MANILA - The Department of Information and Communications Technology will release a set of guidelines for government employees' behavior on social media, a presidential aide said Tuesday.

The delegation of the task to the department was the result of the Presidential Communications Operations Office's review of the draft omnibus Social Media Policy earlier this year, said Assistant Secretary Kris Ablan.

Ablan said the DICT is already crafting a social media use policy for all government workers.

"We thought that the DICT has really the jurisdiction over all agencies regarding information technology...We’re also partnering up with the technical working group there. They will come up with a social media policy for use of government workers," he told ANC's Headstart.

Also as part of the office's social media plan which they hope to release before President Rodrigo Duterte gives his second State of the Nation Address later this month, Ablan said the PCOO will also create a social media office for their agency and will keep the policy on social media blogger accreditation.

Former entertainer Margaux 'Mocha' Uson is currently the PCOO assistant secretary for social media. Duterte said her appointment to the post was a sign of gratitude for believing in him during the campaign period.

Ablan denied that the office was created simply to make room for Uson in government.

"The office was really part of the policy as early as March or February this year because we really need to recognize social media as an information tool, a tool of sharing information," he said.

"It just so happened that she was appointed by the President and it matches—she’s really a social media expert and we have a social media office, so it’s a win-win situation for us," he added.