MANILA, Philippines - President Benigno Aquino III has reorganized
and renamed the Commission on Information and Communications Technology
and transferred it to the Department of Science and Technology.
Aquino signed Executive Order No. 47 renaming the CICT into the Information and Communications Technology Office.
He also abolished the position of CICT chairman and commissioners.
Instead, the ICTO will be headed by an executive director who will have
the rank of Technology undersecretary.
“The transfer and reorientation of the functions of the CICT and its
attached agencies to the DoST will strengthen the alignment of ICT
development with the thrust of the department to provide continuing
innovation as the core of the sustained global competitiveness of our
country's ICT industry,” the President said.
The CICT used to be under the Office of the President after it was
transferred by the former administration from the Department of
Transportation and Communication.
Under EO No 47, the National Communications Center and the Telecommunications Office will also be transferred under the DoST.
The National Telecommunications Commission and the Philippine Postal
Corporation, however, will remain under the Office of the President.
Aquino also ordered the DoST to submit a medium-term development plan
for ICT research development and a medium-term e-governance
infrastructure and information systems plan three months after the
issuance of the executive order.
source: http://www.interaksyon.com/article/7219/ict-body-renamed-placed-under-science-department
