The Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) would want an independent office set up to monitor the implementation of the freedom of information (FOI) bill once it had hurdled Congress. ADVERTISEMENTPoe heads the Senate Committee on Public Information and Mass Media, and until recently, Tinio chaired the House Committee on Public Information. Ablan noted that none of the measures in Congress include the provision for a particular office to supervise the FOI requests. “If an FOI request is denied internally, then they could appeal it to an independent office,” he said. The coalition, which is pressing for the FOI law, said it had filed an omnibus request for copies of the People’s FOI manuals.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 17, 2017 14:37 UTC