The DOLE, through the POEA, and the Bureau of Immigration recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement towards the development of an information-sharing system on OFW documentation.
Unknown to many in the ICT industry, the national government has allocated P9 billion as budget for ?Digital Empowerment Fund? that can be tapped by public agencies to procure digital devices for their use.
Sen. Teofisto "TG" Guingona III has filed the Crowdsourcing Act of 2013 (Senate Bill No. 73), which seeks to allow wider participation from the public in the legislative process through the use of ICT.
The masterplan will guide government agencies in aligning their information systems? strategic plans to the national e-government priorities such as efficiency and transparency.
The new acting president will be Joey Gurango, PSIA?s current vice-president, who is expected to continue Terrado?s term through December 2013. Gurango?s succession was determined via a board decision during a recent special meeting.
[Government email and online transactions will now have an additional layer of security with the introduction of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), which uses digital certificates and dual encryption keys in securing data.
Environment and ICT leaders from Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-the Philippines East Asean Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) have agreed to establish an e-waste facility within the sub-region.
The Philippines PC market grew by 18 percent sequentially QoQ but declined 15 percent Year-on-Year (YoY), to reach a total of 462,000 units in 1Q 2013.
