Subject for revision as per DBM Department Order No. 2009-7 re: DBM Rationalization Plan

The Budget Operations Group is composed of five (5) budget and management bureaus (BMBs), the Budget Technical Service, the Regional Operations Coordination Service (ROCS), fifteen (15) regional offices, the Budget Technical Service (BTS), the Budget Information System Service (BISS), and the Training and Information Service (TIS). It is primarily in charge of the overall planning, management and control of the aggregate budget, and the proper execution of budgetary policies, rules and regulations in agency central offices as well as in regional / sub-regional levels, including local government units (LGUs) and government-owned and/ or controlled corporations (GOCCs). It also attends to the information technology requirements of the Department, and budgeting-related training and information activities.

The BMBs operate on a "one stop-shop" scheme where transactions are commenced, processed, completed and action documents released within the same bureau.

The Management and Support Services Group attends to in-house administration and financial matters; various legal and legislative services; and the improvement of the government procurement system. It also provides general management services particularly in the implementation of plans, policies and standards in organization and productivity improvement and compensation and position classification.

Executes and implements the rules and regulations promulgated by the Procurement Policy Board to effect a centralized and more economical procurement of supplies, materials and such other items including equipment and contruction materials for use by government agencies; and

Undertakes continuing studies to improve and develop the government procurement system, coverage and procedures.

Conducts fiscal policy research and planning;

Develops fiscal and budgeting framework and indicative annual budget ceiling and sectoral composition of expenditures;

Monitors macro-economic developments and their impact on the budget;

Conducts studies and analyses of expenditure trends and policies in the different government sectors for the purpose of resource allocation;

Provides the overall framework on the macro cash programming and execution of the national budget in the context of macro-economic targets;

Prepares the Medium-Term Fiscal Plan in the Medium-Term Expenditure Program in coordination with the Department of Finance, NEDA, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and other agencies;

Coordinates recommendations/ position papers on legislative bills / proposals and planned executive issuances with fiscal policy and funding implications;

Provides secretariat support to the Development Budget Coordination Committee; and

Prepares the text for the Budget of Expenditures and Sources of Financing.

Execute budget policies, rules and regulations pertaining to programs and locally-funded projects of agencies under their respective agency coverage;

Review and evaluate funding requirements of agencies under their respective coverage, prepare and issue release documents therefor;

Evaluate requests for release from Special Purpose Funds under their respective coverage, prepare and issue release documents therefor;

Monitor fund utilization and analyze accountability reports as submitted by agencies and determine compliance with budget commitments, by analyzing actual performance vis-à-vis targets set;

Submit a daily report on fund balances to the BTS for integration in management reports;

Prepare recommendations/ position papers on legislative proposals/ bills and planned executive issuances with funding implications and on specific agency issues on organization, compensation and position classification of government personnel;

Develop, update and review agency program/activity/ project structures to implement reorganization laws/ executive orders;

Conduct periodic surveys on departments and agencies to ascertain that the actual duties and responsibilities of positions are consistent with their respective classification and salary grade allocation; and

Establish agency-specific annual budgetary requirements for personal services and other budgetary items for inclusion in the annual national budget.

Execute budget policies, rules and regulations pertaining to programs and locally-funded projects of agencies under their respective agency coverage;

Review and evaluate funding requirements of agencies under their respective coverage, prepare and issue release documents therefor;

Evaluate requests for release from Special Purpose Funds under their respective coverage, prepare and issue release documents therefor;

Monitor fund utilization and analyze accountability reports as submitted by agencies and determine compliance with budget commitments, by analyzing actual performance vis-à-vis targets set;

Submit a daily report on fund balances to the BTS for integration in management reports;

Prepare recommendations/ position papers on legislative proposals/ bills and planned executive issuances with funding implications and on specific agency issues on organization, compensation and position classification of government personnel;

Develop, update and review agency program/activity/ project structures to implement reorganization laws/ executive orders;

Conduct periodic surveys on departments and agencies to ascertain that the actual duties and responsibilities of positions are consistent with their respective classification and salary grade allocation; and

Establish agency-specific annual budgetary requirements for personal services and other budgetary items for inclusion in the annual national budget.

Execute budget policies, rules and regulations pertaining to programs and locally-funded projects of agencies under their respective agency coverage;

Review and evaluate funding requirements of agencies under their respective coverage, prepare and issue release documents therefor;

Evaluate requests for release from Special Purpose Funds under their respective coverage, prepare and issue release documents therefor;

Monitor fund utilization and analyze accountability reports as submitted by agencies and determine compliance with budget commitments, by analyzing actual performance vis-à-vis targets set;

Submit a daily report on fund balances to the BTS for integration in management reports;

Prepare recommendations/ position papers on legislative proposals/ bills and planned executive issuances with funding implications and on specific agency issues on organization, compensation and position classification of government personnel;

Develop, update and review agency program/activity/ project structures to implement reorganization laws/ executive orders;

Conduct periodic surveys on departments and agencies to ascertain that the actual duties and responsibilities of positions are consistent with their respective classification and salary grade allocation; and

Establish agency-specific annual budgetary requirements for personal services and other budgetary items for inclusion in the annual national budget.

Conducts studies on budget policies, standards on organization/ staffing and systems for the government corporate sector;

Executes budget policies, rules and regulations pertaining to GOCCs;

Reviews and evaluates the corporate operating budgets of GOCCs, prepare recommendations and issue fund release documents;

Evaluates and processes organization, staffing, compensation and position classification requirements of GOCCs;

Evaluates requests for release from Special Purpose Funds under its coverage, prepare and issue release document therefor;

Monitors GOCCs compliance with budget commitments, by analyzing actual performance vis-à-vis targets set;

Submits a daily report on fund balances to the BTS for integration in management reports; and

Prepares recommendations/ position papers on legislative proposals/ bills and planned executive issuances with funding implications.

Executes budget policies, rules and regulations pertaining to foreign-assisted projects (FAPs);

Reviews and evaluates funding requirements of FAPs and agency requests for release from the FAPs Support Fund, Municipal Development Fund, Area Development Assistance Fund and Local Government Empowerment Fund; prepare and issue release documents therefor;

Evaluates and processes the organization, staffing, compensation and position classification requirements of FAPs;

Facilitates the conceptualization and implementation of program loans which the government may secure for budgetary support;

Monitors fund utilization and analyze accountability reports and compliance of FAPs with budget commitments, by analyzing actual performance vis-à-vis targets set;

Coordinates with other oversight agencies in the conceptualization and implementation of FAPs;

Coordinates and provides technical assistance to the country's donors and creditors on budgetary issues related to FAPs;

Submits a daily report on fund balances to the BTS for integration in management reports; and

Prepares recommendations/ position papers on legislative proposals/ bills and planned executive issuances with funding implications.

Provides integrative services on regional concerns;

Serves as the link among the Secretary, the Operations Group and the ROs;

Assists the Secretary in ensuring consistency in the implementation of budgetary and management policies by the regional offices (ROs);

Consolidates recommendations on regional expenditures allocations for agencies under the budget coverage of the ROs for integration in the budget documents to be submitted to the President and the Congress;

Evaluates and processes request for release from Special Purpose Funds under its coverage;

Represents the DBM ROs in budget hearings conducted by Congress; and

Undertakes studies in coordination with the ROs, on LGU budgeting and recommend improvements on policies and procedures, consistent with the provisions of the Local Government Code of 1991.

Formulates standards, guidelines and operating procedures for the execution, administration and accounting of budget performance, including standards on MOOE and physical resources management pertaining to land and buildings;

Undertakes cash programming activities at the department/ agency level;

Conducts integrative analysis and reporting of government income and expenditure accounts;

Undertakes consolidated tracking and analysis of all budget releases and realignments;

Assists the Undersecretary for Operations in coordinating the computerization of the budgeting system;

Consolidates and prepares an overall analysis of accountability reports as evaluated/ analyzed by the operations bureaus and regional offices and prepare management/ accountability reports; and

Plans and manages the annual budget preparation process, including the preparation of the annual budget call, conduct of budget hearings, and consolidation and preparation of the Budget of Expenditures and Sources of Financing (BESF) tables, National Expenditure Program (NEP) and Regional Expenditure Program (REP).

Maintains communication services, data bank and library on public finance and management;

Provides support to government productivity development efforts through computerization;

Ensures the proper operation and maintenance of the Department's computer hardware and software;

Designs, develops, implements and maintains computerization systems which will improve the Department's information systems and synthesize budget processes;

Conducts studies on effective and cost-efficient information systems to improve the linkages of the Department with other agencies; and

Designs, implements and maintains a comprehensive property management information system for the government.

Formulates plans and strategies to promote public awareness and appreciation of relevant budget programs and reforms;

Develops reports, briefs and papers on budgeting, organization and management, and prepare, produce and publish other pertinent documents;

Attends to the production of budget documents; and

Plans and administers internal and external training program on budget and management.

Formulates strategies for the tracking of budgetary releases among government agencies;

Conducts studies on effective and cost-efficient networking of bureaucracy-wide information systems;

Conducts continuing studies to improve transparency in the execution of the national budget; and

Processes the release of NCAs for Accounts Payables.

Promotes and monitors the passage of urgent and/ or administration bills which directly concern the Department;

Shepherds the passage of other bills included in the priority list of the Department;

Prepares tactical and strategic plans for blocking of major bills that are contrary to the interest or established policies of the Department;

Monitors the parliamentary status of bills with organizational, compensation and budgetary implications;

Establishes and maintains linkages with members of Congress, principally with the key leaders and the Chairman of the Committee directly involved with the agency's concerns, and with the Presidential Legislative Liaison Office (PLLO) and members of the Legislative Liaison System (LLS); monitor and facilitate actions on requests from Members of Congress pending with the Department;

Provides relevant information and technical support to Congress in the exercise of congressional oversight functions and in their deliberationson bills with budgetary compensation and organizational implications; and

Performs such other functions as may be assigned by the Secretary.

Evaluate the annual budget proposals of regional offices of agencies under their respective coverage, DepEd supervised schools (elementary and secondary), State Universities and Colleges (SUCs), CHED-supervised schools, TESDA schools, Regional/ Medical Hospitals, locally-funded Integrated Area Development Projects and DPWH implementing units;

Process budgetary requests of agencies under their respective coverage and release action documents including funding checks for LGUs;

Monitor flagship programs and priority development projects in the region, as instructed by the Secretary;

Provide technical assistance to LGUs and agency regional offices on fiscal/ budget administration, organization, productivity and compensation matters;

Monitor fund utilization and analyze accountability reports as submitted by agencies and compliance of the same with budget commitments, by analyzing actual performance vis-à-vis targets set;

Implement specific policies, programs, standards and guidelines on budget administration and management;

Review annual and supplemental budgets of provinces and independent cities, and in the case of the NCRO highly-urbanized and independent cities, including municipalities within its jurisdiction;

Coordinate with the Regional Development Councils (RDC) and other regional inter-agency committees relative to budgetary matters; and

Perform other functions as may be delegated and assigned by the Secretary.

Conducts continuing studies on the entire government bureaucracy for purposes of instituting long-term reforms/ innovations to achieve efficiency and effectiveness in governance;

Conducts continuing studies on the over-all development and installation of improved techniques and procedures on public expenditure management;

Undertakes researches and studies on government-wide organizational structuring, work simplification, cost reduction and other productivity-related activities;

Develops agency performance measurement framework and guidelines for determining and assessing agency performance and for planning the required level and composition of agency resources; and

Provides secretariat services to the Cabinet Cluster "F"

Technical Working Group (TWGs) on Public Sector Employment and on Public Sector Productivity.

Develops standards and guidelines on organization, staffing, compensation and classification of positions and physical resources management pertaining to equipment;

Administers and maintains a unified compensation and position classification system including personnel benefits and other related packages for all government entities, including FAPs, GOCCs and LGUs;

Establishes the annual government-wide budgetary requirements for personal services and associated budgetary items for inclusion in the annual national budget;

Prepares recommendations/ position papers on legislative proposals/ bills and planned executive issuances with policy and government-wide implication on organization, compensation and classification of positions;

Monitors government manpower levels, including a comprehensive data bank on government positions and manpower, through the implementation of the Government Manpower Information System (GMIS); and

Advises local government units on position classification and compensation matters.

Provides support services relative to cash management, accounting, budgeting and financial programming; and

Records releases from DBM-administered funds.

Provides support services on matters pertaining to personnel management; records management; procurement maintenance and monitoring of property, equipment and supplies; and security, janitorial and transportation services.

Reviews and recommends to the Secretary the Department's position on legislative and administrative measures having budgetary implications;

Determines the legal implications of agency budget proposals and provides clarificatory opinions on budget laws;

Conducts researches on the legal and legislative aspects of budgeting for policy determination purposes and improvement of rules and regulations; and

Provides legal services to the Secretary and other officials and employees of the Department on official matters.