flay 4, 1976 DEPARTMENT ORDER NO.
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Pursuant to Commission on Audit Circular No. 76-26 dated April 6, 1976 withdrawing pre-audit and fully implementing post-audit, with certain limitations, on all government financial transactions, the following procedures and guidelines are hereby prescribed: 1.
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REQUISITIONS ABiD LETTER ORDERS 1.
Requirements for supplies, materials, and equipment, as well as the repair and maintenance thereof, of the different divisions/staffs shall be submitted to the Property and Procurement Section of the General Services Division, which shall forward them, together with the corresponding recommendations, for approval to the Undersecretary for Administration, or, in his absence, to the Finance Service Chief of the Administrative Service.
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Requirements which may have to be procured in the open market, duly approved by the official concerned, shall then be submitted by the Property and Procurment Section to the Special Finance Award Committee for appropriate action in accordance with existing orders, rules and regulations.
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he corresponding requisitions and letter orders shall be prepared by the Property and Procurement Section and submitted to the Budget Division for obligation of allotments, which shall forward them to the Accounting Division for certification as to the availability of funds, They shall then be forwarded, for signature to the Finance Service Chief, Financial & Management Service, within the limits of his delegated authority, or to the Undersecretary for Operations.
CASH CLAIMS 1.
All cash claims, except those involving fiscal agency service handled by the Budget Division, shall be filed with the Cash and Payroll Section of the General Services Division, which shall prepare the corresponding vouchers and submit them to the Budget Division for processing and obligation allotments, which in turn shall forward the same t the Accounting Division for further examination and ertification as to the availability of 4t funds. They shall then be forwarded for approval to the Finance Service Chief of the Financial & Management
2 Service, within the limits of his delegated authority, or to. the Urriersecretary.., for Operations. 2.
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All cash claims, duly approved by the corresponding official in accordance with existing laws, orders, rules and regulations, shall then be fowarded to the Cash and Payroll Section, General Service Division, for payment.
PRE-AUDIT FUNCTICKS 1.
Pre-audit ftuictions (internal control) shall be performed mainly by the Budget Division in addition to its normal functions.
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The Budget Division shall institute internal safeguards and procedures particularly those in connection with disbursements of all forms, adopt systematic voucher processing techniques, and introduce other measures
as miy be necessary to prevent irregularities and strengthen existing internal control. 3.
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The Accounting Division, in addition to its normal functions, shall have the responsiblity of submitting to the Resident Auditor vouchers subject to pre-audit by his Office and shall so indicate thereon in accordance with paragraph 3 of said COA Circular No. 76-26.
REPEALING PROVISION All existing orders inconsistent herewith are hereby revoked or modified accordingly.
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EFFECTIVITS This Order shall take effect immediately.
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G Lambe
PEDRO e-&Secretary