SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — As part of the ongoing efforts to enhance government services and improve the quality and turnaround time of official stakeholder transactions, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has launched the e-Gov and the e-LGU mobile applications at the Subic Bay Exhibition and Convention Center (SBECC), Subic Bay Freeport on Tuesday. Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) chairman and administrator Eduardo Jose Aliño welcomed this game-changing initiative by the DICT, led by its Region 3 (Central Luzon) director Antonio Edward Padre. "The e-Gov super app houses all government institutions in a single site, which will enable stakeholders to avail of government services faster and with less stress, less expenses, and less man hours," Aliño said in the speech read on his behalf by SBMA Management Information Systems Office manager Vergil Joseph Lansangan. "Lining up in queue will be reduced and hours spent for travel time may instead be utilized productively for other activities. Ultimately, this project hopes to eliminate corruption and red tape in government transactions since the platform will keep track of them and leave a clear audit record." Government Digital Transformation Bureau director June Vincent Manuel Gaudan said that the mobile app allows inclusivity and empowerment across the nation. Stakeholders will now have easy access to various government online services and information since all sites are being housed in a single mobile application, which covers all local and national levels of public agencies.Gaudan also said that the launching of the apps in the premier Freeport is significant, adding that the app provides "ease of doing business for foreign companies in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone." "There are many processes and transactions that happens in Subic Bay Freeport that needs to be digitized for a more efficient way of conducting business here since the e-Gov integrates the multisectoral government services in a single platform, covering a wide range of local government services such as business permit licensing, community tax, local civil registry and many others," he said. Meanwhile, DICT Zambales Director Jeffrey Lazaro presented future plans that will affect the digitization of government services in Zambales. The e-LGU system creates a single operating system for all government transactions to ensure ease of doing business, as part of the digital transformation of government towards more efficient, faster service delivery, and transparency across all localities in the country. As mandated by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, the e-LGU is among the vital components of the DICT's e-Gov PH Super App. Anchored on the Administration's whole-of-government agenda, the e-LGU nationwide caravan is a joint project of the Anti-Red Tape Authority, Department of the Interior and Local Government, and the DICT.