Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No. ______________ 
Introduced by Rep. MARIO VITTORIO “MARVEY” A. MARIÑO 
5th District, Batangas 
AN 
ACT 
STREAMLINING 
THE 
PROCESSING 
OF 
APPLICATIONS, 
CLEARANCES 
AND 
PERMITS 
IN 
GOVERNMENT 
AGENCIES, 
CREATING 
A 
NATIONAL 
INFORMATION COORDINATING OFFICE TO FACILITATE THE 
PROCESS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The public demands fast and efficient service not only from the private sector, but 
most importantly from government. In fact, people have higher expectations from 
government with regard to providing services. It is for this reason that Republic Act 
No. 11032 or the Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery 
Act of 2018 was enacted into law. Clearly, streamlining government processes is a 
priority of this administration. 
With the developments in the field of information technology, government 
processes can now easily be improved with appropriate legislation, strict 
implementation, and proper technology on information sharing between and among 
government agencies. 
This measure seeks to provide a system that would further streamline the 
processing of applications, clearances, and permits in government agencies through 
information sharing between and among government departments, agencies, 
instrumentalities, including government-owned and controlled corporations by 
creating a central office, the National Information Management and Coordinating 
Office (NIMCO), that would manage the flow and sharing of information as well as 
provide the needed documentation in inter-government transactions. The transfer of 
information shall be done through electronic means. 
Creating an office solely devoted to managing the flow of information sharing 
would certainly cut red tape since the applicant in the processing of applications, 
clearances and permits from a national government agency will no longer have to go 
through each and every agency involved in the documentation, validation, or 
authentication of the required documents. The national agency itself shall have the 
responsibility to act as the requesting party in behalf of said client or applicant. Thus, 
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the NIMCO shall coordinate with the national government agency concerned as to the 
requirements involved and the said office shall forward the required documents, 
certification or verification to the requesting national agency. Clearly, the process of 
applications, clearances and permits will become more efficient and convenient to the 
public. 
In view of the foregoing, the early passage of this bill is earnestly requested. 
MARIO VITTORIO “MARVEY” A. MARIÑO 


Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No. ________ 
Introduced by Rep. MARIO VITTORIO “MARVEY” A. MARIÑO 
5th District, Batangas 
AN 
ACT 
STREAMLINING 
THE 
PROCESSING 
OF 
APPLICATIONS, 
CLEARANCES 
AND 
PERMITS 
IN 
GOVERNMENT 
AGENCIES, 
CREATING 
A 
NATIONAL 
INFORMATION COORDINATING OFFICE TO FACILITATE THE 
PROCESS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Short Title – This Act shall be known as the “Streamlining of 
Information Sharing Act of 2017”. 
SECTION 2. A National Information Management and Coordinating Office 
(NIMCO) is hereby created under the Department of Information and 
Communications Technology (DICT) to coordinate with government departments, 
agencies, instrumentalities, including government-owned and controlled corporations, 
to manage the flow and sharing of information as well as provide the needed 
documentation in inter-government transactions.  
SECTION 3. All national government departments, agencies, instrumentalities, 
including government-owned and controlled corporations shall be required to share 
and provide data and/or documentation through the National Information 
Management and Coordinating Authority (NIMCA) when needed. 
SECTION 4. It shall be the responsibility of a national government agency, 
when processing applications, clearances and permits requested by its clients that 
require validation / authentication / documentation / documentary requirements from 
other national government agencies, to act as the requesting party in behalf of said 
clients with the NIMCO. The NIMCO shall coordinate with the national government 
agencies concerned regarding the aforementioned requirements, which shall provide 
the same to NIMCO which in turn will forward these to the requesting national 
agency. 
SECTION 5. The transfer of information shall be done through electronic means. 
It shall be the responsibility of NIMCO to incorporate security features and 
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authentication procedures when managing the data in its possession before passing on 
the data or documentation needed to the requesting party. The NIMCO shall also 
establish its own protocols and standards aimed at serving each request using the 
minimum time possible. All national agencies shall also establish protocols and 
standards in transacting with the NIMCO aimed for the same purpose. 
   
SECTION 6. The requesting party shall collect the appropriate fee from the 
client for the processing of his request, in addition, the client shall also be charged the 
processing fees based on the schedule of fees on documents or other services rendered 
or needed by the client as provided by the different national government agencies. In 
addition, the requesting party shall collect an administrative fee in behalf of the 
NIMCO. Collections from fees due to other national government agencies and the 
administrative fee for NIMCO shall be placed in a trust account for remittance to the 
National Treasury, which will then remit the same to the NIMCO and the national 
agency to which the collection is due. 
 
SECTION 7. The funding needed for the establishment and operation of the 
National Information Management and Coordinating Office (NIMCO) shall be 
immediately included in the General Appropriations Act under the budget of the 
Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) upon the 
passage of this Act.   
 
SECTION 8. The DICT shall formulate and issue appropriate implementing 
rules and regulations necessary within 90 days after the passage of this Act for the 
efficient and effective implementation of all provisions of this Act. 
 
SECTION 9. Repealing Clause. – All laws, decrees, executive orders, 
memorandum circulars inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby 
amended, repealed or modified accordingly. 
 
SECTION 10. Effectivity. – This act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
 
 
Approved,