Creation of Program Audit Department and Additional Positions in General Auditing Office

June 18, 1960

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2697

AN ACT CREATING A DEPARTMENT AND ADDITIONAL POSITIONS IN THE GENERAL AUDITING OFFICE AND PROVIDING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF

SECTION 1. There is hereby created a department under the Office of the Auditor General, General Auditing Office, to be known as the Program Audit Department, with the following positions and appropriation for its operation: cdt

I.	Personal Services
A.	For new positions:
	One chief supervising auditor at P7,236
		per annum	P7,236.00
	Two supervising auditors at P6,552
		per annum	13,104.00
	Two auditors IV at P5,928 per annum	11,856.00
	Seven auditors III at P5,112 per annum	35,784.00
	Four auditors III at P4,800 per annum	19,200.00
	Two auditors II at P4,404 per annum	8,808.00
	Two auditors II at P3,960 per annum	7,920.00
	Six Auditing Examiners II at P2,760
		per annum	16,560.00
	Eight auditing examiners I at P2,400
		per annum	19,200.00
	Two stenographers at P1,800
		per annum	3,600.00
	Two clerical aides at P1,440
		per annum	2,880.00
			—————
	Total for new positions	P146,148.00
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B.	For adjustment of salaries of key
	personnel to make them conform
	with salaries of the other officials
	of equal rank in the General
	Auditing Office	P6,302.40
			—————
	Total for personal services	P152,450.40
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II.	Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses
	Commutable transportation allowance of
	manager (similar to that given to
	other managers of the General
	Auditing Office)	1,200.00
	Travel expenses	20,000.00
	Supplies and materials	5,000.00
			—————
	Total maintenance and
	operating expenses	P26,200.00
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III.	Furniture and Equipment
	Equipment outlay	P10,000.00
			—————
	Total for furniture and equipment	P10,000.00
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IV.	Summary
Total for personal services	P152,450.40
Total for maintenance and other
	operating expenses	26,200.00
Total for furniture and equipment	10,000.00
			—————
Total appropriations for the
	Program Audit Department of
	the General Auditing Office	P188,650.40
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SECTION 2. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the amount of one hundred eighty-eight thousand, six hundred fifty pesos and forty centavos for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and sixty-one. The corresponding appropriation for the succeeding fiscal years shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act. cd i

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 1960.

Approved: June 18, 1960

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 56, No. 52, p. 7914 on December 26, 1960