Philippine House Committee on Information and Communications Technology

The Philippine House Committee on Information and Communications Technology is a standing committee of the House of Representatives of the Philippines. It is a legislative body rather than a commercial brand, and its role is to examine, develop, and oversee legislation and other congressional matters concerning information and communications technology. The committee's jurisdiction covers a broad range of electronic methods and systems used to capture, process, store, and transmit information. Its remit includes information-technology hardware and software, information systems, digital content applications, and networks that provide access to online technologies. The committee also addresses mobile short messaging service applications when they affect upstream or downstream business applications. Its scope extends across much of the communications and digital infrastructure sector. Areas identified within its jurisdiction include postal and telegraph services; radio and broadcasting; cable television; telephony; telecommunications; computers; and technologies that combine or converge these functions. The committee may also consider issues involving broadband access through wired and wireless connections, internet connectivity, voice over internet protocol, videoconferencing, and audio, video, and data streaming. Because these subjects cut across infrastructure, public services, business regulation, and digital policy, the committee can play a role in reviewing proposed laws, conducting congressional inquiries, and coordinating legislative consideration of technology-related matters. Its work is institutionally connected to the broader responsibilities of the House of Representatives and is distinct from the executive-branch Department of Information and Communications Technology. The committee's composition changes with congressional terms. The reference material identifies historical membership rosters, including the 18th Congress. It also states that, as of June 30, 2025, all committee membership positions were vacant pending the convening of the House's first regular session of the 20th Congress on July 28, 2025. Individual chairpersons, vice-chairpersons, and members are therefore not listed here without a source establishing their applicable term and status.

The Philippine House Committee on Information and Communications Technology is one of the standing committees of the House of Representatives of the Philippines. Its institutional history is tied to the organization of the Philippine House and to the changing importance of communications and digital technologies in public administration, commerce, media, and everyday life. The available reference material does not specify the committee's founding year, its initial chairperson, or the legislative act that created its current form, so those details are not stated here. The committee's mandate is defined through the rules of the House. Rather than concentrating on a single technology, it covers the full chain by which information is created, processed, stored, transmitted, and accessed. This includes electronic means and information-technology systems, as well as the hardware, software, and content applications that support them. The remit also recognizes the policy significance of mobile short messaging services, particularly where SMS applications affect business functions upstream or downstream. The committee's jurisdiction reflects the convergence of formerly separate communications sectors. It includes postal and telegraph services, radio, broadcast media, cable television, telephone systems, computers, and telecommunications. It also encompasses broadband and internet access over wired and wireless networks, together with internet-based services such as voice over internet protocol, videoconferencing, and the streaming of audio, video, and data. This breadth allows the committee to consider legislation and oversight questions that cross traditional sector boundaries. As a House standing committee, its work is part of the legislative process rather than the direct administration of government ICT programs. Its responsibilities may include examining bills and resolutions, considering policy proposals, conducting hearings or inquiries within the authority of the House, and reporting matters to the chamber. The committee's subject area overlaps with the work of the executive-branch Department of Information and Communications Technology, but the two bodies have different institutional roles: the committee operates within the legislature, while the department is an executive government agency. Membership is reorganized across congressional terms. Historical rosters are identified for earlier Congresses, including the 18th Congress. The available material records a transitional situation for the 20th Congress: on June 30, 2025, all committee membership positions were vacant until the House convened its first regular session on July 28, 2025. Since no authoritative roster or officeholder information is supplied for the subsequent period, current and former executives are not listed in this dossier.

• 2025

  20th Congress membership transition

  [1]Philippine House Committee on Information and Communications Technologyen.wikipedia.org

  The available reference states that all committee membership positions were vacant as of June 30, 2025, pending the opening of the House's first regular session of the 20th Congress on July 28, 2025.

A specialized legislative committee focused on the Philippines' information, communications, telecommunications, broadcasting, and digital-technology policy domains.

• 2025

  Committee membership positions reported vacant pending the 20th Congress regular session[1]Philippine House Committee on Information and Communications Technologyen.wikipedia.org

  Leadership change · Other

  Reference material states that, as of June 30, 2025, all membership positions on the committee were vacant until the House of Representatives convened its first regular session of the 20th Congress on July 28, 2025.

1. 1Philippine House Committee on Information and Communications Technologyen.wikipedia.org
2. 2House of Representatives of the Philippinescongress.gov.ph