Department of Transportation(DOTr)

January 26, 2023 Dear Kristine Roy Lauren Mulliken, I refer to my letter of Jan 12, 2023 04:26:00 PM about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Historical data on government budget allocation for road investments and railway investments in NCR. Apologies for the late response on your eFOI request. In order for us to work further on your request, we need more information from you. If the data you requested will be used for an undergraduate thesis, kindly provide us a copy of your Student ID and an endorsement letter from your Dean, Professor, or Adviser stating the purpose of your request and to what extent the data you requested will be used. You may use the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHgsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEURPVHItNzcxNTM3NTUzODg5DA, for request with ticket number #DOTr-771537553889, to respond. During the period of us awaiting your reply, your request will be put on hold. If we do not receive a reply on or before Apr 20, 2023 04:32:15 AM, your request will be closed. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you. Respectfully, DOTR-DM FOI Officer

May 16, 2023 Dear Kristine Roy Lauren, I refer to my letter of Jan 26, 2023 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Historical data on government budget allocation for road investments and railway investments in NCR. 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 Apr 20, 2023. 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, DOTR-DM FOI Officer