On Thu, 30 Aug 2001 17:11:12 +0800
"Marvin T. Pascual" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > One of the people we should invite is Presidential IT Adviser - Virgilio
> > Pena.
> >
> > This is the man in charge of turning our government into an e-government.
> > There was an article/interview with him in the Philippine Star: NetWorks
> > section dated Friday, August 24, 2001
> >
> > I think there is a bill in congress to establish the Department of
> > Information and Communication Technology; and if that pushes through this
> man
> > might be the one to head it.
>
> Also, if the GO-IT is still existing, maybe the president of that org should
> also be invited.
>
> This symposium/seminar on Linux alone is a very big project and we need IT
> companies to support us.
>
> Good luck to us! = )
>
I once work with a local government unit and was so frustrated with the goverment
policy in IT. All of the the approval of any IT plan should be under the approval and
scrutiny of NCC. So any goverment entity IT plan should have an Itegrated System
Plan(ISP) that has the approval of NCC. I do not know if NCC have a policy or open
mind for the open-source.
But another option for this is to lobby in congress by soliciting support of IT
oriented congressmen and senators by providing them with an open-source agenda that
can be drafted into law. THis may not be also easy to work with as this will go
againts the propriatary interest of those involved in close source group, so dont be
surprise if payola will flow like champagne.
I also use to attend GO for IT before, its nothing but junket and waste of peoples
money, its all but product presentations, very frustarting indeed. We have to attend
because the order came from the Office of the Executive Secretary.
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