The Department of Justice recently took a step towards greater protection of government data in cyberspace with the constitution of its first Cyber Security Incident Response Team or the CSIRT.
The senator said the NTC should ask PLDT why it continues to refuse to connect to the country's own Internet exchange facility called the Philippine Open Internet Exchange (PHOpenIX), which was developed by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) primarily to allow a faster exchange of data among users.
The project involves the computerization of the civil registry operations of the Philippine Statistics Authority and is designed to collect, store, maintain, and manage civil registry documents and the specimen signatures of all city and municipal registrars using imaging technology.
Built at a staggering P268 million, the Electronics Products and Design Center (EPDC) is the only government-owned ? and so far, the biggest -- EMC (electromagnetic compatibility) testing center in the country.
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is set to hold the National Science and Technology Week (NSTW), a week-long showcase of the country?s biggest and latest strides in science and technology.
E-commerce site CashCashPinoy recently announced the launch of the CashCashLab, a move which the company said is a key step in strengthening its ?member satisfaction-centric experience.?
The United States government, through the US Embassy Manila?s United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has awarded 16 scholarships and 14 research grants in science, technology and innovation, in support of the Philippine government?s push for innovation-led inclusive growth.
Sen. Chiz Escudero has urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to ditch its plan to use a combination of manual and computerized elections next year and exert all efforts instead to ensure that the May 2016 national polls will still be fully automated.
The accreditation is also said to be the first in the world since the Philippines is the only country worldwide to have issued a regulatory framework for ride-sharing apps such as GrabCar and Uber.
