DICT - An agency for the digital age

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DICTDepartment of Information &

Communications Technology

AN AGENCY FOR

THE DIGITAL AGE

by Senator Edgardo J. Angara14 September 2011 | Senate Session Hall


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FILIPINOS DEPEND

HEAVILY ON ICT

As of June 2010

85 Million mobile subscribers

30 Millioninternet users

The Philippines has been dubbed:

Texting capital of the world

Top social networking nation


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ICT & JOB CREATION

In 6 years...

500% increase in revenues

400%in employment growth

IT-BPO Industry

2004 2010

$ 1.3 Billion $ 9 Billion

101,000 people 530,000 people


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ICT & JOB CREATION

In 2010, the Philippines became

the #1 destination for BPO Voice

Projections

by 2016$ 26 Billion

1.3 Million people


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CICTs EVOLUTION

CREATED BY EO 264 signed Jan.04

Composed of

Natl ComputerCenter(NCC)

Telecommunications

(TELOF)

PhilPost

NTC


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CICTs EVOLUTION

In Aug. 05 EO 454 was signed

moving NTC back to

DOTC

In Feb. 07

EO 603 transferred

back to DOCTC all

other

communications

agencies leaving

CICT w/ only NCC &

PHILPOST


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CICTs EVOLUTION

In Jan. 09 CICT regained its

original

composition thruEO 780

It seemed like the government could not

quite get the right formula.


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CICTs EVOLUTION

But what happened nextwas so unexpected, the

industry was taken bysurpriseif not outright

shock


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CICTs EVOLUTION

ABOLISHED BY EO 47 signed

June 23, 11

REPLACED WITH

Information and

Communications

Technology Office(ICTO)

of the DOST


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ROLE OF DICT

DICTDEPARTMENT OFINFORMATION &COMMUNICATIONS

TECHNOLOGY

The countrys premier

government agency

devoted to developing and

promoting a national ICT

strategy.


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DICT BILL


TECHNOLOGY

DICT Bill will not add to

government bureaucracy

because it will only

reassign and re-engineer

existing ICT-relatedmandates.


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DICT BILL


TECHNOLOGY

DICT Bill can actually

harmonize the bureaucracy

consolidate

govt ICT

systems

and

encourage

creative ICT

solutions to

bring downcost

thereby,

helping

govt

becomeefficient &

effective.


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THE SITUATION


TECHNOLOGY

Many projects launched under the

e-government have failed due to a

myriad of problems, primarilyuncoordinated processes and an

overall lack of technical expertise

across implementing agencies. Thisis where the CICT could have made

a differenceand where the DICT

will.


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IMPACT OF DICT

The Congressional Commission

on Science, Technology and

Engineering (COMSTE), which Ichair, foresees the DICT having

great impact beyond the IT-

BPO industry.

COMSTE

TE

1987

CongressionalCommission on

Science & Technologyand Engineering


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IMPACT OF DICT

TELEMEDICINE

Through telemedicine, ICT can

propel governments efforts to

provide universal healthcare.

COMSTE

TE

1987


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IMPACT OF DICT

PRECISION FARMING

Acute food security and climate

change issues highlight the

need for real-time decision-

support systems in our

agricultural sector.

Satellite feed

Satellite image analysis

Farming recommendations COMSTE

TE

1987


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IMPACT OF DICT

E-LEARNING

World-class education can be

brought to every school in the

country, especially those in far-

flung areas, via ICT

connectivity.

COMSTE

TE

1987


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IMPACT OF DICT

COMBATING CYBERCRIME

We need the DICT in the

campaign to curb cybercrime

as the lead agency

strengthening and securing the

bureaucracys ICT systems.

COMSTE

TE

1987


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INTL MODELS

Rank Country

81 Kenya

82 Namibia

83 Morocco

84 Cape Verde

85 Mongolia

86 Philippines

87 Albania88 Pakistan

89 Peru

90 Ukraine


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CONCLUSION

3 CRUCIAL ELEMENTS OF A

NATIONAL ICT STRATEGY

THROUGH THE DICT1. universal access and literacy

2. expanding the use of emerging

technologies

3. and fostering an effective

regulatory system for business

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THE DIGITAL AGE


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CONCLUSION

We urgently need the DICT

to help us collectively bridge

the digital divide. generate jobs

solve national challenges

improve government services

empower the poor

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THE DIGITAL AGE


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CONCLUSION

I ask for your support in the

expeditious passage of this

long-awaited measure. Thedigital age is upon us, yet we

have been behind the curve

for far too long. We need a

major transformation fast

now.

DICTAN AGENCY FOR

THE DIGITAL AGE


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Thank

you.

DICTAN AGENCY FORTHE DIGITAL AGE

by Senator Edgardo J. Angara

14 September 2011 | Senate Session Hall

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