The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) has renewed its call to all government offices to submit their updated Committee on Anti-Red Tape Authority (CART) office order and directory on or before the deadline this month.

All submissions will be done online via the platform that ARTA has specified. The deadline for submission is on Jan. 15.

Based on ARTA Memorandum Circular (MC) No. 2020-07, all government offices covered by the Ease of Doing Business Law are required to form their respective CART to ensure their agency’s compliance with the measure and its implementing rules and regulations.

An updated guideline was issued through MC No. 2023-08, stating that CART shall include at least one focal person for each bureau, regional office, or field/satellite office under the supervision of their main agency.

For local government units (LGUs), only provincial, city, and municipal governments are required to form a CART.

Barangays are also directed to designate at least a focal person to be a member of their respective LGU CART.

For State Universities and Colleges (SUCs), only the main campuses are required to form their CART and designate at least one focal person per satellite campus.

Government hospitals under the Department of Health (DOH) are also required to have their own CART separate from the DOH-CART.