Legal Basis and Administrative Framework
- Republic Act No. 6713 requires public officials and employees to accomplish and file under oath their Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) and Disclosure of Business Interests and Financial Connections (DBIFC).
- Republic Act No. 6713 covers SALN and DBIFC including those of the spouse and unmarried children under eighteen (18) years of age living in their households.
- Rule VIII of the Rules Implementing the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees authorizes certain officials to establish compliance procedures for review of SALNs.
- CSC Resolution No. 1300455 (04 March 2013) amends guidelines on persons authorized to review and evaluate SALNs and DBIFCs under Rule VIII and requires each agency/office to have a Review and Compliance Committee (RCC).
- Executive Order No. 292, Section 27, Chapter 9, Title III, Book III, provides authority for constituting an RCC for the relevant government offices.
Policy Goal: Review and Compliance
- The RCCs are constituted to facilitate compliance procedures for the filing and submission of SALNs and DBIFCs in the Office of the President (OP) Proper.
- The RCCs determine whether SALNs and DBIFCs have been properly accomplished and filed.
- The RCCs perform evaluation, correction notification, issuance of compliance orders, referral for discipline, and supervision of transmittal of original copies.
Coverage: Seats in the Office of the President Proper
- An RCC is constituted for each seat of officials and personnel in the Office of the President (OP) Proper.
- For Presidential appointees in the OP Proper, the RCC has:
- Chairperson: Undersecretary of the Office of the Executive Secretary (OES)
- Members: Two (2) Assistant Secretaries of the OES
- For non-Presidential appointees in the OP Proper, the RCC has:
- Chairperson: Deputy Executive Secretary for Internal Audit (DESIA)
- Members: Assistant Executive Secretary of the Office of the DESIA and Director of ODESIA
- The RCCs are assigned to review and compliance functions over SALNs and DBIFCs of the relevant OP Proper officials and/or personnel in their respective seats.
RCC Responsibilities: Receive, Evaluate, Correct, Record
- Each RCC must receive SALNs and DBIFCs submitted by OP Proper officials and/or personnel.
- Each RCC must evaluate whether the SALNs and DBIFCs were:
- Submitted on time
- Complete
- In proper form
- Each RCC must notify officials and/or personnel with incomplete and/or apparent erroneous data in their SALNs and DBIFCs to correct/supply the desired information.
- Each RCC must prepare an alphabetical list identifying officials and/or personnel who:
- (i) filed their SALN and DBIFC with complete data;
- (ii) filed their SALN and DBIFC but with incomplete data; and
- (iii) did not file their SALN and DBIFC.
- The alphabetical list must be submitted to the Executive Secretary, with CSC copied, on or before May 15 of every year.
Compliance Orders and Disciplinary Referral
- Each RCC must issue compliance orders requiring officials and/or personnel to:
- Supply/correct information for those with incomplete/erroneous data in their SALN and DBIFC; and
- Comply for those who did not file/submit their SALN and DBIFC.
- Each RCC must refer to the Executive Secretary or the OP Internal Affairs and Complaints Committee (as the case may be) officials and/or personnel who failed:
- to submit their SALNs and DBIFCs; or
- to correct their SALNs and DBIFCs
- Each referral is made for the institution of disciplinary administrative proceedings.
Transmittal of SALNs/DBIFCs and Ongoing Tasks
- Each RCC must supervise the transmittal of all original copies of the SALNs and DBIFCs received on or before June 30 of every year to the concerned repository offices/agencies.
- Each RCC must perform other tasks in furtherance of its responsibilities and/or consistent with existing laws, rules and regulations on the filing and submission of SALNs and DBIFCs.
Revised Compliance Procedure Submission Deadline
- Subject to existing laws, rules and regulations, the RCCs must jointly submit to the Executive Secretary a revised compliance procedure for review of SALNs and DBIFCs in the OP Proper.
- The joint submission must be made within sixty (60) days from the effectivity of Memorandum Order No. 13.
Revocation and Amendment of Inconsistent Issuances
- All orders or issuances, or portions thereof, including Memorandum Order No. 182 (s. 2005) as amended, that are inconsistent with Memorandum Order No. 13 are revoked, amended, or modified accordingly.