Department of Education(DepEd)

April 2, 2018 MS. MAJARLIKA D. NAZARENO Maybunga, Pasig City [email protected] Dear Ms. Nazareno: Greetings from the Department of Education (DepEd)! This pertains to your Freedom of Information (FOI) request in the e-FOI portal dated January 29, 2018, regarding the budget allocation of the Department’s Legal Division from January 29, 2010 to January 29, 2018. As per instruction of the Office of the Undersecretary for Legal Affairs, this Department, kindly clarify the coverage of the requested information. Does it include the budget of the Office of the Director, Legal Service and Investigation Division, and provide more specific details on the purpose of gathering said information. For further assistance, you may directly contact and/or visit our FOI Receiving Office through the following: PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACTION CENTER (PAAC) Unit M-110, G/F, Mabini Bldg., DepEd Complex, Meralco Ave., Pasig City Tel. Nos.: (02) 636-1663 / 633-1942 Email Address: [email protected] http://www.deped.gov.ph/contact-us Thank you for writing us. Respectfully, Public Assistance Action Center FOI Receiving Office

Jun 25, 2018 Dear Majarlika, I refer to my letter of Apr 02, 2018 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for DepEd budget allocation for the legal division department. In particular, I had requested specific information for you to clarify upon in order for us to proceed with the request. As we have not received a reply within the 60-day working period since the letter requesting for clarification was sent out, we regret to inform you that this request will be closed as of Jun 25, 2018. You may wish to submit a new request describing the specific information you are looking for, and we will be able to consider it under the guidelines as stated in Executive Order No. 2. 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 or visiting our central office. 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, Public Assistance FOI Officer