Manage the development and implementation of the different budget-related information systems that will be adopted by various government agencies, e.g.. Government Integrated Financial Management Information System;

Provide technical and advisory assistance to the other functional groups of the DBM in their dealings with other government agencies insofar as budget, management practice, performance evaluation or work simplification-related initiatives that utilize ICT to achieve efficiency and productivity;

Ensure alignment of all DBM information systems and ICT infrastructure to the Department's mandated functions;

Manage the technical aspects of the following ICT initiatives of the DBM, in coordination with other units/offices of the Department, to facilitate their
smooth and efficient development and implementation:

• Budget and Treasury Management System;

• Budget Cycle Analytics;

• Digitization of the Budget;

• Electronic Freedom of Information;

• Enhanced-Government Management Information System;

• Forward Estimates Tracking System;

• Government Quality Management System Website;

• Transparency Seal Compliance Monitoring;

• Action Documents Releasing System;

• Philippine Identification System (PHILSYS) National ID;

• E-Payments; and

• Data Protection.

Represent DBM in national and international ICT fora related to public expenditure management reform.

Execute and Implement ICT plans and programs in accordance with strategies, policies, standards, and methodologies;

Operationalize ICT projects and programs aligned with business operation;

Evaluate ICT programs, projects and activities;

Maintain the ICT infrastructure of the DBM;

Develop and maintain bureaucracy-wide, DBM-wide and individual unit applications;

Develop and provide technical assistance on ICT Training Programs;

Manage ICT resources and ICT-related contracts of the agency;

Provide technical assistance to the different offices of the DBM on ICT; and

Prepare financial, analytical, and operations reports.

Provide advice on the legal implications of poiicies and opinions on laws relative to budgeting, compensation and management matters;

Handle DBM legal cases, in collaboration with the Office of the Solicitor General, when necessary;

Develop, in partnership with concerned units, DBM-proposed legislative measures, including general and special provisions of the National Expenditure Program, and fiscal and expenditure reforms;

Provide legal support to DBM Committees, when necessary;

Review DBM contracts and give legal advice thereon;

Prepare recommendations on legislative proposals/bills, including the General Appropriations Bill, and proposed executive issuances, particularly its legal implications and consistency with established fiscal policies/principles and existing budgeting rules and regulations; and

Provide legal advice to DBM officials and personnel concerning legal cases related to their official duties and functions.

Refer the legislative measures or proposed executive issuances to the appropriate Bureaus/Services/Offices (B/S/Os) for their comments and recommendations.

Prepare and finalize the consolidated/unified DBM position on legislative measures or proposed executive issuances, and submit the same to the HoR, the Senate, the OP and/or other agencies, as the case may be;

Represent the DBM in the deliberations on legislative measures/proposed executive issuances, in coordination with DBM B/S/Os concerned;and

Maintain a database of signed DBM position papers

Provide essential administrative services to support the core mandate of the DBM, primarily in the following areas:

1. Management of the employee life cycle (i.e., recruiting, hiring, onboarding, learning and development, and separation of employees) and administering employee benefits, health and wellness;

2. Administration of an effective and efficient DBM-wide records management and internal tracking system;

3. Provision of adequate and standardized provision of physical resources, such as infrastructure, facilities, supplies, utilities and vehicles, as well as other essential general support services; and

4. Collection and custodial functions involving cash, checks, and other forms of income, including payments for authorized disbursements in relation to official transactions.

Provide technical and secretariat support to various internal committees in the DBM, such as, but not limited to: the Human Resource Merit Promotion and Selection Board; Workforce and Succession Planning Program-Technical Working Group (TWG); Disciplinary Action Committee; Grievance Machinery Committee; Anti-Corruption Committee; Committee on Decorum and Investigation for Sexual Harassment Cases; Drug-Free Workplace Committee; Program on Awards and Incentives for Service Excellence Committee; Review and Compliance Committee; Personnel Development Committee; Bids and Awards Committee; Disposal Committee; Records Management Improvement Committee; Gender and Development TWG; Budgeting and Procurement Planning Committee; and other boards or committees related to the core functions of the AS.

Formulate and implement relevant policies, systems and procedures under existing laws, rules and regulations, and internal issuances, such as but not limited to:

1. Proper management of official records in line with Republic Act No. 9470 (National Archives of the Philippines Act of 2007) and its implementing rules and regulations;

2. Competency-based human resource systems on (1) recruitment, selection, and placement; (2) learning and development; (3) performance management; and (4) rewards and recognition, consistent with the Civil Service Commission's Program to Institutionalize Meritocracy and Excellence in Human Resource Management (PRIME-HRM);

3. Procurement and management of government property, in accordance with budgeting, appropriations, procurement, accounting and auditing laws, rules and regulations;

4. Internal information technology systems, such as, DBM Manpower Management Information System (MMIS), Learning and Development System (LDS), Document Management System (DMS), Property Management Information System (PMIS), and others.

Conduct fiscal policy research and planning;

Develop fiscal and budgeting frameworks, indicative annual and multi-year budget ceilings, and sectoral expenditure priorities in coordination with other DBM offices, oversight and implementing agencies;

Formulate, monitor, and evaluate budget programs in the context of macroeconomic and fiscal targets, including the formulation and monitoring of the annual and quarterly National Government (NG) fiscal programs;

Conduct studies and analyses of expenditure trends and policies in the different government sectors as input to essential budget documents [e.g. Budget Priorities Framework (BPF), Annual Fiscal Report (AFR), Mid-Year Report (MYR)];

Monitor macroeconomic developments and their impact on the budget;

Provide technical and secretariat services to the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) and its Executive Technical Board (ETB), Participatory Governance Cluster of the Cabinet (PGC), Philippine Open Government Partnership (PH-OGP), and the Public Financial Management (PFM) Committee;

Attend and prepare reports, briefing materials, and recommendations for the Economic Development Cluster (EDC), NEDA Board - Investment Coordination Committee (ICC), NEDA Board - Infrastructure Committee (INFRACOM), NEDA-Board - Committee on Tariff and Related Matters (CTRM), Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Board, Fiscal Incentives Review Board (FIRB), and other interagency coordination meetings;

Prepare and submit comments, inputs, briefing materials, and other reports requested by Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs);

Serve as focal unit in the DBM for policy level concerns of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) - in close coordination with Budget and Management Bureaus
(BMBs), concerned implementing agencies, oversight agencies, donor institutions, and other concerned stakeholders;

Prepare comments and recommendations as inputs to legislative measures and enrolled bills, and planned executive issuance with fiscal policy implications;

Conceptualize and manage the implementation of budgeting reforms and innovations, and provide assistance to DBM implementing bureaus in mainstreaming these initiatives to include strategic thinking, mobilizing technical support from development partners, and conducting change management programs with agencies;

Monitor the implementation of budgeting reforms and innovations, evaluate their impact on resource allocation and budget execution, and submit required reports to the DBM Management;

Coordinate the formulation and implementation of policies of the DBM and the government as a whole in implementing international fiscal transparency standards and upholding citizen's right to access information; and

Serve as focal unit in the DBM for all concerns related to Civil Society Organization (CSO) participation in the budget process through the CSO Desk.

Manage the timely, orderly and accurate documentation, storage, categorization and deployment of DBM's knowledge products, particularly those in the DBM Library for easy access and usage; and leverage external knowledge resources; and foster greater knowledge retention and exchange, in collaboration with the DBM offices concerned. Part of these tasks would include the management of the DBM Library, partnering with other institutions for knowledge sharing, and preparation of publications/knowledge products such as the Annual Report, DBM Bulletin, and eUpdates which document the reforms, significant events, best practices, and key milestones of the Department and its offices, among others;

Convert, package, publish and disseminate, as necessary, available Information of the Department into various knowledge products;

Provide editorial, design and other services needed for publications;

Prepare and ensure the timely publication of the President's Budget Message, and other budget documents which are required by the Open Budget Survey and other fiscal transparency instruments employed by various local and international organizations;

Handle the development and implementation of the DBM's Public Financial Management (PFM) capacity-building programs, particularly the formulation of courses, curricula and modules, and the delivery of the same;

Enter into twinning arrangement with SUCs on the implementation of the PFMCP and monitor and evaluate the delivery of the same;

Expansion and capacity building of the DBM's Speakers Bureau and the pool of speakers for the PFM Competency Program;

Strengthening of network and linkages through the conduct of study visits with the foreign and local stakeholders particularly with discussions on Philippine Budget Process as well as the DBM's roles and responsibilities in the whole of government;

Develop the DBM Secretary's speeches, talking points, and correspondences, in coordination with the relevant DBM Offices;

Draft supplemental press releases, as needed, to support Media Affairs;

Provide technical assistance, including research and preparation of briefers for approved media interviews;

Manage and lead interagency communication initiatives with support from Media Affairs Division, as necessary;

Create and/or manage the official DBM Facebook page, and other official social media accounts of the DBM and the Office of the Secretary;

Develop, review, and release DBCC Joint Statement;and

Mount and/or produce DBCC-related and Economic Managers-related press events and projects, including, but not limited to, the (1) Philippine Economic Briefing; (2) Road-to-A investor related events and briefing; (3) international media interviews relative to World Bank - International Monetary Fund (WB - IMF), and related events of the Economic team; and (5) webinars, talk shows and other related online events and initiatives, among others;

1. Budget and management policy improvements based on in-depth evaluation of agency programs and projects and overall organizational efficiency and effectiveness;
2. Legislative proposals/bills and planned executive issuances with funding implications; and
3. Budget operations guidelines applicable to its agency/fund coverage;

Update/maintain a DBM-managed agency Forward Estimates/Medium-Term Expenditure Frameworks (FEs/MTEFs) as a budget planning and management decision tool;

Lead the mainstreaming of medium-term and results-based budgeting and performance management reforms in client agencies consistent with the Public
Expenditure Management (PEM) framework;

Provide technical assistance and advice to stakeholders on the budget preparation and expenditure management of client agencies;

Plan and undertake budget preparation oversight activities for agencies under its coverage, in coordination/consultation with other DBM offices/units and oversight agencies concerned;

1. New projects/programs for consideration of the Executive Review Board (ERB) for inclusion in the agency MTEFs;
2. Changes in staffing and compensation concerning agencies with military and uniformed personnel, Coast Guard, NAMRIA and SUCs in coordination with the Organization, Position Classification and Compensation Bureau (OPCCB);
3. Funding requirements and preparation/issuance of corresponding fund release documents; and
4. Purchase of motor vehicles;

Administer lump sum funds (LSFs)/special purpose funds (SPFs) as part of the oversight function over specific agency coverages; and

Monitor and evaluate the financial and physical performance and overall organizational efficiency and effectiveness of government agencies vis-a-vis development goals/targets/priorities in the context of the MTEF and Organizational Performance Indicator Framework (OPIF) and provide a basis for sound policy and budgeting decisions.

Undertake operational and sectoral policy reviews in collaboration/consultation with client agencies/government-owned or -controlled corporations (GOCCs) under its coverage to ensure quality and appropriate medium-term levels of expenditures and intra-sectoral budget allocation decisions;

1. Budget and management policy improvements based on in-depth evaluation of agency/GOCC programs and projects and overall organizational efficiency and effectiveness;
2. Legislative proposals/bills and planned executive issuances with funding implications, as well as those with specific GOCC issues on organization, compensation and position classification; and
3. Budget operations guidelines applicable to its agency/GOCC/fund coverage;

Review and validate the appraisal of new projects/programs proposed by agencies and recommend appropriate ERB action for their inclusion in the agency MTEFs;

Update/maintain a DBM-managed agency FEs/MTEFs as a budget planning and management decision tool;

Lead the mainstreaming of medium-term and results-based budgeting and performance management reforms in client agencies consistent with the PEM framework;

Provide technical assistance and advice to stakeholders on the budget preparation and expenditure management of client agencies;

Plan and undertake budget preparation oversight activities for agencies/GOCCs under its coverage, in coordination/consultation with other DBM offices/units and oversight agencies concerned;

1. New projects/programs for consideration of the Executive Review Board (ERB) for inclusion in the agency MTEFs;
2. Organization, staffing, compensation and position-classification (for GOCCs);
3. Funding requirements and preparation/issuance of corresponding fund release documents;
4. Purchase of motor vehicles; and
5. Corporate Operating Budgets (for GOCCs)

Administer LSFs/SPFs as part of the oversight function over specific agency coverages;

Monitor and evaluate the financial and physical performance and overall organizational efficiency and effectiveness of government agencies vis-a-vis development goals/targets/priorities in the context of the MTEF and OPIF and provide a basis for sound policy and budgeting decisions; and

1. Government corporate sector, including LWDs and prepare operations manual/s, as necessary; and
2. GOCCs under its coverage, in coordination with the OPCCB and other oversight agencies.

Undertake operational and sectoral policy reviews in collaboration/consultation with client agencies/State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) under its coverage to ensure responsive and appropriate medium-term levels of expenditures and intra-sectoral budget allocation decision;

1. Budget and management policy improvements based on in-depth evaluation of agency programs and projects and overall organizational efficiency and effectiveness;
2. Legislative proposals/bills and planned executive issuances with funding implications, as well as those with specific SUC issues on organization, compensation and position clasification; and
3. Budget operations guidelines applicable to its agency/SUC/fund coverage;

Update/maintain a DBM-managed agency FEs/MTEFs as a budget planning and management decision tool;

Lead the mainstreaming of medium-term and results-based budgeting and performance management reforms in client agencies consistent with the PEM framework;

Provide technical assistance and advice to stakeholders on the budget preparation and expenditure management of client agencies;

Plan and undertake budget preparation oversight activities for client agencies and SUCs, in coordination/consultation with other DBM offices/units and oversight agencies concerned;

Undertake budget preparation oversight activities to the Regional Task Force, created to oversee the budget preparation activities for SUCs, to ensure consistency in the implementation of budget preparation guidelines/advisories.

Evaluate and recommend appropriate actions for client agencies and SUCs under its coverage, as well as other stakeholders, requests/proposals for:

1. New projects/programs for consideration of the ERB for inclusion in the agency MTEFs;

2. Organization, staffing, compensation and position-classification;

3. Funding requirements and preparation/issuance of corresponding fund release documents;

4. Purchase of motor vehicles;and

5. Technical assistance, comments, inputs, clarifications and recommendations on various queries and concerns relating to budget implications.

Monitor and evaluate the financial and physical performance and overall organizational efficiency and effectiveness of government agencies vis-a-vis development goals/targets/priorities in the context of the MTEF and OPIF and provide a basis for sound policy and budgeting decisions;

Undertake oversight activities to DBM ROs to ensure the consistency in the interpretation and implementation of budget and management policies concerning DepEd, CHED, and SUCs; and

Evaluate and facilitate the requests of the client agencies on the creation/renaming/conversion of Implementing Units i.e., Division Office, and schools, in the Unified Accounts Code Structure (UACS) Repository System.

Formulate standards and operating guidelines of general application for budget preparation, execution and accounting of budget performance, in coordination with the BMBs, DBM ROs, LS and other DBM offices/units;

Conduct the periodic review of budget preparation, execution and accountability processes in coordination with other DBM offices;

Recommend policies for the effective and efficient management of expenditures;

Act as clearing house for operational guidelines and standards formulated by BMBs for national government agencies (NGAs);

Oversee/coordinate/consolidate the annual preparation of the President's Budget;

Monitor and prepare consolidated reports and overall analysis of expenditures and outputs relative to the status of budget utilization, including government budgetary releases, obligations incurred and disbursements made, for submission to Management and other stakeholders as required, as well as posting of reports at the DBM website;

Prepare consolidated Monthly Disbursement Program as evaluated by BMBs, as input for the formulation of the National Government Disbursement Program that will be approved by the DBCC;

Provide technical assistance to DBM offices/units concerned, such as in the preparation of comments on congressional bills, draft inter-agency issuances, and clarifications relative to audit observations;

Review existing electronic budgeting systems and recommend improvements/enhancements thereto in coordination with the BMBs and the ICTSS;

Act as the printing and releasing unit of budget authorization documents issued by the BMBs and LGRCB in the DBM Central Office;

Serve as fund administrator of multi-user SPFs, such as Contingent Fund, Pension and Gratuity Fund, Miscellaneous Personnel Benefits Fund, and Unprogrammed Fund; and

Administer the UACS, management of the UACS Repository System and evaluation of BMB/RO requests/recommendations for issuance of codes consistent with the business rules of the UACS.

Administer and maintain a unified compensation and position classification system, including performance-based incentives for NGAs, GOCCs covered by DBM, and LGUs in coordination with the CSC;

Develop policies, standards and guidelines on organization, staffing, and compensation for NGAs;

Formulate policies and budgetary guidelines on Personnel Services and
associated expenditures;

Evaluate agency proposals on organization, staffing, compensation and position classification, and issue the Notice of Organization, Staffing and Compensation Action (NOSCA) to agencies, except those involving military and uniformed personnel and GOCCs which will be continually handled by the BMBs concerned;

Monitor government manpower levels and administer and maintain a comprehensive and reliable database on national government positions and personnel through the Government Manpower Information System (GMIS);

Pursue the deregulation of input controls in organization, staffing and compensation management parallel with the shift towards output/results-based orientation of agencies;

Prepare recommendations and position papers on legislative proposals/bills and planned executive issuances with policy and government-wide implication, as well as specific agency issues on organization, staffing, compensation and position classification; and

Provide technical assistance to client agencies and authorities/decision makers on matters related to organization, staffing and compensation.

Formulate policies and develop standards and guidelines, as well as pilot-test better management practices, such as work simplification, cost reduction and other related measures in order to enhance efficiency and productivity in government;

Study and recommend appropriate mechanisms/strategies/systems and structures to improve the management of government assets, in coordination with relevant agencies;

Conduct studies and researches, and undertake monitoring and evaluation of the effectiveness or efficiency in the delivery of government services in relation
to strategic and functional directions, existing methods, management systems and procedures/processes of government agencies, and recommend improvements, if necessary;

Provide technical and administrative support to the Government Quality Management Committee in the implementation of the Government Quality Management Program;

Formulate policies and measures on the strengthening of internal controls systems of government agencies, to ensure the integrity, accuracy, completeness, and reliability of their financial and management systems; and

Prepare inputs/recommendations on legislative proposals/bilis, draft Executive Orders and other proposed executive issuances which have implications on management systems improvement, public sector productivity enhancement, management of government assets, strengthening of internal control systems in government, and other related concerns.

Administer the National Tax Allotment (previously known as Internal Revenue Allotment) and all allocations to local government units;

Formulate PEM policies for the implementation by the LGUs;

Oversee LGUs' implementation of PEM policies and undertake capacity building and skills upgrading of LGUs in coordination with the DBM Regional Offices;

Assist in coordinating the activities of the DBM Regional Offices, specifically the provision of appropriate technical support during the Regional Coordination Meetings, including facilitation of issue resolution raised by the DBM Regional Offices with the DBM B/S/Os concerned;and

Ensure consistency in the implementation of budget and management policies by the DBM ROs;  

Provide policy advisory and support services to the DBM Central Office, Regional Development Councils (RDCs), Regional Inter-Agency Teams (RIATs), Regional Inter-Agency Committees (RIACs), Project Monitoring Committees (PMCs), Regional Advisory Council (RAC) and other regional policy-making bodies, as may be appropriate;

Plan and undertake budget preparation and execution activities for SUCs and decentralized agencies with transactions delegated to ROs and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) for DBM-NCR;

Review the budgets of provinces, highly urbanized cities, independent component cities and Metro Manila municipalities to ensure compliance with the Local Government Code (LGC) of 1991, its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR), and other applicable laws, rules and regulations issued by competent authorities;

Administer/manage the GMIS of SUCs and decentralized agencies delegated to ROs and MMDA for DBM-NCR;

Provide advisory and technical assistance to LGUs, decentralized agency coverages and LWDs and advocate the implementation of PFM and procurement reforms, among others, in the regions and MMDA for DBM-NCR, as may be appropriate;

Evaluate and approve organizational and staffing modifications inclusive of action on compensation and position classification matters, of SUCs, decentralized agency coverages and MMDA for DBM-NCR, and LWDs;

Release funds to SUCs, decentralized agency coverages and MMDA for DBM-NCR, in accordance with the provisions of the annual General Appropriations Act (GAA);

Monitor and evaluate the performance of SUCs and decentralized agency coverages, and MMDA for DBM-NCR;

Monitor the conduct of PFM assessment by LGUs, and its preparation and implementation of PFM Improvement Plans, and subsequent updates thereof;

Provide inputs to the DBM Central Office on the status of major programs and projects of SUCs and LGUs, in the regions, and decentralized budgets of NGAs and MMDA for DBM-NCR, as may be appropriate;

Evaluate and recommend actions on requests for authority to purchase motor vehicles of SUCs, LGUs, LWDs, MMDA for DBM-NCR and other decentralized agencies;

Respond to queries on budgetary or compensation-related matters of LGUs, SUCs and other agencies concerned in the regions;

Ensure that the reportorial requirements for all Allocations to LGUs are complied by the LGUs; and

Provide recommendations/inputs on legislative proposals/bills and planned executive issuances with funding implications.