Asia Pacific Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, Vol. 4, No. 2, May 2016 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7 P-ISSN 2350-7756 | E-ISSN 2350-8442 | www.apjmr.com Barangay Decision Support and Mapping System Tracy N. Tacuban (MSCS) Iloilo Science and Technology University, Burgos St. Lapaz Iloilo City, Philippines tracy_sem22@yahoo.com Date Received: March 10, 2016; Date Revised: April 4, 2016 Asia Pacific Journal of Multidisciplinary Research Vol. 4 No.2, 7-15 May 2016 P-ISSN 2350-7756 E-ISSN 2350-8442 www.apjmr.com Abstract - The Barangay Decision Support and Mapping System aims to address the needs of the barangay for efficient information and decision processing. It allows the record of all the barangay residents and enables the user to create and edit the barangay map using the generally-accepted symbols or icons. It automates the barangay clearances, and permits. It allows the storage and retrieval of barangay-approved ordinances, meetings and resolutions. It records environmental problems and the solutions provided. The system also records cases of domestic violence, disputes and the actions taken by the concerned officials. Moreover, the system provides the necessary reports that can be used by the barangay officials for their barangay planning activities. The system’s functionality was tested by the Barangay Officials of San Miguel, Guimaras as respondents of the study. The respondents strongly agree that the system’s functionality conforms to their needs and requirements. With regards to the ease of use of the system as perceived by the respondents, the respondents agreed that the study is easy to use and the interface of the system is well designed. The reliability and validity of the system was tested by five (5) ICT professionals using ISO 9126 standard. Based on their responses, the system’s evaluation shows that the system conforms to international standards and is therefore valid and reliable to use. Keywords –Barangay Information System, Decision Support, Mapping INTRODUCTION The barangay is in charge of keeping track of records of people, businesses and activities within its jurisdiction. These records are very important to Local Government Units (LGUs) and the National Statistics Office (NSO). The information generated by the system such as barangay map, demography, residents by household, population structure, children’s nourishment, literacy distribution, domestic violence, employment distribution, and barangay hazards are information needed by local LGU’s and NSO for various barangay planning activities and implementation of barangay projects. Most barangays have their own personal computers which is commonly located in their respective Barangay Halls. Therefore, information storage and retrieval could have been enhanced. However, most transactions are still done manually. The lack of user training and the availability of computer software hamper the opportunity of the barangay to maximize the power of computing in terms of storage and retrieval of the needed information. Consequently, the barangay secretary manually does the generation of the needed documents ranging from barangay clearances, permits and the record of disputes inside the barangay. Vital information such as the list of residents in the barangay, the list of businesses and others are not readily available. The study was anchored on the current but varying solutions identified from various sources. According to Celeste [1] the government had done several measures to address the issues in storing and retrieving information from local government since the Local Government Code has been implemented. However, due to the limited budget given by the government to statistics agencies the retrieval of data from local sector includes only the population data. On her study conducted at Iligan City, in Lanaodel Norte Philippines she evaluated the capacity of National Statistics Office (NSO) field office in developing and maintaining a database for barangay level and test the developed information system to determine what information should be generated by the system which are significant to local level planners.