Can the downloaded document serve for legal purposes?

Written by lorelie dazo
Thursday, 21 February 2008

You may have to communicate with the LGU itself and get a certified true copy of the document you wish to use.

Last Updated Tuesday, 30 November 1999

How do I post a message about a certain legislation using the Internet?

Written by lorelie dazo
Thursday, 21 February 2008

You can go to public Forum section of the website and register. Registration is free, of course. Once you have registered, you can post a message. Just remember never to be rude when you post messages.

Last Updated Tuesday, 30 November 1999

How do I use this website?

Written by lorelie dazo
Thursday, 21 February 2008

It depends on what you want to do.

If you want to search for local legislations, then select "Local Legislations" from the dropdown box, enter the keyword on the textbox, and click on the Search button.

If you want to search of a local public official, then select "Local Officials" from the dropdown box, enter the keyword on the textbox, and click on the Search button.

If you want to search of a Local Government Unit, then select "Local Government Unit" from the dropdown box, enter the keyword on the textbox, and click on the Search button.

Last Updated Tuesday, 30 November 1999

What can I search for in the database?

Written by lorelie dazo
Thursday, 21 February 2008

You can search of local legislations of the 1,616 local government units in the Philippines. Local government units refer to the Provinces, Cities and Municipalities all throughout the country. The local legislations contained herein are those ratified from 1992, which was the start of the implementation of the Local Government Code of 1991, and up to the present.

You can search for the local public officials. If the data is available, you can also see the list of legislations sponsored or authored by each local public official.

You can also search for a specific local government unit.

Last Updated Tuesday, 30 November 1999

What do you mean by "keyword"

Written by lorelie dazo
Thursday, 21 February 2008

Keyword would represent a word or set of characters that you would like to look for. For example, if you are searching for any "health" related legislations, you can enter in the textbox the word "health" (without the quotation marks, of course). If you enter "health legislations" then the search will limit to documents that contain exactly that phrase. There might documents that are health related but do not contain the exact phrase ("health legislations"). By the way, in the computer language a space is treated as a character. So if you enter "health _ _ legislations" with more than one space between the words, then the search engine will look for documents with exactly that--"health _ _ legislations" with two spaces in between. So it is advisable to be precise in entering the keyword or just simply the word "health". The search engine affords you to further refine the search results.

Last Updated Tuesday, 30 November 1999

What documents are included?

Written by lorelie dazo
Thursday, 21 February 2008

Only ratified Ordinances are supposed to be included in the database. But the local government units that will maintain their own set of database using this website can include Resolutions, if they wish to.

Last Updated Tuesday, 30 November 1999

What security measures are instituted

Written by lorelie dazo
Thursday, 21 February 2008

For web pages that need to be secured, we use the industry standard SSL(Secured Sockets Layer) to protect data transmission between the client computer and the server. This is to minimize the possibility of having eavesdropper capturing clear text transmission of data. There is no fool-proof security measure however to guard us from determined individuals. It is therefore imperative for LGUs to be vigilant in securing the user account and password that they will use to access the database and make modifications.

From our end, we practice security enhancement measures to guard against security breaches. Again, there is no fool-proof measure to protect against the evil schemes emanating the Internet. We can only be vigilant. We therefore need to help us maintain the security of our system.

Depending on the future need, we may implement digital signing for each document available for download.

Last Updated Thursday, 21 February 2008