Go reiterates push for e-governance bill after SONA mention

Senator Bong Go reiterated his push for the passage of his filed bill known as the E-governance Act, as President Rodrigo Duterte listed it during his last State of the Nation Address as one of the priority bills in the last year of his administration.

The measure is in line with the President’s vision of improving public service delivery through a more responsive and efficient government, especially as the whole country adapts to the ‘new normal’ amid efforts to overcome the pandemic, according to Go.

“Hindi na dapat nating pahirapan ang mga Pilipino sa pag-access sa serbisyo ng gobyerno. The government needs to adopt more efficient, responsive and modern ways of transacting with our citizens,” the senator said.

“Dahil sa Covid-19, kinailangan na mag-evolve ng mga transaksyon na normally ay face-to-face. This will effectively make the government more in tune with the changing times,” Go said.

During his SONA on Monday, Duterte urged members of Congress to pass a legislation allowing for the utilization of modern technology to enhance access to government services and programs for all Filipinos.

Due to the pandemic, the president said that “deficiencies and weaknesses” in government processes have been exposed. This has caused hiccups in the delivery of government services to the people.

“As such, I ask Congress to pass an e-governance act that will set a transition of government processes to the digital age,” Duterte said in his SONA.

In July 27 last year, Go filed Senate Bill 1738, or the E-Governance Act of 2020, which seeks to mandate the government to establish an integrated, interconnected, and interoperable information and resource-sharing and communications network.

The network will cover “the entirety of the national and local government, an internal records management information system, an information database, and digital portals for the delivery of public services.”

“Gamitin natin ang teknolohiya upang mailapit lalo ang gobyerno sa tao, mapagaan ang pinapasan ng taumbayan, at mabigyan sila ng serbisyong kailangan nila sa panahong hirap na hirap na ang lahat dahil sa krisis,” Go said.

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