(NAR) VOL. 11 NO.3 / JULY – SEP. 2000
WHEREAS, the government is committed to
carry out, in pursuance of “Angat Pinoy 2004”, or the Medium-Term
Philippine Development Plan, 1999-2004, wide-ranging administrative
reforms to enhance government efficiency and effectiveness in government
operations and in the delivery of basic services to the public;
WHEREAS,
these reforms are being pursued particularly in fiscal and financial
management, procurement, education and manpower service delivery;
WHEREAS,
the wider use and application of information and communications
technology offer tremendous opportunities for government to ensure the
success of these reforms;
WHEREAS, the National
Information Technology Council (NITC), the policy advisory body on
information and communications technology in the country, has
formulated, in close consultation with concerned government agencies,
the private sector, local government units, academe, and members of
Congress, and accordingly endorsed a government information systems plan
that will serve as blueprint for the computerization of vital
government operations and key front-line services for more effective
governance;
WHEREAS, the NITC and the Electronic Commerce
Promotion Council, created pursuant to Executive Order 468, dated 23
February 1998, have been merged into the Information Technology and
Electronic Commerce Council (ITECC);
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order as follows:
SECTION 1. Approval of the GISP.
The Government Information Systems Plan (GISP), also to be known as
“Philippine Government Online,” hereto attached, is hereby approved and
adopted as framework and guide for the computerization of key frontline
and common services and operations of the government to enhance overall
governance and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the
bureaucracy.
SEC. 2. GISP Implementation. To
ensure the full and effective implementation of the GISP, all government
agencies and instrumentalities, including local government units, shall
align their respective computerization projects with the priorities
identified in the GISP. The ITECC shall prepare a consolidated annual
program of expenditures for government computerization, which shall
become part of the President’s Annual Expenditure Program for submission
to Congress.
SEC. 3. Implementing Rules and Regulations. ITECC shall issue such guidelines as may be necessary to implement this Executive Order.
SEC. 4. Repealing Clause.
All orders, directives, issuances, resolutions, rules and regulations
or parts thereof that are inconsistent with the provisions of this
Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
SEC. 5. Effectivity. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila this 12th day of July, in the year of our Lord Two Thousand.
(Sgd.) JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA
By the President:
RONALDO B. ZAMORAExecutive Secretary