Republic Act No. 10844 creates the Department of Information and Communications Technology in the Philippines. The law aims to recognize the vital role of ICT in nation-building and ensure universal access to affordable, reliable ICT services. It also promotes the development and use of emerging ICT, fosters public-private partnerships in the ICT sector, and encourages the use of ICT to enhance key public services and promote arts/culture.
Republic Act No. 10844 creates the Department of Information and Communications Technology in the Philippines. The law aims to recognize the vital role of ICT in nation-building and ensure universal access to affordable, reliable ICT services. It also promotes the development and use of emerging ICT, fosters public-private partnerships in the ICT sector, and encourages the use of ICT to enhance key public services and promote arts/culture.
Republic Act No. 10844 creates the Department of Information and Communications Technology in the Philippines. The law aims to recognize the vital role of ICT in nation-building and ensure universal access to affordable, reliable ICT services. It also promotes the development and use of emerging ICT, fosters public-private partnerships in the ICT sector, and encourages the use of ICT to enhance key public services and promote arts/culture.
Republic Act No. 10844 creates the Department of Information and Communications Technology in the Philippines. The law aims to recognize the vital role of ICT in nation-building and ensure universal access to affordable, reliable ICT services. It also promotes the development and use of emerging ICT, fosters public-private partnerships in the ICT sector, and encourages the use of ICT to enhance key public services and promote arts/culture.
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Republic Act No. 10844
An act creating the department of information and communications technology, defining it's powers and functions appropriating funds therefor, and For other purposes.
* To recognize the vital role of information and communication in nation-building.
* To ensure the provision of strategic, reliable, cost efficient and citizen centric information and communication technology infrastructure, system and resources as instruments of good governance and global competitiveness.
* To ensure universal access to quality, affordable, reliable and secure I'd services.
* To Promote the development and widespread use of emerging ICT and foster and accelerate the convergence of ICT and ICT- enabled facilities.
* To ensure the availability and accessibility of ICT services in areas not adequately served by the private sector.
* To foster an ICT sector policy environment that will promote a broad market-led development of the IC and ICT-enabled services (ICT-ES) sectors, a level playing field, partnership between the public and private sectors, strategic alliance with foreign investors and balanced investments between high-growth and economically-depressed areas
* To promote and assist the development of local ICT content, applications and services which may include support for ICT-based start-up enterprises through strategic partnerships.
* To promote the use of ICT for the enhancement of key public services, such as education, Public health and safety, revenue generation and socio-civic purposes.
* To encourage the use of ICT for the development and Promotion of the countries arts and culture, tourism and national identity.
* To promote digital literacy, ICT expertise, and knowledge-building among citizens to enable them to participate and compete in an evolving ICT age.
* To employ through the use of ICT, the disadvantaged segments of the population, including the elderly, persons with disabilities and indigenous and minority groups.
* To ensure the rights of individuals to privacy and confidentiality of their personal information.
* To ensure the security to critical ICT infrastructures, including information assets of the government, individuals and businesses ; and
