DICT

From the P3.7 billion in the National Expenditure Program that was submitted by Malacañang to Congress last year, the DICT's 2020 budget was hiked to close to P10 billion in the P4.1 trillion General Appropriations Act.

The National Justice Information System (NJIS) is an ICT platform that aims to address fragmentation in the justice system by developing information management systems and inter-agency exchange mechanisms.

The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has put faster and more robust Internet connectivity in the country at the top of its objectives for 2020.

While noting that the government has yet to release an official common tower policy, DICT undersecretary Eliseo Rio Jr. said the common tower providers may be given their respective areas where they can operate exclusively in a scheme similar to service areas imposed on telephone landline operators years ago.

Four Filipino students bagged five gold and six silver medals in the Global IT Challenge for Youth with Disabilities (GITC) held last November 25 to 29 in Busan, South Korea.

John Henry Naga will leave his post at the DICT and replace lawyer-physician Ivy Patdu, whose term as deputy commissioner lapsed in March this year.

The Digital Governance Awards (DGA) is an annual event recognizing LGUs’ best practices in utilizing ICT for the effective and efficient delivery of public services to local communities and to business stakeholders.

Government authorities have signed the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) for the law providing incentives to local startups.

The government aims to generate 1,000 startups by 2022 through initiatives under RA 11337 or the Innovative Startup Act.

During the plenary deliberations of the proposed 2020 DICT budget, Sen. Panfilo Lacson, the agency budget sponsor, told Sen. Grace Poe that not one cell site has been completed by D