“While the e-government initiatives of national government agencies are more prominent, the Philippine government and the CICT both believe that the success of e-government in the country has to start from the smallest unit of government in order for a greater number of people to reap its benefits,” CICT chair Ray Anthony Roxas-Chua said in a speech during a recent forum of government chief information officers (CIO).
Addressing members of the CIO Forum Inc., Roxas-Chua said projects like e-governance in local government units (e-LGU) project of the CICT and the National Computer Center have helped modernize local governments in the country.
To date, Roxas-Chua reported that 1,685 or 99 percent of LGUs have web presence.
The e-LGU project aims to jumpstart electronic governance among LGUs. It hopes to address the problem of acquiring costly IT solutions and upgrade their capabilities in information and communications technology.
Meanwhile, Roxas-Chua encouraged more government agencies to develop and submit an information systems strategic plan (ISSP) to the CICT. To date, the agency said that 299 ISSPs have been reviewed and evaluated, and 162 have been endorsed to the Department of Budget and Management.
According to the NCC's website, agencies are mandated to develop their ISSP as part of the Government Information Systems Plan (GISP).
“Through Executive Order (EO) No. 265 dated July 2000, all government agencies and instrumentalities, including local government units are mandated to align their respective computerization projects with the priorities identified in the GISP,” the government website said.
The NCC is currently tasked to review and recommend the ISSPs of each agency to the DBM.
The ISSP usually serves as an organization's blueprint (usually three to five years) for the overall strategic plan with regard to the development and implementation of information systems, the use of ICT, as well as the corresponding resource requirements.
Autor(en)/Author(s): Erwin Oliva
Quelle/Source: Inquirer, 22.11.2007
