{"id":140594,"date":"2017-12-19T22:57:22","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T03:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=140594"},"modified":"2017-12-19T22:57:22","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T03:57:22","slug":"pcoo-steps-up-foi-implementation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/12\/19\/pcoo-steps-up-foi-implementation\/","title":{"rendered":"PCOO steps up FOI implementation"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_140596\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-140596\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/foi-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-140596\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/foi-1.jpg\" alt=\"NEW FOI OFFICE. Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Martin Andanar poses with personnel and staff of the PCOO-Freedom of Information Program Monitoring Office (FOI-PMO) after the FOI-PMO office blessing at Units 103-104 BFB Building, 1575 J.P. Laurel corner Matienza streets, Malacanang Compound, Manila on Dec. 19, 2017. (PNA Photo)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/foi-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/foi-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/foi-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/foi-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-140596\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NEW FOI OFFICE. Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Martin Andanar poses with personnel and staff of the PCOO-Freedom of Information Program Monitoring Office (FOI-PMO) after the FOI-PMO office blessing at Units 103-104 BFB Building, 1575 J.P. Laurel corner Matienza streets, Malacanang Compound, Manila on Dec. 19, 2017. (PNA Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA \u2014<\/strong>\u00a0The Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) has reaffirmed its leadership role in the implementation of the freedom of information (FOI) program in the executive branch, following the transfer of the\u00a0FOI Program Monitoring Office (FOI-PMO) to a new home inside Malaca\u00f1ang compound on Dec. 19, aimed at improving the delivery of its responsibilities in making access to government information a meaningful right.<\/p>\n<p>The FOI-PMO has bolstered platforms under the FOI program, including the review and development of new policies, deepening engagement with agencies, maintenance and improvement of the electronic FOI portal, expanding capacity-building activities to more stakeholders, and localizing the program for local government units.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/media.pna.gov.ph\/source\/foi-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" \/>The official inauguration and ribbon-cutting was led by PCOO Secretary Martin Andanar, Assistant Secretary Kissinger Reyes, and FOI Program Director Assistant Secretary Kristian Ablan. This was then followed by the blessing officiated by Parochial Vicar&#8211;Rev. Fr. Cirilo Andan of San Sebastian Parish.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/media.pna.gov.ph\/source\/foi-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" \/><\/p>\n<p>FOI Partners from the Office of the Cabinet Secretary, the Department of Information and Communications Technology, the Department of Budget and Management, and other PCOO departments and offices witnessed the inauguration.<\/p>\n<p>The FOI-PMO is now located at Units 103-104 BFB Building, 1575 JP Laurel St. cor. Matienza St., Malaca\u00f1ang Compound, Manila.<\/p>\n<p>However, all official correspondences for the FOI PMO will still be addressed to the New Executive Building, Malaca\u00f1ang Compound.\u00a0<em><strong>(PNA)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2014\u00a0The Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) has reaffirmed its leadership role in the implementation of the freedom of information &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":140596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[39787,20852],"class_list":["post-140594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-freedom-of-information-foi","tag-presidential-communications-operations-office-pcoo","mauthors-rom-dulfo","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}