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This study focused on the information dissemination process among the district offices of Department of Public Works and Highways Tarlac. The purpose of this study is to determine whether the proper procedure of information dissemination in accordance with the mandate of the Public Affairs and Information Office of the DPWH. Using a descriptive method, this study gathered data from forty participants from the district offices in Tarlac Province with the use of documentary analysis, questionnaire, and interview. The respondents in this study are the District Information Offices of each district offices as well as the employees and stakeholders. The process of information dissemination in the respective district offices were measured in terms of:1) compliance with the guidelines of information dissemination; 2) implementation of proper procedure in information dissemination; 3) support of the management in the information dissemination process; 4) effectiveness of the information dissemination procedure. This study determined the problems encountered in the proper procedure in the information dissemination in their respective district offices. The findings presented the possible areas of improvement in the proper implementation of procedure of information dissemination process among the district offices of DPWH Tarlac Province. The top most problem encountered by the researcher is the lack of mobilization to support the proper procedure in the information dissemination. The top recommendation by the researcher to the district information offices is to increase the support from the top management in all aspects in terms of information dissemination process. It is concluded in this study that there are still loopholes in compliance and implementation of the proper procedure of information dissemination in each district. Recommendations in this study included the strict implementation of guidelines in the proper procedure of information dissemination as well as to monitor the compliance with regard to information dissemination.