Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD)

1)	Amount of funds reprogrammed, reallocated, and realigned
•	Sources of funds and new appropriations 
•	Budget items prioritized for augmentation: new allocations and disbursements
2)	A machine-readable and public database of beneficiaries reached and total amounts disbursed under SAP
•	Number of households targeted and reached by the SAP per Brgy: segregated into 4Ps, poor, near poor, formal, and informal workers, and the number of seniors and PWDs reached (noting if they are separate beneficiaries or included in households of other beneficiaries). 
3)	Guidelines & updates on AICS amid COVID

April 27, 2020

Hon. Rolando Joselito Delizo Bautista
Secretary, Department of Social Welfare and Development

Dear Secretary Bautista,

Greetings from the Right to Know, Right Now! (R2KRN) Coalition.

We write in connection with our letter dated April 6, 2020, requesting information on the status of the implementation of Republic Act No. 11469, or the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act of 2020. The R2KRN, as part of its initiative to demand transparency from Government, has been closely monitoring new information releases from your good office. These releases are lodged in our Public Freedom of Information (FOI) Request Tracker which is publicly accessible through https://tinyurl.com/TransparencyNowPh.

We acknowledge the initiatives that your agency does to promote transparency. The DSWD DROMIC Reports have been most useful in providing the general public with important updates on the status of the implementation of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP). However, we would also like to emphasize the importance of obtaining the information/data releases in open-data/machine-readable format, which should make it easier for observers/researchers to export, cross-check, and make calculations.

May we reiterate our request for the following important and urgent information, with revised request details on the beneficiaries:
1)	Amount of DSWD funds reprogrammed, reallocated, and realigned
•	Sources of funds and new appropriations 
•	Budget items prioritized for augmentation: new allocations and disbursements
2)	A machine-readable and publicly accessible database of beneficiaries reached and total amounts disbursed under the Social Amelioration Program
•	Number of households targeted and reached by the Social Amelioration Program per Barangay: segregated into 4Ps, poor, near poor, formal, and informal workers, and the number of seniors and PWDs reached (noting if they are separate beneficiaries or included in households of other beneficiaries). 
3)	Guidelines and updates on the implementation of Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) amid COVID-19.

Consistent with our Constitutional right to information and the government policy on FOI, we make this a public request beyond the procedures set forth in Executive Order 2, s. 2016 because the relevant information are best released immediately, publicly and updated regularly. 

For your feedback, you may contact Ms. Nadine Agustin at 09175240485 or through email at ([email protected]). 

Thank you very much and we hope to hear from you soon.

April 28, 2020

Dear Aljon Patrick,

Thank you for your request dated Apr 27, 2020 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for An Inquiry on the Status of the implementation of Bayanihan to Heal as One Act of 2020.

We received your request on Apr 27, 2020 and will respond on or before Jul 20, 2020 06:17:14 PM, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations.

Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHgsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEURTV0QtMzg1NDIyOTI4NTQ1DA, for request with ticket number #DSWD-385422928545.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Myrna Reyes
FOI Officer

30 April 2020


Dear Mr. Aljon Patrick Acupan,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated 27 April 2020 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You requested information on the following: (1) Amount of funds reprogrammed, reallocated, and realigned, including (a) Sources of funds and new appropriations and (b) Budget items prioritized for augmentation: new allocations and disbursements; (2) A machine-readable and public database of beneficiaries reached and total amounts disbursed under SAP, including (a) Number of households targeted and reached by the SAP per Brgy: segregated into 4Ps, poor, near poor, formal, and informal workers, and the number of seniors and PWDs reached (noting if they are separate beneficiaries or included in households of other beneficiaries); and (3) Guidelines & updates on AICS amid COVID.
Response to your request

Unfortunately, this is a duplicate of your earlier request we received via e-mail and, thus, this is not a valid Freedom of Information (FOI) Request. Thus, we are constrained to deny your request.

We are processing your e-mail request.

Your right to request a review

If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Secretary ROLANDO JOSELITO D. BAUTISTA at DSWD-Central Office, IBP Road Batasan Pambansa Complex, Constitution Hills, Quezon City. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).

Thank you.


Respectfully,

Atty. Sittie Raifah M. Pamaloy-Hassan
FOI Decision Maker