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Date: Aug. 31, 2023, 2:12 p.m.
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Date: 2023-08-31 15:17:04.000000
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Date: 2023-09-11 17:44:48.000000
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Published by Department of Budget and Management(DBM-) on Aug. 31, 2023.
Requested from DBM by R. Langit at 02:12 PM on
Aug. 31, 2023.
Purpose: Research and Journalism
Date of Coverage: 12/01/2022 - 12/31/2022
Tracking no: #DBM-069963826874
Hi, I would like to request for all available data on the releases from the Contingent Fund of 2022 from December 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022. I would like to see where the CF was spent for this period under the 2022 GAA.
31 August 2023 Dear Mr. Langit: Warm greetings from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM). Thank you for your request dated 31 August 2023, under the Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) or the Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. We have received your request for information regarding the releases from the Contingent Fund of 2022 from December 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022, on 31 August 2023. We will respond on or before 21 September 2023, in accordance with the Executive Order's Implementing Rules and Regulations. Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact us using the reply function at the eFOI portal, with ticket number #DBM-069963826874. Thank you. Very truly yours, FRO Media Affairs and Community Relations Office (MACRO) FOI Officer
September 11, 2023 Dear RG CRUZ LANGIT, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Aug 31, 2023 02:12:04 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your request You asked for RELEASES FROM THE CONTINGENT FUND DECEMBER 2022. Response to your request We were able to determine that this particular information is already available online and therefore cannot be counted as a valid FOI request. You may retrieve the releases from the Contingent Fund as of December 31, 2022, through this link: https://www.dbm.gov.ph/index.php/status-of-allotment-releases?view=article&id=1884&catid=307 From the said link, please click Special Purpose Fund to display the releases made from the Contingent Fund. Please note that data are reported cumulatively by month, hence, you may derive the releases made for the month of December 2022. Thank you. Respectfully, Budget Technical Bureau FOI Officer
Please send me the appropriate email address to use for sending the appeal of this response. I am not happy with the response given because you merely directed me to the listing of the document on the website. I want a copy of an actual document citing the legal basis for each release from the contingent fund for the FY. Thank you!