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Transformation Era
The political upheavals in 1986, with the holding of the Snap Presidential Election, culminated in the change in political leadership through the February People Power. This important milestone in the nation's history also marked a turning point in NCC's development.
Under the term of President Corazon C. Aquino, NCC shed off its service bureau and regulatory functions. NCC's third managing director, Dr. William Torres performed a major surgery on NCC's mandate for the period 1986-1993. A memorandum dated May 1986 to the Presidential Commission on Government Reorganization proposed the recognition of the NCC as the Resource and Learning Center for Information Technology (IT) in government, even as the Information Age had definitely crept into the land.
There goes the transition from the traditional service bureau function to resource center management due to the privatization move of the new administration.
As the lead agency for IT, policies and standards statements became high in NCC's prioritization since 1986. Four major policy statements issuances were signed in 1989 :
- Executive Order 356 which created the Information Technology Coordinating Council;
- Executive Order 237 which liberalized the existing procedural guidelines on the acquisition and use of IT resources in government;
- NCC Memo Circular 89-1 which prescribed the guidelines for the acquisition and use of IT resources; and
- Proclamation No. 412 which declared June as the IT month.
In 1987, NCC began publishing the IT Compiler computer magazine which focused on government IT applications. The bi-monthly publication was distributed free-of-charge to key executives and EDP/MIS heads of all government agencies and state universities and colleges. Also, NCC revived the conduct of EDP surveys annually, the results of which were published in the Registry of IT Resources in Government manual.
Major computer acquisitions and upgrades were realized in 1989: the FACOM M760/4 mainframe, the FACOM A50 midrange, and the Hewlett-Packard 3000/48 midrange. However, the prevalent use of PCs in the government resulted in less demand for the use of NCC's larger computers and facilities.
NCC developed standard software packages for common government applications.
In its IT Manpower Development program, prior to 1986, NCI's major beneficiaries in the regular computer training courses were from the private sector. Thus, the conscious effort to increase government participation in both the regular and special courses started in 1986. Also new types of courses were developed to cater to government needs. However, the number of basic course offerings were trimmed to focus on advanced courses so that training efforts of other government institutions as well as the private sector were not duplicated.
Essentially, this period put to an end NCC's direct services to government agencies. It ushered the priming of the country's IT environment for the strategic applications of IT in government as well as in business. It was, however, not the perfect timing for most of the envisioned national IT development projects of NCC to materialize. The government itself was saddled with several coup attempts and spate of brownouts which definitely slowed down the economic momentum the country gained during the early years of the Cory administration. IT development in government, then, was relegated to least priority.
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