Dep’t of Information and Communications Technology created

PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III signed on Monday a new law creating a Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), Malacañang said.

Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said Aquino signed Republic Act no. 10844, which will also rename the present Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) to “Department of Transportation.”

RA 10844 states that information and communication have vital roles in nation-building and that it is the state’s policy to “ensure universal access to quality, affordable, reliable and secure ICT services.”
It should also “ensure the provision of a strategic, reliable, cost-efficient and citizen-centric information and communications technology infrastructure, systems and resources as instruments of good governance and global competitiveness.”

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