THE Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) should review its “scope of authority,” as some of its functions overlap or are incompatible with those of other departments, state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) said.

In a recent PIDS study titled “ICT Regulation and Regulatory Authority,” Lai-Lynn Barcenas said the law establishing DICT has “insufficient guidance on the scope of the agency’s authority.”

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