BUSINESS CONTINUITY FRAMEWORKS MEETING

[Audio] Now, let us look into the duties of Public Officials and employees. These duties should be heartily executed by a public official in order to provide improved public service..

[Audio] ACT PROMPTLY ON LETTERS AND REQUESTS All public officials and employees shall, within 15 working days from receipt thereof, respond to letters, telegrams or other means of communications sent by the public. The reply must contain the action taken on the request..

[Audio] SUBMIT ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT All heads or other responsible officers of offices and agencies shall within 45 working days from the end of the year, render a performance report of the agency or office. Such report shall be open and available to the public within regular hours..

[Audio] PROCESS DOCUMENTS AND PAPERS EXPEDITIOUSLY All official papers and documents must be processed and completed within a reasonable time from the preparation thereof and must contain, as far as practicable, not more than 3 signatories therein. In the absence of duly authorized signatories, the official next- in-rank or officer-in-charge shall sign for and in their behalf..

[Audio] ACT IMMEDIATELY ON THE PUBLIC'S PERSONAL TRANSACTIONS All public officials and employees must attend to anyone who wants to avail himself of the services of their offices and must, at all times, act promptly and expeditiously..

[Audio] MAKE DOCUMENTS ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC All public documents must be accessible to and readily available for inspection by the public within reasonable working hours.

[Audio] TRANSPARENCY OF TRANSACTION AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION.

[Audio] Section 3, Rule IV, I of the Implementing Rules and regulation of RA 6713 includes Every department, office or agency shall provide official information, records or documents to any requesting public, EXCEPT: Such information, record or document in the interest of national defense or security or the conduct of foreign affairs; would put the life and safety of an individual in imminent danger;.

[Audio] within the concepts of established privileged or recognized exceptions as may be provided by law or settled policy or jurisprudence compromises drafts or decisions, orders, rulings, policy decisions, memoranda, etc.; constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

[Audio] It would disclose investigatory records complied for law enforcement purposes, or information which if written would be contained in such records, but only to the extent that the production of such records or information would (i) interfere with enforcement proceedings, (ii) deprive a person of a right to a fair trial or impartial adjudication, (iii) disclose the identity of a confidential information furnished only by the confidential source, or (iv) unjustifiably disclose investigative techniques and procedures.

[Audio] It would disclose information the premature disclosure of which would be likely to lead to significant financial speculation in currencies, (ii) be likely or significantly to frustrate implementation of a proposed official action.

WHO ARE PUBLIC OFFICIALS?. PROHIBITED ACTS AND TRANSACTIONS.

PROHIBITED ACTS AND TRANSACTIONS.

shall not , dir e ctl y o r ind i rect l y, have any financ ial o r mat e ri a l int e re s t in any transaction requ i ring the approval o f their office.

durin g incumb ency, shall no t own, contr o l o r manage o r acc e pt emp l oy m ent as office r , emp l oy e e, consultant , counse l , brok e r, agent, trustee o r no m in e e in any private enterpri s e regulated, super v ised or li c ensed by t he i r offi c e unl e ss express ly allo w ed by law.

sha l l no t eng a g e in the pr i vate pr a ct i c e o f p ro f essi o n un l ess auth o riz e d by the Constit u ti o n or l a w, pr o vid e d that such pr a ct i ce w i ll no t conf l i c t o r tend to co n fl i ct w i th of f i c i a l fun c t ions.

shall no t rec o m m end any p e rson to any positio n in a privat e ent e rpri s e w h ich ha s a re g ul a r o r p e nd i ng transaction with their office.

shall no t use o r divulg e , conf i dential o r classifi e d info r mati on.

shall no t solic i t o r acc e pt , dir e ctly o r indir e ctl y , any gift , grat u ity, favor , ent e rtain m en t , loan or an y thi ng o f m o n e tary value from any p e rson in the co u rse o f t h e ir offic i al duti e s.

Gifts or grant from foreign governments – Congress consents to acceptance by official/employee gift of nominal value as a souvenir or mark of courtesy gift in the nature of scholarship or fellowship grant or medical treatment travel grants or expenses for travel entirely outside the Philippines if appropriate or consistent with interest of Philippines.

sha l l no t i ndu l g e in ext r avaga n t or ost e nta t ious d i splay o f w ea lth in any fo r m.

shall no t displa y ill o r bad manners.

shall no t withhold informat i on.

PENALTIES. I. COMMITTING ANY VIOLATION OF THE CODE Fine not exceeding the equivalent of six (6) months salary; or Suspension not exceeding one (1) year; or Removal depending on the gravity of the offense after due notice and hearing..

II. VIOLATIONS OF: Section 7 - Prohibited Acts and Transactions Section 8 - Statements and Disclosure Section 9 – Divestment.