Manila, June 26 -- The Duterte administration is hopeful the Freedom of Information Law will be passed in 2020, a ranking Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) official said Wednesday.
"We would like to hit the ground running, hopefully, we get an FOI Law this time next year," PCOO Assistant Secretary and FOI-Program Management Office (FOI-PMO) Director Kristian Ablan said during the 2019 FOI mid-year conference in Manila.
For the first half of the year, Ablan reported a 100 percent FOI compliance from the national government agencies.
He also noted that 92 percent of government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) are FOI compliant, about 94 percent for state universities and colleges, and 41 percent for local water ...