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(NAR) VOL. 9 NO. 4 / OCTOBER - DECEMBER 1998

[ OP EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 35, October 26, 1998 ]

DIRECTING THE NATIONAL COMPUTER CENTER (NCC) TO DESIGN AND BUILD AN INTEGRATED GOVERNMENT INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE (GII)



WHEREAS, the Administrative Code of 1987 empowers the President with the continuing authority to reorganize the Office of the President and to transfer functions from one department or agency to another;

WHEREAS, there is a need to coordinate, integrate, modify, modernize and speed-up all the Information Technology (IT) programs and projects of the Philippines;

WHEREAS, there is a need for a central body that will oversee the coordination, integration and implementation of government IT programs and projects in order to enhance the planning and use of computer resources with high quality and cost efficiency as major considerations;

WHEREAS, there is a pressing need to have an integrated government computerization program coordinating all existing government entities;

NOW, THEREFORE I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order the NCC to:

Section 1.           Design and build an integrated government information infrastructure (GII);

Section 2.           Integrate all existing computer systems of government entities to make them compatible with the GII;

Section 3.           Connect all government entities to the GII.

Section 4.           All orders, directories, issuances, resolutions, rules or regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this executive order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

Section 5.           This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

Adopted: 26 Oct. 1998

(SGD.) JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA
President

By the President:

(SGD.) RONALDO B. ZAMORA
Executive Secretary



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