MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Science and Technology’s Information and Communications Technology Office (ICTO) is now hiring 32 project managers to fast-track the implementation of essential electronic or e-government initiatives.
The ICTO said a number of medium- to large-scale e-government projects being pursued are in line with the ambitious eGovernment Masterplan and the Medium Term ICT Harmonization Initiative.
E-government initiatives allow for more efficient, transparent and effective governance and delivery of public services through the use of ICT.
With e-government initiatives, more government services will be available online and will minimize the need to queue for government services that usually take hours.
Among the essential e-government projects to be implemented by the managers to be hired are those under the Integrated Government Philippines (iGovPhil) project, which aims to interconnect government agencies and automate processes for faster and more efficient public service.
At least 10 of these projects are either complete or nearing completion.
These are the fiber optic network, data centers, cloud computing, government email, public key infrastructure, forms generator, online payment system, document and record management system, government web hosting and project tracking and management.