DBM CIRCULAR LETTER NO. 7-96

: It addresses the determination of step increments due to length of service for officials whose positions are allocated to Salary Grade 30 to 32.
: It applies to Salary Grades 30 to 32.
: RA 6758 provides only a single step (1st step) for Salary Grades 30 to 32.
: Executive Orders No. 164, 218, and 290 provide eight (8) steps each for those Salary Grades.
: The prescribed salary steps of officials in the Interim Salary Schedules under EOs 164, 218, and 290 should be used.
: It implies that officials in Salary Grades 30 to 32 have eight (8) salary steps and can receive step increments, unlike the single step under RA 6758.
: Salvador M. Enriquez, Jr., Secretary of the Department of Budget and Management, signed it.
: It was adopted on March 4, 1996.
: No, it specifically pertains only to officials whose positions fall under Salary Grades 30 to 32.
: It allows the use of the eight-step salary schedules under the cited Executive Orders for step increments due to length of service for officials in Salary Grades 30 to 32, overriding the single step provision in RA 6758.