Erno, E. E. (2019). Evidence inventory system and records tracking for the laboratory service - PDEA (Unpublished master's thesis). Public Management Development Program, Development Academy of the Philippines.

Public Management Development Program Middle Managers' Class Batch 17 Capstone Paper Thesis (MMC)--Development Academy of the Philippines

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) under RA 9165 was mandated to take custody of all pieces of drug evidence needed to be presented as evidence in court for proper disposition. This mandate is carried out by the Laboratory Service under the operations cluster of the agency. Addressing the need to have an efficient and effective inventory system to track every evidence pathway, the PDEA Evidence Inventory and Information System (PEIIS) was conceived and conceptualized. A team from the PDEA Examination Division, Documentation and Evidence Division and the Filmetrics Corporation was created to monitor and analyze the needs of the system as well as its end users. Before putting up the system, a data clean-up of the existing database from DED was first performed. Consequently, for this task at hand, a team was also created to focus on the clean-up of the existing database. Communication played an important role in the conveying of the functions and expected outputs of the said system. The data clean-up dictated the pace of the system as it was successfully carried out earlier than the allotted time for the task. Simultaneously, the development of the inventory system unveiled a deviation from the original plan. The system was supposed to be catering the data from the pieces of evidence acquired by the Laboratory Service from past years first and will continue to acquire the data for present and future pieces of evidence. As it unfolded, the system was developed to first cater the data for present and future pieces of evidence working its way to the existing data from the old pieces of evidence. The deviation made the inventory system a promising jumpstart to the bigger project at hand due to the fact that the system could record old, current and future pieces of evidence all at the same time. As deemed by the Scholar and PDEA, the developed evidence inventory system can be considered a novel system in the government setting. The system will definitely revolutionize how the government will treat pieces of evidence (physical or digital) not only for mere presentation in court but also to signify the commitment of civil servants to transparency and pursuit of justice to the Filipino people. It is also worth noting that the system can also be adapted to a different government agency, depending upon the needs and situation wherein the system will be deemed fit.