter Dancel, the Head of the Management Information Systems (MIS) division, cloud adoption was highly encouraged by Mayor Oscar Rodriguez, who is also the President of the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP).
“He saw how effective it was and also encouraged other members of the LCP to embrace it. Once the cloud project is implemented, San Fernando will be the first city in Pampanga to adopt cloud,” he said.
Meanwhile, under its structured cabling system component, the city government aims to enhance all network facilities of the City Government complex and its two satellite offices - the Heroes Hall and the Motorpool complex.
The project would entail the interconnection of workstations, centralised data management, and implementation of servers. The project will start on June this year and will be done simultaneously with cloud adoption.
At the heart of the City Government’s master plan is the implementation of a fully- centralised GIS. “We have an existing GIS now unfortunately it has not been updated since it was installed in 2003. It is basically a map of the city which allows users to see geographic vectors and other related topographic details. So much has changed in the past eight years that it is imperative that we update it,” Dancel said.
The first phase would entail the updating and correcting of parcels through technical description mapping and the provision of a GIS-based application system for the City Assessor’s Office, City Treasurer’s Office, Business License Permit Division, City Planning and Development Coordinator’s Office, City Administrator’s Office and MIS.
“It aims to integrate various application systems such as real property tax system, business permits, executive information systems, and billing and tax collection system in a GIS. Any update on those applications will be automatically seen in the city’s maps.”
The next phase will focus on the implementation of a Barangay (Village) Information Management System which will enable users to see useful information about a particular area such as, the members of the households, health concerns in the area such as outbreaks of diseases, and malnutrition levels.
The final phase will see be centred on the updating of satellite imagery and maps of San Fernando.
“The implementation of a centralised GIS will substantially help city planners and city government officials to arrive at well-informed decisions especially for activities such as urban planning, road widening, flood mitigation and policing,” concluded Dancel.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Clarice Africa
Quelle/Source: futureGov, 21.04.2012
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