Directing the Full Implementation of the Budgetary Programs for Economic Stabilization, Productivity, Growth and Recovery and Adopting an Organization and Itemization of Personal Services for the National Government Covering Calendar Year 1985

November 26, 1984

LETTER OF IMPLEMENTATION NO. 152

DIRECTING THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BUDGETARY PROGRAMS FOR ECONOMIC STABILIZATION, PRODUCTIVITY, GROWTH AND RECOVERY AND ADOPTING AN ORGANIZATION AND ITEMIZATION OF PERSONAL SERVICES FOR THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT COVERING CALENDAR YEAR 1985

WHEREAS, Batas Pambansa Blg. 866 has appropriated funds for the operation of the National Government during CY 1985;

WHEREAS, available funds of the government have to be apportioned among its programs to accelerate productivity for the attainment of balance agro-industrial development necessary to sustain economic growth and recovery and to provide the corresponding personal services, fringe and other compensation benefits;

WHEREAS, provision for the organization and staffing of the National Government is necessary for its operation; and

WHEREAS, human resources, directed towards self-reliance and productivity, have to be fully developed and utilized to ensure their equitable share in the fruits and benefits of development;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby Order and Direct:

1. The project schedules which are geared towards economic growth and recovery through the sustained promotion of industrial production, the National Livelihood Program and "Sariling Sikap," education, health, social welfare, agrarian reform and peace and order; the development of agriculture, energy and natural resources and infrastructure; the intensification of productivity in food; and the provision of adequate shelter and housing, shall be released only in accordance with the approved program of expenditures.

2. The release of funds shall be based on the project listing and implementation schedules, the revised program of expenditures and the accomplishment and submission of required reports.

3. The personal services itemization, including the General and Special Provisions therein, pertaining to allowances, fringe benefits, method of compensation and allied matters, and the new staffing patterns of reorganized agencies are hereby approved for implementation pursuant to the provisions of P.D. Nos. 1177 (as amended), 985 (as amended) and 1285.

4. All agencies shall exert their best efforts to comply with the work programs in order to attain the objectives and performance and unit cost targets so as to achieve the desired results with maximum efficiency, economy and effectiveness.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 26th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Four.