AN ACT CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION STRONGLY URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (DICT) TO DIRECT THE NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (NTC) TO IMMEDIATELY REDUCE THE COST AND ESTABLISH A STRICT PRICE CEILING FOR TEXT MESSAGING SERVICES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE POSSIBLE MISUSE AND ALLEGED IRREGULARITIES IN THE DISBURSEMENT OF CONFIDENTIAL AND INTELLIGENCE FUNDS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY

RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS (COMELEC) AND THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (DICT) TO DEVISE AND INSTALL AN EFFECTIVE TOOL THAT WOULD DETECT AND REPEL POTENTIAL FOREIGN INTERFERENCE IN ELECTIONS, AND DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS IN PROPELLING FOREIGN INTERFERENCE, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF SAFEGUARDING THE 2022 PHILIPPINE NATIONAL ELECTIONS

RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY, IN COORDINATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS, TO FAST TRACK THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NATIONAL VACCINE DATABASE OF COVID-19 VACCINES ADMINISTERED TO FILIPINOS AS A STANDARD MEASURE TO VERIFY PROOF OF VACCINATION AND AVERT FALSIFICATION AND POSSIBLE ABUSES OF RECEIVING DOSES BEYOND THE PRESCRIBED POLICIES OF THE GOVERNMENT