Attendance to 6th Annual National Convention of Gov't. Organization for Information Technology

September 30, 1999 MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 45 ENCOURAGING ALL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) EXECUTIVES, PRACTITIONERS, USERS AND ALLIED PROFESSIONS IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE TO ATTEND THE SIXTH ANNUAL NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (GO for IT) WHEREAS, the GO for IT is a professional association of IT executives, practitioners, users and allied professions in government committed to promote and support the effective use of Information Technology (IT) in governance, in the performance of strategic and business functions, and in the efficient delivery of basic and front-line services; WHEREAS, GO for IT will hold its Sixth Annual National Convention in Cagayan de Oro City on October 2628, 1999 with the theme "Year 2000: This is IT"; WHEREAS, the Sixth Annual National Convention of the GO for IT will be the venue to share IT information, present and discuss programs, initiatives, policies, new and innovative paradigms and concepts and clarify and resolve issues and concerns; WHEREAS, the presentations and discussions will indicate the government's state of readiness, as well as the other concomitant strategies, programs and policies that government has to implement to meet the challenges of the new millennium; NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order: SECTION 1. All heads of departments, offices, agencies, local government units, government-owned and/or controlled corporations and their subsidiaries, government financial institutions, and state universities and colleges are hereby enjoined to: 1.1. Allow their IT executives, practitioners, users and allied professions in government service to participate in the Sixth Annual National Convention of the Government Organization for Information Technology (GO for IT) in Cagayan de Oro City from 26 to 28 October 1999, provided that their attendance will not prejudice the regular delivery of service of the agency concerned; 1.2. Consider the convention an official staff development activity of the participants, subject to the availability of funds. SECTION 2. All IT executives, practitioners, users, instructors and allied professions who will participate in the Convention are enjoined to: 2.1. Participate actively in the discussions and in resolution of critical issues; 2.2. Gain additional knowledge about new technological developments as these pertain to their agency situations and needs, and 2.3. Provide leadership and technical assistance to implement the government flagship IT programs by understanding related IT projects and activities in their respective agencies in order to achieve and facilitate the realization of such government flagship programs. SECTION 3. This Memorandum Circular shall take effect immediately. DONE in the City of Manila, this 30th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Nine.