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Palace launches freedom of info online

By: Ma. Magdalena C. Grospe

Starting today, people seeking information from

agencies under the Office of the President may file their
requests online.

Malacaang yesterday announced it would begin

implementing the Freedom of Information (FOI) in the
executive department with the launch of the electronic FOI
or e-FOI system of 15 pilot agencies.

Presidential Communication Assistant Secretary Kris

Ablan said the project was intended to carry out President
Dutertes Executive Order No. 2, which mandated FOI in the
executive branch.

He said the launching of the government website

www.FOI.gov.ph would be held exactly 120 days after the
President issued the order, allowing public access to
documents, reports and projects of government offices.

The e-FOI is an online facility wherein citizens are

able to lodge their (FOI requests), Ablan told a news
briefing in Malacaang.

Due to technical limitations, he said only 15 agencies

were currently ready to accept and process FOI requests sent
through the Internet.

These are the Presidential Communications Operations

Office, the Department of Information and Communications
Technology, the Department of Budget and Management, the
Department of Finance, the Department of Justice, the
Department of Transportation and the Department of Health.

Also included in the list were the Philippine

Statistics Authority, the National Archives of the
Philippines, the Philippine National Police, the Philippine
Health Insurance Corp., the Office of the Government
Corporate Counsel, the Presidential Commission on Good
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Government, the Office of the Solicitor General and the

Public Attorneys Office.i
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