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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 103 -
DIRECTING THE CONTINUED ADOPTION OF AUSTERITY MEASURES IN THE GOVERNMENT WHEREAS, the continued adoption and
implementation of austerity measures are necessary in order to meet the
country’s fiscal targets, maintain its macroeconomic stability and
improve investor confidence; Section 1. All national government agencies (NGAs), including state
universities and colleges (SUCs), government-owned and-controlled
corporations (GOCCs), government financial institutions (GFIs), and
other government corporate entities (OGCEs), and their subsidiaries,
and other instrumentalities under the Executive Department, whether or
not they receive funding support through the General Appropriations
Act, are hereby ordered to adopt the following austerity measures: (a)
Suspension of the following: (1)
All foreign travels, except for (i) ministerial meetings, and (ii)
scholarship/trainings that are grant-funded or undertaken at no cost to
the government. (1)
Services of consultants, technical assistants, contractual, and casual
employees; and (c) Suspension of all tax expenditure subsidies to GOCC’s, OGCE’s and local government units, except those approved by the Fiscal Incentives Review Board; (d) Adoption of a scheme that will allow employees rendering overtime to be compensated through time/days off work in lieu of overtime pay, in accordance with guidelines jointly issued by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and the Civil Service Commission (CSC). (e) In the procurement of goods and services, strictly comply with the Government Procurement Reform Act (RA 9184) and its Implementing Rules and Regulations, particularly in the use of the Government Electronic Procurement System for public bidding, advertisement of opportunities and reporting of bid awards results; and (f) Strict prioritization of capital expenditures, and realignment or use of savings to fund capital programs of the agencies, especially this in pursuit of the 10-Point Legacy Agenda. Sec. 2. Consistent with the government’s rationalization policy, the provisions of Republic Act No. 7430, or the Attrition Law, specifically Sec. 3 thereof which prohibits the filling-up of positions that have been vacated by reason of resignation, retirement, dismissal, death or transfer to another office, with certain exceptions, are hereby adopted until lifted by the President. Sec. 3. All NGAs, SUCs, GOCCs,
GFIs and OGCEs, whether exempt from Salary Standardization Law or not,
are hereby directed to: (a)
Limit grant of honoraria and other forms of allowance to the following: (1)
Teaching personnel of the Department of Education, Commission on Higher
Education, Technical and Education and Skills Development Authority,
SUCs and other education institutions engaged in actual classroom
teaching whose teaching load is outside the regular office hours or in
excess of the regular load; (b) Suspend the grant of new or additional benefits to full-time officials and employees and officials, except for (i) Collective Negotiation Agreement (CNA) Incentives which are agreed to be given in strict compliance with the provisions of the Public Sector Labor-Management Council Resolutions No. 04, s. 2002 and No. 2, s. 2003, and (ii) those expressly provided by presidential issuance; (c) For other non full-time officials and employees, including members of their governing boards, committees, and commissions: (i) suspend the grant of new or additional benefits, such as but not limited to per diems, honoraria, housing and miscellaneous allowances, or car plans; and (ii) in the case of those receiving per diems, honoraria and other fringe benefits in excess of Twenty Thousand Pesos (P20,000.00) per month, reduce the combined total of said per diems, honoraria and benefits to a maximum of Twenty Thousand Pesos (P20,000.00) per month. Sec. 4. Each NGA, SUC, GOCC, GFI, OR OGCE shall immediately prepare an austerity plan to implement the provisions of this Order. Sec. 5. Heads of NGAs and SUCs,
as well as the governing boards of GOCCs GFIs, and OGCEs shall
responsible for the strict implementation of Memorandum Order No. 20
dated June 25, 2001 and this Order. Any violation thereof shall be
dealt with accordingly. Sec. 6. The Legislative and
Judicial Branches of Government, as well as agencies vested with fiscal
autonomy, such as constitutional commissions and local governments, are
strongly urged to adopt the provisions of this Order. Sec. 7. This Administrative
Order shall take effect immediately upon its publication in two (2)
newspapers of general circulation. DONE, in the City of Manila this 31st day of August, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Four. (Sgd.)
GLORIA MACAPAGAL – ARROYO Executive Secretary |
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