REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
ZAMBOANGA STATE COLLEGE OF MARINE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY
Center of Excellence in Fisheries
National Budget Circular 542, issued by the Department of Budget and Management on August 29, 2012, reiterates compliance with Section 93 of the General Appropriations Act of FY2012. Section 93 is the Transparency Seal provision, to wit:
Sec. 93. Transparency Seal. To enhance transparency and enforce accountability, all national government agencies shall maintain a transparency seal on their official websites.
A Transparency Seal, prominently displayed on the main page of the website of a particular government agency, is a certificate that it has complied with the requirements of Section 93. This Seal links to a page within the agency’s website which contains an index of downloadable items of each of the above-mentioned documents.
Symbolism
A pearl buried inside a tightly-shut shell is practically worthless. Government information is a pearl, meant to be shared with the public in order to maximize its inherent value. The Transparency Seal, depicted by a pearl shining out of an open shell, is a symbol of a policy shift towards openness in access to government information. On the one hand, it hopes to inspire Filipinos in the civil service to be more open to citizen engagement; on the other, to invite the Filipino citizenry to exercise their right to participate in governance.
This initiative is envisioned as a step in the right direction towards solidifying the position of the Philippines as the Pearl of the Orient – a shining example for democratic virtue in the region.
Procurement Service (PS) Compliance with Sec. 93 (Transparency Seal) R.A. No. 10155 (General Appropriations Act FY 2012)
I. Agency’s Mandate and Functions; name of its officials with their position and designation, and contact information;
II. Annual Financial Reports
III. Approved Budgets and Targets
IV. Annual Procurement
V. Projects, Programs and Activities, Beneficiaries, and Status of Implementations
VI. QMS Certification of at least one core process by any International Organization approved by the Inter-Agency Task Force or ISO 9001:2015 aligned QMS documents.
A. AACCUP CERTIFICATES
B. ISO 90012015 CERTIFICATE
VII. System Ranking and Delivery Units
VIII. The Agency Review and Compliance Procedure of Statements and Financial Disclosures
Certificate of Compliance (State of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth) 2022
IX. Freedom Of Information (FOI)
ZSCMST Freedom of Information Manual
X. Scorecards
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