QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 339)
To direct Executive Department officials to limit official travels abroad to those that are urgent and absolutely necessary, in line with government restraint in resource utilization.
Department secretaries, undersecretaries, assistant secretaries, and other government officials of equivalent rank in the Executive Department.
They must be urgent and absolutely necessary.
Executive Order No. 559 dated September 12, 1979.
Proposed official travel abroad must be submitted to the Office of the President for decision at least ten (10) days before the scheduled departure.
The Office of the President.
They must first be forwarded to the Office of the President for evaluation prior to being accepted.
Yes. EO 339 requires that such invitations be forwarded to the Office of the President for evaluation before acceptance.
Executive officials should be on hand to manage their offices and respond immediately to matters requiring their attention; also, the government observes restraint in the use of resources, and travel abroad is a controllable expense.
It emphasizes that officials should efficiently and effectively manage their respective offices and be available to respond immediately and decisively to matters requiring their attention.
All executive orders and similar issuances that are in conflict or inconsistent with EO 339 are repealed and/or modified accordingly.
Immediately.
President Corazon C. Aquino; signed in her capacity as President of the Philippines.
Submission of the proposed travel to the Office of the President at least 10 days before departure (for decision) and forwarding invitations for evaluation before acceptance.
It requires both urgency and that the travel is absolutely necessary.
Because it notes that expenditure for official travel abroad is an item of expense that the government can further restrain.
The official must submit the proposed travel for Office of the President evaluation/decision; failure to meet the urgency and absolute necessity standard would mean it should not be approved.