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Marcos OKs setting up of single system for all gov't transactions
Philippines
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Marcos OKs setting up of single system for all gov't transactions
Marcos OKs setting up of single system for all gov't transactions
Published Apr 12, 2023 09:44 am
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has approved the creation of a single operating system for all government transactions to ensure ease of doing business in the country.
President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Yummie Dingding/PPA Pool)
In a sectoral meeting on Tuesday, April 11, Marcos pointed out that the government needs to address the differences between national and local bureaucracy. The President said that there are technological reasons, as well as political and local considerations to comply with the law and the government has to deal with those issues. “I think it may help when you’re writing the code or when you’re putting the system together, you’re going to have to think about the differences between the national bureaucracy and the different LGUs (local government units),” Marcos said. “Those are the things that we still work with. The questions we were trying to bring it down to that level, and the local governments are really part of that thing. You’ve seen how it can happen. That’s what we need to address,” he stressed. Malacañang said the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) are now mapping the processes of different agencies so they can be able to collate them in a single system. During the meeting, Marcos also directed the DICT and ARTA to assist LGUs in adopting the Business Permits and Licensing Systems (BPLS) system. [He also ordered ARTA to simplify the BPLS manual and expand it to LGUs](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/12/marcos-to-arta-simplify-expand-business-licensing-manual). Officials from DICT and ARTA said they are also looking at integrating all the processes for migrant workers, maritime, as well as shipping industries through data sharing. The best way to reduce requirements and processing time, they said, is for government agencies to adopt data sharing so that documents submitted in one agency should no longer be required in another agency. Meanwhile, LGUs in the country are covered by the Ease of Doing Business law, particularly under Section 11, which requires them to set up and traditionalize electronic business one-stop-shop that will standardize LGU requirements.
President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Yummie Dingding/PPA Pool)
In a sectoral meeting on Tuesday, April 11, Marcos pointed out that the government needs to address the differences between national and local bureaucracy. The President said that there are technological reasons, as well as political and local considerations to comply with the law and the government has to deal with those issues. “I think it may help when you’re writing the code or when you’re putting the system together, you’re going to have to think about the differences between the national bureaucracy and the different LGUs (local government units),” Marcos said. “Those are the things that we still work with. The questions we were trying to bring it down to that level, and the local governments are really part of that thing. You’ve seen how it can happen. That’s what we need to address,” he stressed. Malacañang said the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) are now mapping the processes of different agencies so they can be able to collate them in a single system. During the meeting, Marcos also directed the DICT and ARTA to assist LGUs in adopting the Business Permits and Licensing Systems (BPLS) system. [He also ordered ARTA to simplify the BPLS manual and expand it to LGUs](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/12/marcos-to-arta-simplify-expand-business-licensing-manual). Officials from DICT and ARTA said they are also looking at integrating all the processes for migrant workers, maritime, as well as shipping industries through data sharing. The best way to reduce requirements and processing time, they said, is for government agencies to adopt data sharing so that documents submitted in one agency should no longer be required in another agency. Meanwhile, LGUs in the country are covered by the Ease of Doing Business law, particularly under Section 11, which requires them to set up and traditionalize electronic business one-stop-shop that will standardize LGU requirements.