Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective

Secretary of Information and Communications Technology

Government post in the Philippines From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Secretary of Information and Communications Technology
Remove ads

The secretary of information and communications technology (Filipino: Kalihim ng Teknolohiyang Pang-Impormasyon at Komunikasyon) is the member of the Cabinet in charge of the Department of Information and Communications Technology.

Quick facts Style, Appointer ...
Remove ads

Functions

Summarize
Perspective

The Secretary of Information and Communications Technology has the following functions:[3]

  • Provide direction and supervision over the operations of the department and its attached agencies;
  • Establish policies and standards for the department's operations;
  • Review and approve requests for financial and manpower resources in the department;
  • Designate and appoint officers and employees of the department, excluding the undersecretaries, assistant secretaries, and regional and assistant regional directors;
  • Exercise disciplinary powers over officers and employees of the department;
  • Coordinate with local government units, other agencies and public and private interest groups on department policies and initiatives;
  • Prepare and submit to the president an estimate of the expenditures of the department during the next fiscal year;
  • Serve as a member of the Government Procurement Policy Board;
  • Advise the president on the development of information and communications technology;
  • Formulate rules and regulations and exercise other powers for the implementation of the Department of Information And Communications Technology Act of 2015; and
  • Perform other tasks provided by law or assigned by the president.
Remove ads

List of secretaries of Information and Communications Technology

More information No., Portrait ...
Remove ads

References

Loading related searches...

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads