Published February 6, 2021, 11:14 AM
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) is looking at the Manila local government unit’s (LGU’s) Go Manila app to be the model for the mobile online portal initiative that the agency is proposing.
ARTA Director-General Jeremiah Belgica made the statement as the agency met with Manila Mayor Isko Moreno and other Manila LGU officials to discuss ARTA’s findings on the capital’s Business One-Stop Shops (BOSS).
During their meeting, Belgica lauded the Manila LGU’s mobile app that aims to simplify the services and ease the conduct of transactions such that all services, including payment of utility bills.
About 500 local government units are expected to boost their processing systems with electronic business one-stop shops or e-BOSS within the first quarter of 2021, the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) said on Thursday.
Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) Director-General Jeremiah Belgica
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In a Viber message, ARTA Director-General Jeremiah Belgica said that the compliance of LGUs will be based on the requirements of the Ease of Doing Business Act and other existing policies of ARTA and the departments of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Trade and Industry (DTI), and Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on BOSS.
“We are calling on all LGUs to fully implement their Business One-Stop Shops (BOSS) for this year’s business registration and business license renewals,” Belgica said.
“ARTA shall be conducting a series of on the spot surprise inspections starting [the] first working week of January, especially to NCR Cities and other Highly Urbanized Cities (HUCs),” he added.
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) said that the use of electronic signatures and online payment in government transactions are valid.
ARTA Director General Jeremiah Belgica said this is pursuant to the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) Memorandum Circular No. 2020-06 or the Guidelines for the Issua
ARTA Director-General Jeremiah Belgica (FACEBOOK/MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
In a statement, ARTA Director General Jeremiah Belgica said the creation of a CART in government agencies will help establish a national network of regulatory reforms within the government and will be concentrated in addressing inefficiency and red tape matters within their own backyard.
“The President’s directive to ‘cut red tape’ is a directive to all agencies and instrumentalities of the government which is why all of us must improve fast,” he said.
“More than anything else, the battle against red tape ultimately involves a change in paradigm from a regulatory mindset into a more citizen-centric mindset,” he added.