The Anti-Red Tape Authority (Arta) seeks to establish a small working group aimed at improving the data-matching system among government agencies.
In a news statement issued on Tuesday, Arta Director General Jeremiah Belgica said that the planned committee would be composed of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), the National Privacy Commission and the Department of Information and Communications Technology.
Belgica previously requested for a meeting with PSA officials regarding a potential shared online platform for data on birth, death and marriage, among others, accessible by relevant government agencies.
He explained this is in line with the streamlining initiative of the government in order to facilitate quicker transactions by data sharing among government agencies.
“Importante talagang mapag-usapan natin, lalo na sa final stage ng termino ng ating Pangulo, lalo niya pong pinapabilisin sa atin ang pinapagawa. [It is really important to tackle this, especially during the President’s final stage in his term, to further accelerate government processes],” he added.
Citing an official of PSA Civil Register Maintenance and Development Division, Arta noted that PSA has existing agreements with other agencies and data-matching scheme where concerned parties may refer to needed records.
As for Privacy Commissioner Raymund Liboro, Arta said he recommended the drafting of data-sharing agreement and model contract laws. These will cover the liabilities and responsibilities of agencies sharing the data and will allow single sign-on of data from the public.
The Arta chief also proposed data sharing from the information gathered through the National ID System.
“Having a single repository of these confidential info or personal info about you will hasten e-security,” he added.
Recently, Belgica reiterated his call for the Zero Backlog Program to the government agencies, referring to the processing of documents.
The said initiative is mandated by law under Section 1, Rule VI of the Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act 11032, or the Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery Act of 2018.
“[To the] government agencies, let us be fast and efficient and not allow backlogs to build up…. Let us strive to give them the government service that they deserve,” he said.