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Information regarding cloud services and system hosting

Published by Bureau of Fire Protection(BFP) on June 27, 2025.
Requested from BFP by G. Ramizo at 04:40 AM on June 27, 2025.
Purpose: The purpose of this request is to obtain information that will contribute to an academic study on international cloud infrastructure. This concerns your IT department.
Tracking no: #BFP-325087071085

***** June 27, 2025, 4:40 a.m.

Good day. I am a Filipino academic. I did my PhD at the University of Oxford, UK and I was formerly a lecturer at the Ateneo de Manila University. I am seeking information from your office about how your information systems are hosted. By information systems, I am referring to your institution’s website and internal systems. Your IT department may be in the best position to assist with this FOI request. For each information system that you have (as many as you can conveniently list, and at the very least, your main website) I would like to know the following details: 1. Is the system hosted on-premises, by a commercial hosting provider (e.g., a cloud provider such as Amazon Web Services, Azure or Alibaba Cloud), a combination of the two, or via some other arrangement? 2. If a commercial hosting provider is involved, please supply the name of the provider(s). 3. Since when have the current hosting arrangements been in place? I look forward to your reply. I am part of an international research effort to understand cloud infrastructure and your answers will provide useful insights to society. Kindly provide the above information by July 18, 2025, or in 15 working days as required by Executive Order No. 2, s. 2016. Thank you very much for your time and assistance. P.S. Please note that although I am currently based abroad, I listed my Philippine residential address in the form, as it requires a Philippine municipality, region, and other local details regardless of the selected country.

G.MORALES June 27, 2025, 11:41 a.m.

June 27, 2025 03:41 AM

Dear eFOI user,

Mabuhay!

Thank you for utilizing the eFOI portal (www.foi.gov.ph) and exercising your right to information under Executive Order No. 2, s. 2016 on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

We have received your request on Information regarding cloud services and system hosting, dated today. We will respond and process your request on or before July 18, 2025, in compliance with the Executive Order’s implementing rules and regulations.

Should you have any questions regarding this request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at ticket number #BFP-325087071085.

Further, please be advised that this is a public site, and any information shared in this conversation thread will be visible to the public. Therefore, we kindly request that you refrain from disclosing any sensitive personal information or data in this thread.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Gretchen Faye Morales

FOI Officer

Bureau of Fire Protection

A.ATIENZA June 27, 2025, 11:49 a.m.

Dear eFOI user,

Thank you for your request dated today, made under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

You have requested the number of FOI Users from 2016 to the present.

I am pleased to inform you that your FOI request has been approved. We sincerely appreciate your interest in this matter as part of your international research initiative.

Please see below the information responsive to your queries:

  1. Hosting Arrangement:
    The BFP’s information systems, including our official website, are currently hosted through a combination of on-premises infrastructure and services provided by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT). Certain internal systems are managed and maintained within BFP facilities, while others are hosted on cloud infrastructure under DICT’s government cloud service.
  2. Hosting Provider(s):
    The BFP utilizes the DICT Government Cloud and related ICT platforms as the primary external hosting provider.
    No commercial cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud are directly engaged by the BFP at this time.
  3. Start Date of Current Hosting Arrangements:
    The current hosting setup with DICT has been in place since approximately 2021, and continues to evolve in line with DICT’s guidelines and the BFP’s ICT modernization efforts.

Please note that, in accordance with our security protocols, specific details about internal configurations and system structures cannot be disclosed.

Your right to request a review

If you are dissatisfied with our response to your FOI request, you have the option to request an internal review. To initiate this process, kindly submit your written appeal for review addressed to FSSUPT ANNALEE G CARBAJAL-ATIENZA, Chief Public Information Service, BFP National Headquarters, [email protected]. Please provide a detailed explanation of your dissatisfaction with our response within 15 calendar days from the date of receiving this response. We will conduct the review and communicate the outcome within 30 calendar days from the receipt of your review request.

Should you remain unsatisfied with the review outcome, you retain the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Gretchen Faye Morales

FOI Officer

Bureau of Fire Protection

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