Section 15Sec./Art. 15

Philippine Statistics Authority. The PSA shall be the primarily implementing agency to carry out the provisions of this Act. Overall planning, management and administration of the PhilSys shall be the responsibility of the PSA. It shall issue rules in the implementation and enhancement of the PhilSys, including, but not limited to, registration, authentication and data governance.

It shall ensure the integrity and security of the same, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, including all other applicable laws and policies. Th PSA shall issue guidelines and undertake measures to ensure secure, reliable and efficient authentication of PhilSys record upon the request of the authorized government and private entities. Pursuant thereto, the State shall provide for the installation of state-of-the-art biometric machines in all relevant agencies for authentication of data and identity holders,

The PSA shall collaborate with LGUs, other government agencies, and GOCCs in order to ensure the registration and enrolment of all citizens and resident aliens into the PhilSys including the indigenous cultural communities/indegenous people (ICCs/IPs) and those located in remote localities.

The PhilSys shall be managed, maintained, and administered by the PSA with the technical assistance of the Department of Information abd Communications Technology (DICT). Nothing in this Act prevents the PSA from adopting new but more effective technology, including for registration, authentication and data security, taking into consideration the declared principles and objectives of this Act.

For the abovementioned purposes, there shall be established within the PSA and directly under the Office of the National Statistician, a separate office to be headed by the Deputy National Statistician, which shall perform the functions provided for under this Act.