Requested from DBM by C. Sinlao at 10:40 AM on
Jul 31, 2023.
Purpose: Academic Research
Date of Coverage: 01/01/2010 - 06/30/2023
Tracking no: #DBM-862472063913
Sinlao 10:40 AM, Jul 31, 2023
Good day,
I would like to request for a soft copy (excel file) of Statement of Allotment, Obligation and Balances (SAOB), by Agency (from 2011-latest). Upon checking in the DBM website, SAOB is only available in PDF format. I would appreciate to have the excel file so I can easily facilitate my dataset.
Also, I would also like to be clarified if what is the basis of the data in the Budget Expenditure and Sources of Financing (BESF) Table 1 (expenditure program, by object). Does the "ACTUAL" year provide the actual expenses incurred (e.g. in Personnel Services) in a given year.
Central Records Division 01:35 PM, Jul 31, 2023
31 July 2023
Dear Mr. Sinlao:
Warm greetings from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM).
Thank you for your request dated 31 July 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 Statement of Allotment, Obligation, and Balances (2013-Present) and clarification on the basis of the data in the Budget Expenditure and Sources of Financing (BESF), on 31 July 2023. We will respond on or before 21 August 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-862472063913.
Thank you.
Very truly yours,
FRO Media Affairs and Community Relations Office (MACRO)
FOI Officer
Bureau 01:31 PM, Aug 04, 2023
August 4, 2023
Dear Charles Sinlao,
Greetings!
Thank you for your request dated Jul 31, 2023 10:40:10 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.
Your Request
You asked for:
a. Soft copy of Statement of Allotment, Obligation, and Balances (2013-Present); and
b. Clarification on the basis of data in the Budget Expenditure and Sources of Financing (BESF) Table 1 _Expenditure Program by Object, if the ACTUAL year provide the actual expenses incurred (e.g., in Personnel Services) in a given year.
Response to Request
Please note that we the excel format of the Statement of Allotment, Obligations and Balances (SAOB) cannot be provided since they contain links from various files. Also, the data for the years 2011 to 2015 are no longer available in our files. Hence, we hope that the available PDF formats of the SAOB, posted on the DBM website will suffice.
On your second query, please be informed that the column for the ACTUAL year in the BESF Table – Expenditure Program, by Object, correspond to obligation incurred by the agency within a given year.
Obligation is a commitment by a government agency arising from an act of a duly authorized official which binds the government to the immediate or eventual payment of a sum of money. The agency is authorized to incur obligations only in the performance of activities which are in pursuit of its functions and programs authorized in appropriations acts/laws within the limit of the allotment released by the DBM.
Thank you.
Respectfully,
Budget Technical Bureau
FOI Receiving Officer
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