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(NAR) VOL. 9 NO. 4 / OCTOBER - DECEMBER 1998
[ OP MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 13, September 25, 1998 ]
AMENDING MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 3, DATED 31 JULY 1998, TO RE-SET THE DEADLINE FOR COMPLIANCE OF ALL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, GOVERNMENT-OWNED AND/OR CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS, STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER INSTRUMENTALITIES TO MAKE ALL THEIR COMPUTER-BASED INFORMATION SYSTEMS YEAR 2000 (Y2K) COMPLIANT
WHEREAS, the Office of the President issued Memorandum Circular No. 3 on 31 July 1998 Directing all Government Departments, Agencies, Government-owned and/or Controlled Corporations, State Colleges and Universities, and Other Instrumentalities to Make All their Computer-Based Information Systems Year 2000 Compliant;
WHEREAS, the deadline for compliance prescribed in said Memorandum Circular was on or before 21 December 1998;
WHEREAS, the Office of the President also issued Executive Order No. 14 on 19 August 1998 Establishing the Presidential Commission on Year 2000 Compliance;
WHEREAS, the deadline prescribed in said Executive Order for the Commission to complete the task of making computer-based systems of all government institutions Year 2000 compliant is by September 30, 1999;
WHEREAS, there is a need to synchronize the deadlines under said issuances for consistency and to allow maximum compliance by all offices concerned;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:
SECTION 1. The new deadline prescribed for all government departments, agencies, government-owned and/or controlled corporations, state colleges and universities, and other government instrumentalities to make all their computer-based information systems Y2K compliant is on or before 30 September 1999. Section 1 of Memorandum Circular No. 3 is hereby amended accordingly.
SECTION 2. This Memorandum Circular shall take effect immediately.
Adopted: 25 Sept. 1998
(SGD.) JOSEPH E. ESTRADA
President
By the President:
(SGD.) RONALDO B. ZAMORA
Executive Secretary
WHEREAS, the deadline for compliance prescribed in said Memorandum Circular was on or before 21 December 1998;
WHEREAS, the Office of the President also issued Executive Order No. 14 on 19 August 1998 Establishing the Presidential Commission on Year 2000 Compliance;
WHEREAS, the deadline prescribed in said Executive Order for the Commission to complete the task of making computer-based systems of all government institutions Year 2000 compliant is by September 30, 1999;
WHEREAS, there is a need to synchronize the deadlines under said issuances for consistency and to allow maximum compliance by all offices concerned;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:
SECTION 1. The new deadline prescribed for all government departments, agencies, government-owned and/or controlled corporations, state colleges and universities, and other government instrumentalities to make all their computer-based information systems Y2K compliant is on or before 30 September 1999. Section 1 of Memorandum Circular No. 3 is hereby amended accordingly.
SECTION 2. This Memorandum Circular shall take effect immediately.
Adopted: 25 Sept. 1998
President
By the President:
(SGD.) RONALDO B. ZAMORA
Executive Secretary