Department of Budget and Management(DBM-)

July 10, 2018 Dear Celina Gacias, I refer to my letter of Jul 07, 2018 02:07:36 PM about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for SAAOB. In order for us to work further on your request, we need more information from you regarding your query. Upon coordination with our several DBM Regional Offices, we found that the SAOODB of the LGUs are not required to be submitted to DBM. Furthermore, it would be helpful to know the specific data you need, e.g. appropriations, obligations and/or disbursement of devolved functions of the health sector to LGUs, to know if such information is available with DBM. You may use the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERCTS04ODg4OTYwMzYxNjkM, for request with ticket number #DBM-888896036169, 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 02, 2018 01:08:30 AM, your request will be closed. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you. Respectfully, Rainier Diaz FOI Officer

Oct 02, 2018 Dear Celina, I refer to my letter of Jul 10, 2018 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for SAAOB. 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 02, 2018. 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, Rainier FOI Officer