Once chopped up, CICT is whole again

It was late Friday afternoon when the press statement from the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) popped up in my inbox. It stated that President Gloria Arroyo has ordered the transfer of the Telecommunications Office (Telof) and communications units of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) back..... Read more »

Tags: Communications Unit, Directive, telecommunications, U.S. Department of Transportation, secretary, U.S. Senate, commission, president, Microsoft Office, CICT

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Digital stimulus for Philippine e-commerce

A few days ago, I had the opportunity to attend a government-organized public consultation meeting on a proposed certification scheme for digital signatures. The project is laudable, but I doubt that the timetable they've set will be met.

The topic on digital signatures is a complicated one, and I'll be the..... Read more »

Tags: Philippines, Certification Authority, Digital Signature, E-government, e-business, Korea, PKI, chairperson, digital certificate, e-commerce team

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NTC: A highly politicized agency

Without anyone almost noticing it, the powerful National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has been transferred back under the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT). But, the circumstances that attended its transfer is perhaps one for the record books.

First, the document authorizing the transfer--Executive Order (EO) 648--came 16 months late. President..... Read more »

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Melvin G. Calimag

Melvin G. Calimag currently writes for the infotech section of a popular English broadsheet in the Philippines. Prior to this, Melvin served as an assistant editor at Metropolitan Computer Times (MCT), the first IT publication in the Philippines. He is currently the vice president for internals at the IT Journalists Association of the Philippines (CyberPress), and also serves as a charter member with the Philippine Science Journalists Association.