Mindanaotoday.com | PCSO receives the FOI compliance awards of 2020 and 2021 from PCOO
Mandaluyong City – The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) Chairperson and Ad Interim General Manager Anselmo Simeon P. Pinili, represented by PCSO Assistant General Manager (AGM) for Management Services Sector, Arnel N. Casas, together with PCSO Records Officer IV and FOI Receiving Officer Maria Rochiella T. Jimenez, received the Certificate of Compliance for the FOI regulations stating that the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office is fully-compliant with the enhanced Freedom of Information (FOI) requirements, as validated by the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO), pursuant to Section 5.7.b. of Memorandum Circular No. 2020-1, issued by the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Harmonization of National Government Performance Monitoring, Information, and Reporting System (Task Force Administrative Order 25, s. 2011) in the year 2020 and 2021 on June 17, 2022, in the 3rd floor Sun Plaza Building, 1507 Princeton Street Corner Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong City 1552.
The Executive Order on Freedom of Information (FOI), also known as Executive Order No. 02, intends to promote open government by boosting the openness of the executive branch and its agencies. It increases the constitutionally protected right to information. FOI empowers Filipino residents to seek any information concerning government transactions and operations, as long as privacy and national security are not jeopardized. Executive Order No. 2, series of 2016, established the Executive Branch’s FOI mechanism. (By: Manresa Albert Inciong / Photo: Edwin Lovino)