Department of Budget and Management(DBM-)

October 28, 2022 Dear Jan Cuyco, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Oct 11, 2022 09:09:45 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request - A list of Highly Urbanized Cities (HUCs) that requested for the Local Government Support Fund - Assistance to Cities (LGSF-AC) under the FY 2021 GAA, Republic Act 11518. Kindly indicate in additional columns 1) whether the HUC's request for LGSF-AC was approved, 2) the total amount requested, and 3) the total amount disbursed. - A list of HUCs that did not request for the LGSF-AC under the FY 2021 GAA, RA 11518. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. I enclose a copy of some of the information you requested. In this regard, may we respectfully inform that the available data we have on hand is the Summary of Allotment Releases charged against the LGSF-AC under the FY 2021 GAA, RA No. 11518 containing the name of the beneficiary HUC and allocation (copy hereto attached, for reference). Anent the total budget disbursed, since the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is responsible for the monitoring and evaluation of actual project implementation covered by the LGSF under Item 3.12 of the Local Budget Circular (LBC) No. 133 dated January 18, 2021 (Guidelines on the Release and Utilization of the Local Government Support Fund-Assistance to Cities under the FY 2021 General Appropriations Act, Republic Act No. 11518), we suggest to coordinate the concern to the DILG. We hope to have satisfactorily addressed your concerns. Thank you. Respectfully, Local Government and Regional Bureau FOI Receiving Officer