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FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
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OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
S. No. 
1753 
Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The Constitution, Article 9-B, Section 3 provides that: 
The Civil Service Commission, as the central personnel 
agency of the Government, shall establish a career service and 
adopt 
measures to 
promote morale, 
efficiency, 
integrity, 
responsiveness, progressiveness and courtesy in the civil service. It 
shall strengthen the merit and reward~: system, integrate all human 
resources development programs for all levels and ranks, and 
institutionalize a management climate conducive to public 
accountability. It shall submit to the President and the Congress an 
annual report on its personnel programs. 
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Internship programs bridge the gap between the academe and the workplace. It serves a 
two-fold purpose. The first is to allow government agencies to augment entry level functions 
while providing valuable work experience to prospective government employees. The second is 
to improve the recruitment pool by establishing a definite list of individuals who have experience 
working with particular government agencies. A sound internship system would provide our civil 
service a necessary layer in training, selection and overall human resource development. 
In order to ensure that the internship system is properly carried out across the government 
agencies and that the best practices are acknowledges and replicated, the Civil Service 
Commission must take the lead in establishing rules on internship programs as well as gathering 
pertinent information. The Civil Service Commi:;sion has the role of making sure that 
information regarding available internship programs are properly disseminated in order to attract 
more applicants and provide the government agencies with sufficient candidates for internship. 
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This bill seeks to mandate the Civil Service Commission to provide an integrated 
internship program (hat would complement its current recruitment efforts in order to ensure that 
our prospective civil servants are properly trained and the deserving ones promptly recruited. l 
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NIl .MIRIAM DEF l)SOR SA-irTIArO 
I This bill was originally filed in the third regular session of the 14th Congress. 
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FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
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OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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SEN1.T.7S3 
S. No. _=--_~ 
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Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago 
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AN ACT 
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TO IMPROVE GOVERNMENT INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS TO FACILITATE HIRING OF 
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.FULL-TIME GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
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SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Government Internship 
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Improvement Act." 
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SECTION 2. Definitions. - The purposes of this Act the term-
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A. "Internship program" means a program established by a Government agency to 
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provide educational employment experiences to individuals whose service in such 
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agency will not be used to displace any employee; and 
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lOB. "Intern" means an individual serving in an internship program. 
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SECTION 3. Internship Coordinator. - The head of each Government agency operating 
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an internship program shall designate an individual within such agency to serve as an internship 
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coordinator. 
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SECTION 4. Online Information. - The head of each Government agency operating an 
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internship program shall make publicly available on the Internet--
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A. the name and contact information of the internship coordinator for such program; and; 
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B. information regarding application procedures and deadlines for such internship 
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program; 
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The Civil Service Commission shall make publicly available on the Internet links to the 
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web sites where the information described in paragraph (1) is displayed. 
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SECTION 5. Centralized Database. - The Civil Service Commission shall establish and 
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maintain a centralized electronic database that contains the names, contact information, and 
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relevant skills of individuals who have completed or are nearing completion of an internship 
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program and are currently seeking full-time Government employment. 
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SECTION 6. Noncompetitive AppOintment. - Under such regulations as the Civil Service 
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Commission s~all prescribe, the head of an agency may make a noncompetitive appointment 
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leading to conversion to term, career, or career-conditional employment of an individual if the 
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individual-
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A. has completed an internship program; 
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B. is recommended for such appointment by the agency in which the individual served 
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as an intern; and 
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C. satisfies such other requirements and conditions as the Civil Service Commission 
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may prescribe. 
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SECTION 7. Term Appointment Conversion. - An intern appointed to term employment 
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under Section 6 may subsequently be converted noncompetitively to a career or career-
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conditional appointment before the term appointment expires. 
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SECTION 8. Regulations. -
The Civil Service Commission shall prescribe such 
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regulations as the Commission considers necessary to carry out this Act. 
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SECTION 9. Program Report. - The head of each Government agency operating an 
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internship program shan annually submit to the Civil Service Commission a report assessing 
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such internship program. Each report required shall include, for the one-year period ending on 
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March I ofthe year in which the report is submitted-
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A. the number of interns that participated in an internship program at such agency; 
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B. information regarding the demographic characteristics of interns at such agency, 
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including educational background; 
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C. the percentage of individuals who began full-time Government employment at such 
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agency who were appointed to such employment in accordance with Section 9.D.; 
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D. a description of the steps taken by such agency to increase such percentage, and any 
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barriers encountered; 
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E. a description of activities engaged in by such agency to recruit new interns, including 
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locations and methods; 
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F. a description of the diversity of work roles offered within internship programs at such 
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agency; 
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G. a description of the mentorship portion of such internship programs; and 
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H. a summary of exit interviews conducted by such agency upon completion of an 
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internship program by an intern. 
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SECTION 10. Submission. - Each report required under Section 9 shall be submitted to 
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the Civil Service Commission between March I and March 31 of each year. Not later than April 
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30 of each year, the Civil Service Commission shall submit to Congress a report summarizing 
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the information submitted to the Civil Service Commission in accordance with Section 9 for such 
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year. 
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SECTION 11. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part hereof, is held invalid or 
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unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision not otherwise affected shall remain 
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valid and subsisting. 
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SECTION 12. Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential decree or issuance, executive 
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order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary to or is inconsistent 
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with the provision of this Act is hereby repealed, modified, or amended accordingly. 
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SECTION 13. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
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publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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