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Development of An Information-Based Dashboard: Barangay Resident Information System and Services (BRISS) For Decision Support Towards E-Governance
Development of An Information-Based Dashboard: Barangay Resident Information System and Services (BRISS) For Decision Support Towards E-Governance
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often. As mandated under Sec 304 of the Republic Act No. 7160, relating to
as frontline service providers, the “barangay should serve as the their living
primary planning and implement unit of government policies, conditions
plans, programs, projects, and activities in the community, and a but not
forum wherein the collective views of the people may be poverty
expressed, crystallized and considered, and where disputes may be
incidence.
amicably settled”. The creation of barangay unit was built in the
intention to enhance the delivery of basic services in the Food
Food and
community and act upon, in accordance with the needs of the situation
National Nutrition
public subject to the budgetary limitations of the office. Sec. 388 Every 5 and
Nutritional Research
describes the person in authority in the barangay, for purposes of years nutritional
Survey (NNS) Institute
the revised penal code, the punong barangay, Sangguniang status of the
(FNRI)
Barangay members, and the members of the lupong tagapamayapa population.
in each barangay shall be deemed as persons in authority in their Size,
jurisdiction. Sec. 389 chief executive powers, duties and composition
functions. The punong barangay as chief executive of the , and
barangay government shall exercise such powers and perform Census of
Every 10 distribution
such duties and functions, as provided by the law. For efficient, Population NSO
years of the
effective and economical governance the punong barangay as part (CPH)
of his or her duties and function is to prepare the annual executive population
and supplemental budgets of the barangay, exercise general in the
supervision over the activities of the sangguniang kabataan, Philippines.
ensure the delivery of basic service, approve vouchers relating to The
the disbursement of Barangay funds, promote the general welfare Number of
of the Barangay and maintain public order in the Barangay and Functional functionalit
assist the city or municipal mayor and the sangguniang members Literacy, y literate
in the performance of their duties and functions. Education and population
NSO Irregular
Mentioned above the power vested upon the officials of the Mass Media and the
barangay by the Republic act of the Philippines they are for the Survey socioecono
welfare of more than 5,000 residents in their area of (FLEMMS) mic
responsibility. In the same way that the budget of other levels in characteristi
the local government basis is from the barangay planning and cs.
decision-making. The barangay cycle starts with the preparation Demograph
of the barangay development plan, which intends to allocate the
National ic,
budget and its resources to achieve their respective targets. It
Demographic maternal,
should contain priority areas of services, targets and their Every 5
respective accomplishments as described [13]. There are a lot of and Health NSO and child
years
factors that affect the quality of their service not just the budget Survey health
allocation but also, the data are not available to support their (NDHS) issues in the
request. Sometimes their decision-making has no basis at all or Philippines
data is outdated and irrelevant on the current situation of the Levels and
community. trends of
employmen
Every
Labor Force t,
Table 1. Available Sources of Data in the Philippines in NSO quarter of
relation to Barangay Survey (LFS) unemploym
the year
ent, and
Available Frequency underemplo
Implementing Data
Sources of of yment
Agency Obtained
Data Collection
Family Table 1 shows the study [14], which the book tracks on how
Family income and authority able to perform the principal responsibility for the
Income and National living delivery of the basic social services and operation in relation to
Every 3 the barangay and its constituents. The LGUs and the Manila
Expenditures Statistics expenditure
years Barangay Bureau were also given authority to collect information
Survey Office (NSO) s and
(FIES) related in relation to the barangay level and the government has the
scheme to determine the share of LGUs from the revenues
information
collected by the national government thru taxes. LGUs was
Annual NSO Every year Socioecono mandated to fight against poverty within their areas of
Poverty when the mic profiles jurisdiction, implementation of their responsibility has seen as
Indicator FIES is not of families their major weakness as they lack reliable and credible baseline
Survey conducted and other data. LGUs still rely on centrally produced data from the National
(APIS) information Statistics Office figuring out their programs, activities, allocation
of budget and its resources. These data, however, are not accurate 3.1 System Paradigm
because people who are assigned in the data gathering are not
familiar with the people and its community. It is difficult to have
one basis for the formulation of appropriate policies and
programs.
2.4 E. Davao City eyes Barangay Profiling
System
A powerful bomb explosion in Davao City that killed 15 people
and wounded 69 others made a realization that profiling system
can help in this kind of situation having at the back of their minds
and thought about if they oblige their respective barangays to
submit information about their respective constituents it could be
easier to investigate this type of incident [15].
It is timely that this paper invests its time and effort in the bottom-
up approach, making all voices count, while everybody else Figure 3. System Paradigm.
focusing on doing research areas at the top this information
system is carefully designed in consideration with the target users .
and utilizing data to generate informative dashboard that can be The System Paradigm as depicted in Figure 3 shows the process
used for management and planning in barangay for better decision involved in the system developed. The main users are the
making that hopefully leads to the contribution to the success of government official in their respective barangay who are part of
making government transparent, accountable with good the budget allocation, approval and decision-making. The
governance. Keeping in mind that the concept and the design of barangay information profiling system with profiling module that
the system would not be possible without the help of the people in captures the basic information, expenses and bills payment of a
the barangay and other external factors in their environment. This particular household in the community governed by the barangay.
time, the system will be tested by IT. This data from each household will be stored in the database
depending on the option of the official whether to store it in the
3. RESEACH METHODOLOGY cloud or on a local database, the security was the main concerned
The Survey method was used in this study and relied heavily on and the architecture carefully design the system to allow access to
the data gathered from the community and review of related authorized personnel only by providing a mechanism to login in
literature and studies. The development of the system, on the other with the use of username and password. The authorized users is
hand, followed the rudiments of Agile Project Methodology. capable of adding, editing, and deleting data or profile of a
Several studies have concluded the benefits of this methodology resident stored in the database. The system automatically
in working closely with our target users [16], stated that clients aggregates the data in the following areas: Labor and
feel more comfortable to share their ideas knowing they can Employment, Family Income and Expenditures, Demography by
participate in crafting the vision of the concept was described (Population) and (Age), Water and Sanitation, Type of Housing
[17], as a method that supports quick changes to the scope and and Education. The aggregated data can create visual dashboard
direction of the project based on the requirements which are and reports related in the following areas that provide an overview
applicable to the direction of this paper. On the other hand, the about the community and can be the basis for budget requests,
assessment of the system uses descriptive method as the research allocation and decision making for the good of the community
design. It attempts to describe, explain and interpret the data wellbeing.
gathered from the questionnaire and analyzed the preliminary data
using a Likert-type scale. 3.2 System Features
Agile web development is an agile approach that allows The features of the system include 1.) Profiling Module; (2) Geo-
developers to be involved with the content and navigation from information and; (3) Barangay Dashboard. The main modules
the beginning and allows beta launches for collecting feedback as have sub-modules which will be discussed accordingly in the
early as possible from everyone involved with a project from the following text below.
bottom, which pertains to the target users up to the top decision- 3.2.1 Profiling Module
makers and IT specialist were encourage to meet in-person during The profiling module of the barangay covers the basic
the early stages of development that makes everyone on the same information, expenses, and their bills. The data collected in the
vision from the very start that saves time reducing conversation areas mentioned will be encoded in the system for monitoring of
and communication cycle to the overall development. Retrieved the community.
from the comprehensive overview of [18] differentiating the
difference of traditional process of web development and agile
web development can be visualized in figure 2.
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Figure 4. Household Profiling Module.
Before a dashboard can produce its consolidated information, it The dashboard as shown in Figure 6 enable government official a
started with the collection of household profile as seen in Figure quick overview of the aggregated count of resident data. The
4. The basic information such as the photo of the household, dashboard can be utilized for proper allocation of government
family name, cell phone number, telephone number, address, funds and an effective way to entice other agency to support the
purok, affiliation, religion, house ownership, type of house, access community. It is capable to be access and analyze-up to date
to comfort room and safe water questionnaire. After filling up the information by the users can give them smarter and data driven
basic information it will lead to another form, it is about their decisions for their constituents. The system created in 2015 in
household expenses such as approximated daily consumption, Zone 42, the feature of the system primarily deployed in different
daily transportation, house rent, and house operation, educational, barangays. As observed, typical issues and problems arise in the
medical and recreational expenses. In addition, the system also barangay, thus, make it with the realization that every barangays
asked about your approximated regular bills payment such as plan and need to allocate budget for the community with great
electric, water, cable, telephone, internet bills and others. concern for the peoples labor and employment, family income and
expenditures, education, demography by age and population,
3.2.2 Geo-Information Module water and sanitation and should equip them with knowledge for
The Geographic information module of the system was used to disaster preparedness. With this, the dashboard and the feature of
analyze spatial which identifies the geographic location of the profiling system integrated their needs as we improve and
members of the community, their geographic location and mapped make the project sustainable for making it a good dashboard that
the community governed by each barangay. measure the profile of every household in the community for
visualization across the organization to get valuable insight and
drive quick and data-driven decisions. Barangay dashboard gets a
consolidated view of all the profile within the community
governed.
3.3 Research Instrument
Questionnaires were prepared to determine the response of the
respondents towards the system. To address the measurement of
the perception of the respondents about the Barangay Information
Profiling System (BIPS), the 5-point scale was used, five being
the highest and one being the lowest rank. Table 2 shows the
Likert scale to quantify the response to the question given to
credible industry practitioner who accesses the system. Table 2
also shows the criteria on how to interpret the collected data in the
survey that was used to evaluate the functionality and efficiency
Figure 5. Geo-Information Module. of the system before beta launch.
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Table 2. Rating Scale Criteria
As depicted in figure 5, geo-information allows the government
official to view the actual household and environment of their Rating Verbal Interpretation
respective area. In compliance with the National Privacy Strongly Highly
Commission to protect personal data involved and encoded in the 4.51-5.00 Very Important
Agree Acceptable
system proper consent to the participants of this study was
properly solicited for the collection, recording, organization, 3.51-4.50 Agree Important Acceptable
storage, updating or modification and retrieval of this kind of data Partly Moderately Moderately
2.51-3.50
in the system. The system ensures that the product complies with Agree Important Acceptable
the international standards set for data protection through the Slightly Fairly
1.51-2.50 Disagree
National Privacy Commission (NPC). Important Acceptable
Strongly Not Important Not
3.2.3 Barangay Dashboard 1.00-1.50
Disagree at all Acceptable
The Dashboard in barangay level used to present the most
valuable and useful set of information about the communities’
status in Labor and Employment, Family Income and 4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
Expenditures, Demography by (Population) and (Age), Water and This section presents the result of the assessment by IT expert to
Sanitation, Type of Housing and Education. initially check the system as part of the testing deploying it to the
target users at Zone 42 for the beta launch. IT expert checking
was done after the quality assurance team checked the system.
The approval of (5) IT expert in the industry was solicited to
validate the system functionality and efficiency in the following
areas: