IMPLEMENTING AGENCY:
Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO)

YEAR IMPLEMENTED:
2016 – present

THEMES:
Digitization & New Technologies, and Perspectives on Productivity, Governance, and Development

GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The eFOI Portal (www.foi.gov.ph), implemented by the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO), allows users to request any information about government transactions and operations, subject to limitations set by privacy, and national security concerns. Users can also use the portal to track their requests and receive the information that they requested online.

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 2
The Executive Order on Freedom of Information opens the executive branch, along with the agencies below it, to the people. It makes the government as transparent as ever. It strengthens the right to information as enshrined in our constitution.

PARTNERS FOR CHANGE
The executive order of FOI encourages citizen participation; when there is engagement, everyone becomes a partner for change. This is the centerpiece of President Duterte’s platform on good governance and transparency.

Every Filipino now has public access to information and official records.