Department of Budget and Management(DBM-)

January 3, 2019 Dear Mr. Buñales, This refers to your request for data on government spending and tax revenue dated Dec 23, 2018 10:59:39 PM. With regard to government spending, please specify the type of data you are referring to such as expense class, etc. It will help if you access the DBM website (dbm.gov.ph). In terms of tax revenue, may we refer you to the Department of Finance (DOF). Thank you. Respectfully, Yolanda Reyes FOI Officer

Mar 28, 2019 Dear John Robert, I refer to my letter of Jan 03, 2019 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Government spending and tax revenue. 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 Mar 28, 2019. 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, Yolanda FOI Officer