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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 332
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 332 -
DIRECTING ALL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND INSTRUMENTALITIES INCLUDING LOCAL
GOVERNMENT UNITS TO UNDERTAKE ELECTRONIC INTERCONNECTION THROUGH THE
INTERNET TO BE KNOWN AS THE RPWEB
WHEREAS, the objective of the National
Information and Technology Plan (NITP 2000) is to disseminate
Information Technology in our society, giving priority to connecting
the Philippines to the Global Information Infrastructure (GII),
pursuant to our strategic vision of "Philippines 2000" and "pole
vaulting" into the 21st century;
WHEREAS, there is a need to
immediately set in place a viable and cost effective communication and
information exchange system for greater speed and efficiency in
intergovernmental communications and transactions, at the same time
ensuring wider and faster access to government information and services
among government agencies and the public;
WHEREAS, the National
Information Technology Council (NITC) has recommended the adoption of
the RPWEB while the House of Representatives has passed House
Resolution No. 890 seeking the interconnection of all government
agencies and instrumentalities, including government owned and
controlled corporations, state universities and colleges and public
schools through the Internet by connecting with any of the Internet
Service Providers (ISPs) throughout the country;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V.
RAMOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the
powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:
Section 1.
Interconnection in the Government. — All government departments,
agencies, bureaus and instrumentalities and as practicable down to the
division level, including field offices, government-owned and
controlled corporations, state universities and colleges, public
schools and local government units shall interconnect using the
Internet, through any ISP. This virtual interconnection shall be known
as the RPWEB which shall be the precursor to the Philippine Information
Infrastructure (PII).
This
Order shall be implemented in the following phases:
PHASE 1: All
Cabinet Members down to First year
the Assistant
Secretary levels, 1997
including all
regional field
offices and
other offices outside of main office
SUCCEEDING
PHASES: Bureau
Chief down to the Second year
Division
level 1998 onwards
Government offices shall connect
to the Internet as soon as possible. This phasing shall not inhibit
other government offices to connect earlier as the circumstances would
warrant specially government offices physically separated from the main
offices, provided such connection is part of its information technology
system plan/program.
Sec. 2.
Monitoring of Utilization of Budget for Interconnection. — The
Department of Budget and Management (DBM) shall monitor the utilization
of the existing appropriations and savings of government agencies and
instrumentalities pertaining to Internet connection. For the speedy
acquisition of hardware, software data modems, telephone dial-up lines,
leased/dedicated lines and local area networks necessary for the
Internet connections, DBM shall no longer require government offices to
submit individual requests for authority for the purpose, out of the
above mentioned existing appropriations and savings.
Sec. 3.
Implementing Agency. — The Department of Transportation and
Communications, through the National Telecommunications Commission
(NTC), shall undertake the following to facilitate the establishment of
the RPWEB:
a. Ensure that
the ISPs servicing government offices and the academe are
interconnected with each other for purposes of local data transmission
via the Internet and through network access points which should also be
connected to each other at no cost to the government;
b. Ensure that
the telecommunications carriers give priority, as may be necessary, to
the telephone dial-up lines, leased/dedicated lines and trunking
facility requirements of the ISPs;
c. Ensure the
completion of telecommunication facilities programmed for 1998 under
the Service Area Scheme by requiring all telecommunication, carriers to
fast-track the implementation of their telephone roll-out programs,
especially in the regions/provinces, as provided for in EO 109; and
d. Study the
possibility of reducing or maintaining at minimal levels the tariff
rates on international and local leased/dedicated lines to ensure
greater affordability of these services, as well as other measures that
will encourage the wider use of and access to the Internet.
Sec. 4.
Project Implementation Monitoring. — The National Information
Technology Council shall monitor and evaluate the implementation after
six (6) months to ensure that the objectives of this order are being
attained and to make the necessary recommendations to improve its
implementation.
The NITC, through the National
Computer Center and in coordination with DBM and DOTC/NTC, shall issue
such rules, regulations, circulars and other issuances as may be
necessary to ensure the effective implementation of the provisions of
this Administrative Order. The NITC shall also submit regular quarterly
reports on the status of implementation of the RPWEB to the Office of
the President.
Sec. 5.
Source of Fund. — The funds necessary to undertake electronic
interconnection through the Internet, known as RPWEB, shall be charged
against the existing appropriations and savings of the respective
government agencies and instrumentalities. Henceforth, all government
departments, agencies, bureaus and instrumentalities shall set aside a
minimum amount to cover the implementation and maintenance costs of
Internet connection out of their appropriations in the annual general
appropriations act and shall submit to DBM semestral reports on the
amounts utilized for the RPWEB.
Sec. 6.
Repealing Clause. — All issuances, orders and regulations or parts
thereof which are inconsistent with any of the provisions of this
administrative order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Sec. 7.
Effectivity. — This Administrative Order shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the
City of Manila, this 7th day of November in the year of Our Lord,
Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Seven.
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