Bureau of Internal Revenue(BIR)

June 6, 2020 Dear Joepil Balong, I refer to my letter of May 27, 2020 06:49:58 AM about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Inquiry for SBWS. In order for us to evaluate the requested information, may we clarify if you have asked your employer about this since they are the one who received communication from the SBWS Task Force if they are qualified or not. However, we are still forwarding this to the Task Force for their consideration and necessary action. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you. Respectfully, Maria Lourdes Narvaez, OIC- Chief FOI Officer

Aug 28, 2020 Dear Joepil, I refer to my letter of Jun 06, 2020 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Inquiry for SBWS. 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 Aug 28, 2020. 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, Maria Lourdes FOI Officer