Secretary of Information and Communications Technology explained
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.
The current secretary is Ivan John Uy who assumed office on June 30, 2022 and was confirmed by the Commission on Appointments on December 7, 2022.
Functions
The Secretary of Information and Communications Technology has the following functions:[1]
- Provide executive direction and supervision over the entire operations of the department and its attached agencies;
- Establish policies and standards for the effective. efficient and economical operation of the department, in accordance with the programs of government;
- Review and approve requests for financial and manpower resources of all operating offices of the department;
- Designate and appoint officers and employees of the department, excluding the undersecretaries, assistant secretaries, and regional and assistant regional directors, in accordance with the civil service laws, rules and regulations;
- Exercise disciplinary powers over officers and employees of the department in accordance with law, including their investigation and the designation of a committee or officer to conduct such investigation;
- Coordinate with local government units, other agencies and public and private interest groups, including non-government organizations and people’s organizations on department policies and initiatives;
- Prepare and submit to the president through the Department of Budget and Management an estimate of the necessary expenditures of the department during the next fiscal year, on the basis of the reports and estimates submitted by bureaus and offices under him/her;
- Serve as a member of the Government Procurement Policy Board;
- Advise the president on the promulgation of executive and administrative orders and formulation of regulatory and. legislative proposals on matters pertaining to ICT development;
- Formulate such rules and regulations and exercise such other powers as may be required to implement the objectives of the Department of Information And Communications Technology Act of 2015; and
- Perform such other tasks as may be provided by law or assigned by the president.
List of secretaries of Information and Communications Technology
| No. | Portrait | Secretary | Took office | Left office | President |
|---|
| Secretary of Public Instruction, Health and Welfare[2] |
|---|
| 1 | | Rodolfo Salalima
[3] | June 30,
2016 | September 22,
2017 | Rodrigo Duterte |
| – | | Eliseo Rio Jr.
(born 1944)
[4] | October 12,
2017 | July 1,
2019 |
| 2 | | Gregorio Honasan
(born 1948)
[5] | July 1,
2019 | October 8,
2021 |
| – | | Jose Arturo de Castro
[6] | October 8,
2021 | December 20,
2021 |
| – | | Emmanuel Rey Caintic
[7] | December 20,
2021 | June 30,
2022 |
| 3 | | Ivan John Uy
[8] | June 30,
2022 | Incumbent | Bongbong Marcos | |
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Republic Act No. 10844 . Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines.
- Web site: Executive Order No. 396, s. 1941 . Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines.
- Web site: June 21, 2016 . Former Globe Chief Legal Counsel Becomes First DICT Chief - www.unbox.ph . June 22, 2016 . www.unbox.ph . en-US.
- News: Esmaquel . Paterno II . October 12, 2017 . Duterte names OICs to DOH, DICT . October 12, 2017 . Rappler.
- News: Corrales . Nestor . July 1, 2019 . Honasan takes oath as new DICT chief, attends Cabinet meeting . July 1, 2019 . Inquirer.
- News: Ronda . Rainier Allan . October 12, 2021 . Lawyer takes over DICT post . December 23, 2021 . The Philippine Star.
- News: Ronda . Rainier Allan . December 20, 2021 . Caintic takes over as DICT acting secretary . December 23, 2021 . The Philippine Star.
- News: Domingo . Katrina . May 30, 2022 . Marcos picks PNoy's ex-Cabinet member Ivan Uy as next DICT chief . May 30, 2022 . ABS-CBN News.
