Isn't it about time the Philippines gets its very first Chief Technology Officer? I recently attended Apptitude's virtual event on technology and the legal practice. The two keynote speakers were senators Win Gatchalian and presidential hopeful Panfilo Lacson, who both shared the work they have been doing in the areas of digital and technology.
Gatchalian, for example, authored Senate Bill 1793 or the Digital Transformation Act that mandates government services to be fully online by end of 2022 and also calls for the creation of a digital transformation department in every government agency. Lacson, meanwhile, is the principal sponsor of Republic Act 11055 or the PhilSys Act of 2018, the law which established what we know as the National ID System of the Philippines.
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