Department of Budget and Management

6 Jul 2023

Government Employee Benefits — Salary and Salary Increase

You may be someone who is interested in knowing the benefits of a government employee; either because you are a new government employee or you are planning to apply for a job in the government — that’s why you bumped into this post. Well, you are in the right place for this purpose. In this post, we will explain the basics about the salary and pay raise of government employees. Just like any employee, government employees also receive their salary as remuneration to the work that they do for or provide to the government. The salary of government employees is...

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4 May 2023

Budgeting 101: What is a Program, Project, or Activity (PAP)?

What is a PAP? A program, project or activity (PAP) is any work process or group of work processes undertaken to realize the outputs and outcomes of an agency. This is represented by an item of appropriation in the national budget. Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Simply put, PAP pertains to what the government does collectively, through its various offices, to achieve what it planned to realize during the year. What is a program? A program is defined as a group of activities and projects that contribute to a common particular outcome. A program should have the following: 1)...

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16 Mar 2023

Top 3 Reasons why DBM discontinued the submission of SPMR

Beginning March 8, 2023, government agencies are no longer required to prepare and submit the Summary Performance Monitoring Report (SPMR), according to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM). The SPMR is a report required to be submitted to the DBM by all government agencies concerned every 10th of the following month, originally aimed at gathering quick or flash report regarding the agencies’ budget utilization rates as at a given period (i.e., as of the month). The SPMR is used by the DBM to facilitate evaluation of agency performance against their respective plans and targets. It was also envisioned to...

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8 Feb 2023

How much is the uniform and clothing allowance of government employees for 2023?

Each qualified government employee is entitled to P6,000.00 of uniform and clothing allowance per year. Section 58 of the General Provisions of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 General Appropriations Act (GAA) provides that an amount not exceeding Six Thousand Pesos (P6,000) per annum is authorized for the payment of uniform and clothing allowance of each qualified government employee, subject to the guidelines, rules and regulations issued by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM). Section 58, General Provisions, FY 2023 GAA Post Views: 25,182

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