Thursday, March 28, 2024

Government agencies asked to use standard iGov Web template

The government?s IT officials are pushing the use of a recently launched Government Website Template (GWT) in order to give government websites a uniform corporate identity, ease visitor navigation, and enhance website security.

?Through the standardized websites, Local Government Units, National Government Agencies and State Universities and Colleges will experience ease in navigation and use of digital assets,? said Antonette Torres, iGovPhil project manager.

?More than that, content, news updates, public documents and other services will be easily accessible to the citizens, especially for those who use mobile devices such as smart phones and tablets.?

The GWT is an initiative of the Integrated Government Philippines (iGovPhil) project led by agencies under the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) ? ASTI and Information and Communications Technology Office (ICTO) ? in collaboration with the Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office (PCDSPO).

The new Web template was unveiled to agency heads and representatives at an executive briefing on newly launched iGov services held at the DOST-ICTO in Diliman, Quezon City.

iGov Phil project director and DOST-ASTI director Denis Villorente said that ?The new Government Website Template will not only improve the aesthetics of government websites, it will also make them more secure and enable the addition of supplementary online services, such as a payment gateway, records inventory system and forms generator.?

?Furthermore, an additional level of security can be added through Web hosting made available through the Government Cloud also developed through the iGov Phil initiative,? he said.

Training for webmasters from 162 government agencies in Metro Manila started in April while trainings for webmasters in the various provinces will be done by region started in May 2013, with state universities and colleges as training venues.

The training on the use of the standard GWT is being done in anticipation of an Executive Order mandating all government websites to use the newly developed Web template.

According to a study conducted by the National Computer Center, content and structure are significant issues facing government websites, too many menus confuse users and heavy multimedia content cause slow loading time with some websites.

This website template project also goes hand in hand with the plan of iGovPhil to improve accessibility and security of government websites by providing a central Web hosting facility.

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