IT industry groups revive push for DICT bill
An organization representing private stakeholders in the Philippine Internet commerce industry recently revived the push for a proposed measure creating the Department of Information and Communications Technology.
Philippine Internet Commerce Society (PICS) president Mary Anne Tolentino told INQUIRER.net Wednesday that the group wants to revive the DICT bill this year because it got sidetracked by other issues, such as the controversial national broadband network (NBN) project and recently the rice crisis.
Tolentino also acknowledged in an Internet chat interview that the Philippine Computer Society has also sent its own letter supporting the passage of the bill.
Last March, the Senate called for a public hearing on the bill creating the DICT. But the hearing might have been bumped off by the ongoing Senate inquiry on the NBN issue.
The March 11 public hearing was organized by the Senate committee on science and technology headed by Sen. Edgardo Angara but was canceled for unknown reasons. Incidentally, March 11 was also the day the Senate Blue Ribbon committee revealed its "surprise witness" in the person of ZTE Corp. technical consultant Leo San Miguel.
Several bills were filed with the Senate proposing the creation of the DICT, which would ideally oversee government ICT activities and policies. Currently, the Commission on Information and Communications Technology is acting as an interim body to the planned DICT.
Senators Angara and Loren Legarda are among the senators supporting the bill.
Legarda said last year that she filed creating the DICT. She made this announcement during a meeting of the Philippine Internet Commerce Society.
Legarda said that the country needs a department on ICT because this is a "need of the future," noting that the country is lagging in the development of the IT industry due to lack of a department solely focused on this booming industry.
The DICT is seen to set government policies and oversee government IT projects.
The House committee on information and communications technology has also been pushing its own version of the DICT bill. By Erwin Oliva - INQUIRER.net
Philippine Internet Commerce Society (PICS) president Mary Anne Tolentino told INQUIRER.net Wednesday that the group wants to revive the DICT bill this year because it got sidetracked by other issues, such as the controversial national broadband network (NBN) project and recently the rice crisis.
Tolentino also acknowledged in an Internet chat interview that the Philippine Computer Society has also sent its own letter supporting the passage of the bill.
Last March, the Senate called for a public hearing on the bill creating the DICT. But the hearing might have been bumped off by the ongoing Senate inquiry on the NBN issue.
The March 11 public hearing was organized by the Senate committee on science and technology headed by Sen. Edgardo Angara but was canceled for unknown reasons. Incidentally, March 11 was also the day the Senate Blue Ribbon committee revealed its "surprise witness" in the person of ZTE Corp. technical consultant Leo San Miguel.
Several bills were filed with the Senate proposing the creation of the DICT, which would ideally oversee government ICT activities and policies. Currently, the Commission on Information and Communications Technology is acting as an interim body to the planned DICT.
Senators Angara and Loren Legarda are among the senators supporting the bill.
Legarda said last year that she filed creating the DICT. She made this announcement during a meeting of the Philippine Internet Commerce Society.
Legarda said that the country needs a department on ICT because this is a "need of the future," noting that the country is lagging in the development of the IT industry due to lack of a department solely focused on this booming industry.
The DICT is seen to set government policies and oversee government IT projects.
The House committee on information and communications technology has also been pushing its own version of the DICT bill. By Erwin Oliva - INQUIRER.net
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