DOST issues policies on web hosting, email, info standards
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Government offices will be more efficient as policies on operational standards, web hosting and email have been laid out for adoption by agencies.
This was announced recently by the Information and Communications Technology Office (ICT Office) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).
Louis Napoleon C. Casambre, ICT Office executive director, signed the Memorandum Circulars governing Government Web Hosting Service (GWHS),Government-wide Email (GovMail), and Philippine eGovernment Interoperability Framework or PeGIF Part 2, otherwise known as the Information Interoperability Framework (IIF).
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Clark Freeport may adopt DOST Road Train
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Clark Freeport has expressed the possibility of adopting the Hybrid Road Train system of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) to ferry employees from various locators of the Freeport zone, during the recently held media tour and demo ride at the Clark Freeport Parade Grounds.
Eyed as one of the possible solutions to ease Metro Manila’s traffic congestion and public transport woes, the Hybrid Road Train is a 40-meter long system of interlinked and airconditioned coaches. It is estimated to serve 650,000 passengers a day when it is rolled out, or 60 passengers per coach for a total of 240 passengers. The train can run at a top speed of 50kph.
DOST scholarship turns poor farmer’s son into skilled engineer
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“Tonight, I would like to look back to where I came from and look forward to where I am going. I am a son of a farmer and my parents are very hard-working,” so stated the son of a sugarcane farmer in a forum attended by Department of Science and Technology (DOST) officials and staff, mediamen, and students.
All ears were on the young man as he confidently stood on the podium to tell them his story.
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DOST’s digital library STARBOOKS gets international citation
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STARBOOKS, the first digital science library developed by Department of Science and Technology-Science and Technology Information Institute (DOST-STII), will receive the American Library Association (ALA) Presidential Citation for Innovative International Library Projects.
The Science & Technology Academic and Research-Based Openly Operated Kiosk Station or STARBOOKS will receive the award on June 29, 2015 at the International Librarians Reception to be held at San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, California, USA. ALA is the oldest and largest library association in the world, providing association information and advocacy resources for members, librarians, and library users.
According to the official announcement from the ALA, STARBOOKS was recognized for “making science and technology materials available to the general public in remote areas that have few information resources, no libraries and little or no Internet connectivity.”
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