DICT To Seek Advice from COA Over Questionable Laptops, Tablet Procurement

BORACAY Island, Aklan- The Department of Information, Communications, and Technology (DICT) is seeking the advice of the Commission on Audit (COA) on what to do about questionable laptops and tablets in their department.

Earlier, the COA flagged the DICT for allegedly failing to distribute around P93 million worth of laptops and tablets that the Duterte administration has procured.

In an interview, newly assigned DICT Secretary Ivan John Uy said that they considered it a challenge to resolve the DICT laptop issue. “To my understanding, the laptop was purchased first without intended recipients, and the second is that the funds used to purchase the laptops (and tablets) seem to have come from another source.

We wanted to be careful on how to resolve such an issue, and we would like to seek advice from the COA themselves on what could be the best resolution, “he said.

Uy was here at LA Carmella-Boracay on Friday as keynote speaker on the tenth Visayas ICT Organization VICTOR). According to organizers, around 300 participants, coming from various ICT partners in the Visayas, attended the conference. 

This year’s theme is Visayas Digital Decade of Vision.