ARTA outlines key priorities for 2023
THE Anti-red Tape Authority (ARTA) on Monday unveiled its key priorities for 2023, including targeting to cover around 3,000 government agencies, state universities and colleges (SUCS), and government-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCCS), in its report card survey.
Ernesto V. Perez, ARTA director general, said the anti-red tape watchdog is eyeing to cover around 3,000 agencies in its Report Card Survey in 2023. The said survey subjects all offices and agencies providing government services.
For the meantime, however, Perez said the ARTA has rolled out the pilot version of the survey last November, which, he said included 40 compliant agencies.
“Lahat naman ng sectors covered natin kaya lang in view of limited time pilot testing, we only targeted 50 pero represented naman noon national government agencies, local government units [LGUS], GOCCS, and SUCS,” Perez told reports at the sidelines of a media briefing on Monday.
Perez said out of the 50 agencies targeted to be included in the pilot rollout, 10 did not qualify in the survey because they were not able to comply with the requirements outlined by ARTA.
The anti-red tape watchdog launched the Report Card Survey 2.0 in hopes of keeping tabs on government agencies and mitigating regulatory roadblocks in terms of the delivery of government services. This survey, the authority noted, also aims to keep in check if agencies are complying with the Ease of Doing Business (EODB) law.
As to the manner of obtaining the results of the survey, the ARTA chief said the anti-red tape watchdog aims to roll out the survey by conducting interviews either physically or through online filing and processing of applicants.
ARTA is set to give recognition to the government agencies that obtained a grade higher than 85. Perez said getting a rating of 85 and above in the said survey is equivalent to being compliant with their requirements. On the other hand, Perez said a marking below 85 “needs improvement.”
Perez gave a hint that among national government agencies, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) qualified. Meanwhile under the GOCC classification, Perez said the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth) also qualified. Under the SUCS, the University of the Philippines (UP) also qualified, making it among the 40 agencies that qualified for the pilot survey, which was conducted during the last week of October until November.
Perez said intensifying its efforts through this poll is only among the authority’s key priorities for 2023. Other programs, which will be strengthened next year are the National Policy on Regulatory Management System and the Philippine Business Regulations Information System (PBRIS).
Citing Section 2, Rule 12 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of RA 11032, ARTA said last September that the report card survey will serve as a “holistic tool that will measure effectiveness of the Citizen’s Charter in reducing regulatory burdens and the impact of the human resource systems and programs in delivering efficient government service.”