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                    [Title] => EDITORIAL – Progress vs red tape
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People who have dealt with the government may be puzzled by news reports that 99 percent of several agencies delivering frontline services had passed the latest test on red tape conducted by the Civil Service Commission. Of the 1,114 offices in the CSC study, 353 even obtained “excellent” ratings while 697 received “good” marks, with only 15 failing the test.

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Efforts to improve the delivery of frontline services in government are yielding results as 99 percent of agencies subjected to the 2015 Anti-Red Tape Act Report Card Survey (RCS) passed the test, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) announced yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-25 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1538897 [Title] => GSIS allots P1.6 B in emergency loans [Summary] =>

The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has earmarked P1.6 billion in emergency loans to members and pensioners in Oriental Mindoro, Albay and Sorsogon.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-03 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1536476 [Title] => Farm management goes the SMS route [Summary] =>

The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) added text messaging as a means to provide site-specific advice to farmers in addition to the web-based application.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-26 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1657000 [AuthorName] => PNA [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1491577 [Title] => Agencies with failing grade to lose productivity bonus [Summary] =>

Government employees whose agencies failed in the good governance standard for public services are on the verge of losing their productivity enhancement incentives.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-23 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1445445 [AuthorName] => Kristine B. Quintas/FPL [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1490159 [Title] => File plaints vs ineffective government agencies [Summary] =>

The transacting public is urged to report or file complaints against government agencies that do not extend to them proper service.

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The Civil Service Commission (CSC), pushing for the enlistment of more volunteers in the fight against red tape, has joined hands with a watchdog group to monitor the government’s frontline services.

[DatePublished] => 2015-07-26 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1417229 [Title] => 984 gov’t offices pass anti-red tape check [Summary] =>

Ninety six percent or 984 of 1,023 government offices surveyed got passing marks in the 2014 Report Card Survey (RCS) of the Civil Service Commission (CSC).

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1412216 [Title] => PLDT unit, VMware tie up for cloud-based solutions [Summary] =>

A unit of dominant carrier Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) has tied up with virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions leader VMware to introduce a cloud-based enterprise-grade virtual desktop solution to benefit enterprises.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097197 [AuthorName] => Lawrence Agcaoili [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1351466 [Title] => CSC now accepts complaints on kotong, bribery through text [Summary] =>

The government’s central helpline against red tape is expanding to accommodate complaints on kotong (extortion) and bribery from micro, small and medium entrepreneurs, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) announced yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) ) )
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