The
websites of the Province of Eastern Samar, the
City of Ormoc and the Municipality of Tanauan
in the Province of Leyte, have been adjudged as
this year's Best Provincial Website, Best City
Website and Best Municipal Website, respectively,
in Region 8.
The National Computer Center (NCC) and the Regional
Information Technology and Communications Committee,
through NCC's Ms. Claire Fernandez, informed the
Philippine Information Agency that the awarding
will be done on October 18 at the SMED Center
at the Capitol Grounds, Tacloban City.
Ms. Fernandez said that the Search for the Best
Regional Websites for Local Government Units 2007
is in the pursuit of the NCC and RITECC's goal
that the Region's websites should be citizen-centric.
Ms. Fernandez added that the Contest is also in
line with the upcoming 10th Philippine Web Awards
where the winners are also finalists.
The contest seeks to encourage local government
units with a static web presence to upgrade to
a higher website stage. It aims to facilitate
the transformation of an LGU's existing website
to a citizen-centric web presence and to enhance
the interaction between the local government and
its citizens by institutionalizing a citizen-centric
website.
The judges composed of Ms. Claire Fernandez of
the National Computer Center, Mr. Eliseo Padagdag
of TESDA, Mr. John Glenn Ocana of DOST, Ms. Lillian
Madjus of DILG, Ms. Mialyn Boco and Ms. Badette
Corsiga of DTI and Ms. Raquel Baguna of NEDA,
did the online judging from September 14 - 18,
2007 and had a meeting after the consolidation
of their scores.
The criteria for judging include Content Design
and Organization in conformity with LGU Citizen
Centric Map which has weight of 55%; Creativity
including light graphics and fast page loading,
25 %; Overall Functionality which includes add-ons
like guestbook, downloadable forms, site search,
announcements, newsflashes, current events and
other functionalities, 20%.
Additional points of 10% are given to the nominees
for their representation of the Region in the
Philippine Web Awards.
The finalists for the provincial level are the
provinces of Eastern Samar, Northern Samar and
Biliran while the finalists for the city level
are the cities of Ormoc, Calbayog and Maasin.
For the municipal level, the finalists are Tanauan,
Leyte; Dulag, Leyte; Jaro, Leyte; Burauen, Leyte;
Malitbog, Southern Leyte and Palo, Leyte. (PIA
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