DICT

This year, the competition will be open for submission of entries that cover software and Internet-based innovations and will cater to all startups in the ideation to minimum viable product stage.

Sen. Leila M. de Lima has filed a Senate resolution urging the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to fast-track the development of a national vaccine database of Covid-19 vaccines in the country as a standard measure to verify proof of inoculation.

The DICT said while MITHI increased the visibility in terms of ICT expenditures, the framework unintentionally led to delays in acquisition of ICT resources by agencies as layers of review multiplied.

DITO Telecommunity, one of the three major telco players in the country, is the first to co-locate with the LCS tower.

The first Electronic Business Processing and Licensing System (eBPLS) in Mountain Province was launched in the Municipality of Bontoc last July 1.

Of the 31 cities launched as part of the Digital Cities Program in June last year, nine cities -- Balanga, Batangas, General Santos, Iligan, Legazpi, Puerto Princesa, Taytay Rizal, Tuguegarao, and Zamboanga -- completed their five-year roadmaps.

The DICT has also partnered with Microsoft to create a learning portal where civil servants and Filipino workers can take asynchronous, instructor-led and blended online courses focused on content guides for specific digital roles.

The PNPKI digital signature is a new requirement of the Comelec for all public school teachers who will serve as Electoral Board Members.

The learning portal is a free service that contains training modules that aims to reskill and upskill civil servants to allow them to pursue career advancement opportunities and also to enhance key public services.

The DICT is seeking to reclassify spectrum users fees (SUF), which are collected annually from telcos, from Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses (MOOE) to “capital outlay”.