Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD)

August 4, 2021 Dear Vichelle Yumuya, I refer to my letter of Jul 20, 2021 08:48:04 PM about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for List of Accredited Civil Society Organizations. In order for us to work further on your request, we need more information from you regarding your query DSWD has limited data of list of CSO that are accredited in the DSWD. In particular, it would be helpful to know whether you are asking for list of accredited Civil Society Organization that implements programs and projects of DSWD. You may use the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHgsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEURTV0QtNDMxMTg4OTY2MzE0DA, for request with ticket number #DSWD-431188966314, 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 Oct 27, 2021 04:19:22 AM, your request will be closed. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you. Respectfully, Atty. Paul Anthony A. Tacorda FOI Officer

Oct 27, 2021 Dear Vichelle, I refer to my letter of Aug 04, 2021 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for List of Accredited Civil Society Organizations. 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 Oct 27, 2021. 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, Atty. Paul Anthony A. FOI Officer