THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC) 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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Third Regular Session 
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Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The 1987 Constitution, Article 3, Section 7 states that: 
“Section 7. The right of the people to information on matters of public concern 
shall be recognized. Access to official records, and to documents and papers pertaining to 
official acts, transactions, or decisions, as well as to government research data used as 
basis for policy development, shall be afforded the citizen, subject to such limitations as 
may be provided by law.” 
The government should be accessible to the public. To ensure that the public gets 
the right infomation in getting in touch with any government agency, disclosure of their 
contact details should be included first and foremost in their official stationeries. 


THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC) 
OF THE PHILIPPNES 
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Third Regular Session 
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SENATEt7 
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Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
AN ACT 
TO REQUIRE GOVERNMENT OFFICES, BUREAUS, AGENCIES, 
INSTRUMENTALITIES AND AFFILIATES, INCLUDING GOVERNMENT-OWNED 
INFORMATION 
AND CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS TO DISCLOSE CONTACT 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House ($Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shz.11 be known as the “Government Contact 
Act of 2007.” 
SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is hereby declared the policy of the 
State to be accessible to the public in order to better administer its duties and 
responsibilities. 
SECTION 3. Definition of Terms. - The term “government offices, bureaus, 
agencies, instrumentalities, affiliates, including government-owned and controlled 
corporations” refer to an administrative unit of the government, including all the agencies 
of the government. 


SECTION 4. Ret, uirement for Government Offices. Bureaus, Agencies, 
Instrumentalities, Affiliates, Including Government-Owned and Controlled Corporations 
to Include Addresses, Phone Numbers and Mobile Phone Numbers, on their Stationeries. 
- Each government offices, bureaus, agencies, instrumentaliiies, affiliates, including 
government-owned and COI itrolled corporations shall include its addresses, website 
addresses, phone numbers and mobile phone numbers, on their official stationeries. In the 
case of correspondence originating from a regional or Iocal office of a government 
agency, the agency shall include the address and phone number of the regional or local 
office on the stationery. 
SECTION 5. Exception. This shall not apply in any case in which compliance 
with Section 4 would not be in the national security interests of the Republic of the 
Philippines, as determined by the head of the agency. 
SECTION 6. Separability Clause. -If any provision or part hereof, is held invalid 
or unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision not otherwise affected shall 
remain valid and subsisting. 
SECTION 7. Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential decree or issuance, 
executive order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulalion contrary to, 
or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act is hereby repealed, modified or amended 
accordingly. 


SECTION 8. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days 
after its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
spsci5-28-07