QuestionsQuestions (MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 12)
Memorandum Order No. 12 cites Civil Service Commission (CSC) Memorandum Circular (MC) No. 1, dated 26 January 2001, which adopts the revised policies on PRAISE.
OP-PRAISE is the Office of the President Program on Awards and Incentives for Service Excellence.
The Chairman is the Senior Official designee of the Executive Secretary.
The Vice Chairman is the Head, Human Resource Management Office.
Members include the Head, Finance Office; Head, Legal Office; a Representative for 1st Level Positions; and a Representative for 2nd Level Positions.
It must prepare the Revised OP ESIAS in consonance with CSC-MC No. 1, s. 2001.
It must ensure that productivity, innovativeness, suggestions, and exemplary behavior are identified, considered, managed, and implemented on a continuing basis to cover employees at all levels.
While the Memorandum Order does not expand the acronym, it refers to the OP’s Employee/Service Incentives and Awards System that the Committee must revise in line with CSC-MC No. 1, s. 2001.
It is responsible for the development, administration, monitoring, and evaluation of the awards and incentives system of OP.
Yes. It shall establish its own internal procedures and strategies.
It shall recommend to the Executive Secretary its proposed annual budget to cover expenses incurred in granting both monetary and non-monetary awards.
Yes. It is authorized to propose necessary guidelines to cover situations not specifically covered by the Memorandum Order.
HRMO shall provide secretarial and administrative support to the Committee.
It shall take effect immediately.
It is signed by Paquito N. Ochoa, Jr., Executive Secretary, “By authority of the President.”
It includes representative members for 1st Level Positions and 2nd Level Positions, in addition to heads of key offices (HRMO, Finance, Legal) and a senior official designee as Chairman.