Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

15 Congress
Second Regutar Session

COMMITTEE REPORT NO _2 204

Submuted by the Commutices on Econoinic Affairs and Goverment Reorganization on

—2OMAY 2012 6229

Re House BUI Ne _
Recommending its approval, m substtudion of House Bill Nos.1382, 2205, 3220 and 3334
Sponsors: Representatives Ramon H Durano VI, , Salvador H. Escudero Ii, Rufus B.
Rodriguez, Maximo B. Rodriguez, Jr, Neptali M. Gonzaies Il, and Tomas V, Apacible

Mr. Speaker:

‘The Committees on Economic Affairs and Goverment Reorganization ta which were
referred House Bill No. 1382 introduced by Rep. Rarnon H Durano VI, entitled:

“AN ACT

REORGANIZING (THE PHILIPPINE STATISTICAL SYSTEM,
REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER
ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE ENTITLED “REORGANIZING AND
STRENGTHENING THE PHILIPPINE STATISTICAL SYSTEM AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES”

House Bul! No, 2205 introduced by Reps Salvador H. Escudero Li and Tomas V. Apacible ,
eoutled:

“AN ACT
REORGANIZING THE PHILIPPANE STATISTICAL SYSTEM”

House Bitt No. 3
eantled.

0 introduced by Reps Rufus B Rodriguez and Maximo B. Rodriguez, Jr.,

“AN ACT
REORGANIZING THE PHILIPPINE STATISTICAL SYSTEM,
REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER
ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE ENTITLED “REORGANIZING AND
STRENGTHENING THE PHILIPPINE STATISTICAL SYSTEM AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES”


and House Bill No. 3334 introduced by Rep. Neptali Ganzales U, Jr., entitled:

“AN ACT
REORGANIZING THE PHILIPPINE STATISTICAL SYSTEM,
REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER
ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE ENTITLED “REORGANIZING AND
STRENGTHENING THE PHILIPPINE STATISTICAL SYSTEM AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES” ~
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© VI, Salvados H. Fscudero ILt, Rufus B. Rodriguez, Maximo B. Rodriguez, fr., Neptali

M. Gonzales Ul, and Tomas V. Apacible as authors thereof,

Respectfully submit

ESA! LOSJOS Hi MON “RED” H. DURANO Vi
Chaitfnan
eon Government Reorganization Commitee on Economic Affairs

THE HONORABLE SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
QUEZON CITY



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

Fifteenth Congress
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No. 6229

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Introduced by Representatives Ramon “Red” H. Durano Vi,
Salvador H. Escudero TH, Rufus B. Rodriguez, Maximo B.
Rodriguez, Jr. , Neptali M. Gonzales 11, and Tomas V. Apacible

AN ACI
REORGANIZING THE PHILIPPINE STATISTICAL SYSTEM, REPEALING
FOR THE PURPOSE EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER ONE HUNDRED
TWENTY-ONE ENTITLED “REORGANIZING AND STRENGTHENING
THE PHILIPPINE STATISTICAL SYSTEM AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Re it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled.

SECTION 1, ‘TTELE. This Act shall be known as the “Philippine Statistical
Act of 2612”.

SEC. 2, DECLARATION OF POLICY. tt shall be the policy of the Siate
to effect the necessary and proper changes in the organizational and functional
structures of the Phitippine Statistical System (PSS), its agencies and
instrumentalities, in order to rationalize and promote efficiency and effectiveness in
the delivery of statistical services, maintain an integrated statistical system
characterized by independence, objectivity and integrity so as to enhance
responsiveness to the requicements of equitable national development, promote the
orderly development of a statistical system capable of providing timely, accurate and
usefitt data for the government and the public, and support decentralization through
the establishment of the scatistical infrastructure necessary to service the ‘statistical

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SEC. 3, REORGANIZATION. The Phitippine Statistical System, hereinaNler
referred to as the PSS. shall be reorganized structurally and functionatiy. in.
accordance with the provisions of this Act

SEC. 4. PHILIPPINE STATISTICAL SYSTEM. The PSS shall consist of
Statistical organizations at all administrative levels, the personnel therein and the
national statistical program. This includes a policy-making body. a coordinating body
with primary data collection capability, a statistical research and training institute, and
all executive departments, bureaus, offices. ayencies and instrumentalities of the
national and focal government and all government-owned and controlled corporations
(GOCCs) and their subsidiaries that are engaged in statistical activities either as theis
Primary functions or as par of their administrative or regulatory fiunctions. The PSS
Shall remain decentcalized with a strong coordination feature to be achieved throug’

Postings of trained personnel and closer linkage belween statistical programming and
budgeting

SEC, 5. PHILIPPINE STATISTICS AUTHORITY. There shall be
crvated a Philippine Statistics Authority hereinafler referred to ats PSA attached to the
National Economic and Developinent Authority (NEDA) for purposes of policy
coordination It shall be comprised of the PSA Board and offices on sectoral statistics,

censuses and technical coordination, civil Tegistration and central support and field
statistical services,

The PSA Board shall be the highest policy-making body on statistical matters
the dara produced hy the PSA shall be the official and controlling statistics of the
government. The PSA shall be primarily responsible for all national censuses and
Surveys, Sectoral statistics, consolidation of selected administrative recording svstems

ard compilation of the national accounts.

The PSA shall be constituted from among the existing personnel of the major
statistical agencies engaged in primary data collection and compilation of secondary
data, i¢., the National Statistics Office. herein referred to as “NSO”, the Technical
Staff of the National Statistical Coordination Board herein referred to as “NSCB™. the
Bureau of Agricultural Statistics, herein reterred to a6 “BAS” and the Bureau of Labor
and Emptoyment Statistics, herein referred to as “BLES”



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The Department of Economic Statistics of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

(BSP) will continue to take charue of banking and financial statistics, inchiding the

Balance of Payments (BOP) and flow of tends,

SEC. 6. FUNCTIONS OF PSA. The PSA shall have the following

functions

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Serve as the centrat statistical authority of the Philippine government en

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Prepare and conduct periodic censuses on population, housing, agriculture.

fisheries, business, industry. and other sectors af the economy;
Collect, compile, analyze, abstract and publish statistical information relating

to the country’s cconomic. social, demographic. political affairs and general

activities and condition of the people,

Prepare and conduct siatistical sample surveys an all aspects of

socineconomic lil

inchiding agriculture, industry, trade, finance, prices and
marketing information, income and expenditure, education, health, culture
and social situations as well as the gove-nment and the political sector for the
use of the government and the public,

Carry out, enforce and administer civil registration funetions in the country as
provided for in Act No 3753 otherwise known as the Civil Registry Law:
Collaborate with departments of the national government including GOCCs
and thei subsidiaries in the collection. compilation, maintenance and
publication of statistical information, including special statistical data derive

from the activities of those deparments. corparatiot

and their subsidiaries,
Promote and develop

teurated social and cconomic statistics ap
coordinate plans for the integration of those statistics, including the nationa
accounts,

Develop and maintain appropriate frameworks and standards for the

collection, processing, analysis and dissemination of data.

Coordinate with government departments and Local Government Units

(LGUs) on the promotion and adoption of statistical standards involvins

techniques, methodologies, concepts. definitions and classifications, ant

the avoidance of duplication in the collection of statistical information:


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Conduct continuing methodological, analytical and devetopment activites,

coordination with the Philippine Statistical Research and Training Institute
(PSRT1) to improve ihe conduct of censuses, surveys and other data
collection activities;

k Recommend executive and legislative measures to enhance the development
of the statistical activities and programs of the wovernment,

1 Prepare, im consultation with the PSA Board. a Philippine Statistical
Development Program (PSDP),

nm Implement policies on statistical matters and coordination, as directed by the
PSA Board: and.

Perform other functions as may be assigned by the PSA Board and as may be

necessary (o carry oul the purposes of this Act

C.7, COMPOSITION OF THE PSA BOARD. ‘The PSA Board shall be
composed of the following: the National Statistician as Chairperson, the Director-
Gereral of the NEDA and the Secretary of the Department of Budget Management
(DBM), or his duly designated Undersecretary, as Vice-Chairpersons, one
represemative each from the other departments in the national government. a
representative of the Bangko Sentra! ng Pilipinas: the Executive Director of the

Phi'ippine Statistical Research and ‘Training Institute, a representative of the

Philippine Statistical Association: a representative from the GOCCs, & representative
each from the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (LILAP) and the private
seczor to be appointed by the Chairperson of the PSA Board for a term of three yeurs,
with reappointment, from a Tist of nominees submited by the other members of the

Board

In the absence or temporary incepacity of the National Statistician, -he NEDA
Director-General shall act a3 the Chairperson 07 the Board. In the absence of both the
National Statistician and the NEDA Director-General, the SBM representative sha |

act as the Chairperson of the Board

‘The PSA Board shall constitute five sections. each with ¢ maximum of sever
members. Fach section shall meet as often as possible to deliberate on mattins to be
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a. Agriculture, Industry, Trade and Services, Environment and Natural Resources,
Prices, and National Accounts,

b. Labor and Employment, Population. Wren and Gender, Health and Welfare.
Kducation, Science and ‘Technology, and other Socio-Economic Sectors,

Census and Survey Design;

d Theoretical Statisties and Statistical Modeting; and,

e Statistical Information System and fnformation Technology

‘The Board may create sections as deemed necessary and appropriate.

SEC. 8, MEETING AND COMPENSATION. ~ The PSA Board shall

a Conduct its first organizational meeting within forty-five (45) days from the
effectivity of this Act

b Hold regular quarterly meetings and may have as many special meetings as
may de necessary om call of the Chairperson oF upon request of any fi'teen (15)
members thereof

‘The members of the Board, except for the ex-officio members, shall cach

receive per iiem at rates to be determined by the DBM in accordance with existing

rules and regulations: Provided. however, That the total per diem collected each
month shall not exceed the equi

alent per diem for four (4) meetings

SEC. 9, POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF PSA BOARD. The P3A Board

shall have the following powers and functions:

Establish appropriate mechanisms to promote and maintain an efficient anc

effective statistical system in the government,

Db Formulate policies on all matters relating (o government statistical operations
standards and classifications,

¢ Review the statistical programs of the departments and avencies of the nation!
government and the LGUs and raionatize responsibilities in these goverament
organizations on matters retating to such statistical programs,

d. Review budgetary proposals involving statistical operations and submit a-

integrated budget for the PSS 10 the DBA


€. Prescribe appropriate frameworks for the improvement of statistical
coordination and establish mechanisms for statistical coordination at the
regional and LGU levels,

Provide technical assistance and exercise supervision over major goverament
statistical activities,

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Recommend executive and legislative measures 10 enhance the development

and efficiency of the system. including the internal structure of statistical

agencies, and,

h. Approve the Philippine Statistical Development Program

The PSA Board shai! act on and decide matters before it by a majority vote of
all ts members A majority of the members cf the PSA Board shall constitute a
quorum in the conduct of its day to day affairs and business.

All agencies of government are hereby riandated to comply with any and all
directives requested by the PSA Board, either motu proprio or through the PSA
Failure, without justifiable reason, by any agency to comply with this mandate shali
result in the filing of administrative and crimina. cases against the erring government
personnel and the immediate superior concerned without prejudice to violation of any

other law or regulation. na criminal case, the penalties provided in the second

parauraph of Section 27 heceaf shall apply

SEC, 10,

NTER-AGENCY COMMITTEES ON STATISTICS. ‘The
foltowing, inter-agency statistical committees (LACS) shall be created by the PSA
Boerd to coordinate and resolve agency and sectoral concerns on statistical matters
The LAC shall serve as a forum for discussion of the issues raised by concerned
producers, users and other stakeholders of sectoral and agency-specitic statistics

1) Committee on Agriculture

2) Com

jee on Trade and Industry Statistics
3) Committee on Infrastructure.

4) Committee on Financial Statistics

5) Committee on Social Statistics

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7) Committee on Rnviranment and Natural Resources

8) Committee on Information and Communication Technology
9) Commitice on Science and Technology

10) Committee on Governance

11) Committee on Migration

12)Commitiee on Fiscal Matters

13} Committee on PSS Resources:

The PSA Board may create IACs to assist in the exercise of its functions or
abolish them as appropriate. ft shall define the functions and terms of reference of the

LACs which will allow flexibility and the ability to respond to future emerging
statistical concerns on various sectors,

The membership of the TACs may be increased or decreased as the exigencies
of the work require, provided that these shall be authorized by the PSA Board. The
JACS may create sub-committees or working groups as the need arises in the work to
be done, Membership of said sub-commitiees'working groups shall come from the
technical staff of the government agencies represented and other private entities,

The TACs shall submit to the PSA Board their work progtams and report on

the progress of their work, including findings and recommendations on technical
issues referred to them

SEC. 11, TAB NATIONAL STATISTICIAN, ‘The National Statistician. as
head of the PSA, must possess experience in the management of data collection and at
least a Master’s degree in Statistics The National Statistician shall be appointed by
the President of the Republic of the Philippines from among a list of naminees
submitted by a Special Committee, The Special Committee shall be composed of
representatives from the Philippine Statistical Association (PSA), the University of
the Philippines’ Schooi of Statistics (UPSS), the University of the Philippines- Los
Bafios Institute of Statistics (UPLB-INSTAT), the Department of Economic Statist
of the Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas and the NEDA.

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The National Statistician shali serve for a term of five (5) years and may be
reappointed
the National Statistician shall perform the following duties:

2 Direot and supervise the general adwinistration of the PSA,

b. Prescribe rules and regulations,

stuctions, schedule and form of business of
the PSA in the collection, compilaticn and dissemination of statistics and other

information and in the conduct of any census,

Provide overall directions 1a the implementation of the Civil Registry Law and
related issuances and exercise technical supervision over the tocal civil
registrars as Civil Registear General,

4, Dircct and manage the implementation and execution of policies, standards,
rules and regulations formulated by the PSA Board;

€. Issue appointments of PSA personnel below the rank of Director;

tL Represent PSA as signatory to all contracts, researches and other awards;

g. Represent tho Philippines in regional and international conference and
meetings as the country’s highest authority with respect to statistical matters;

h, Submit a report fo the President of the Republic of the Phitippines through the
NEDA Director-General on the activities of the PSA in the preceding year
Such report shall also be submitted separately in the annual report to Congress
during the presentation of the President’s budget; and

i. Perform such other functions as may be assigned by the PSA Board.

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C. 12. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE PSA, The PSA
offices shall be composed of the Sectoral Statistics Office. Censuses and Technical
Coordination Office, Civil Registration and Central Support Office, Field Statistical

Services comprising of the regions! offices and provincial statistical offices,

‘The PSA shall be headed by a National Statistician and assisted by three (3)
Peputy National Statisticians’ 1) Deputy National Statistician for Sectoral Statistics:
2) Deputy National Statistician for Censuses and Technical Coordination; and 3)

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There shall be established, directly under the Office of the National
Statistician, the following support units’ 1) Legal Services; 2) Statistical

Methodology, 3) International Cooperation, and 4) Management and Corporate
Planning

The Deputy National Statistician for Sectoral Statistics shall supervise three

(3) Assistant National Statisticians (ANS), who shall oversee the following offices

1) Macroeconomic Accounts Statistics shall be responsible for the development and
maintenance of national accounts, regional accounts, satellite accounts,
imputV/output tables and other related macro-economic accounts,

2) Economic Sector Statistics - shall be responsible for the production of primary
data on agriculture, industry, trade, services, environment and natural resources,
prices and other related economic statistics: and, .

3) Social Sector Statistics ~ shal! he responsible for the production of primary data en
labor and employment, population. women and gender, health and welfare,
education, science and technology: housing and urbanization, emerging concerns

and other related social statistics.

The Deputy National Statistician for Censuses and Technical Coordination
shall supervise three (3) Assistant National Statisticians, who shall oversee the
following offices:

1) National Censuses shall be responsible for the planning and production of data
from censuses 09 population and housing. agriculture, fisheries, and economic
activities, and development and maintenance of sampling frames and geographic
information on popvtation and housing, agriculture, fisheries, and economic
activities,

2) Standards — shail be responsible for the formulation and monitoring af statistical
development programs, formulation of standards and classification, including
glossary of statistical terms and geographic classification;

3) Information ‘Technology (IT) and Dissemination — shall be responsible for the
development and maintenance of IT systems and programs, IT operations

statistical data archives, communication and information services

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The Deputy National Statistician for Civil Registration and Central Support
skall supervise two (2) Assistant National Statisticians,

following offices

who shall oversee the

1) Civil Registration — shall be responsible for the civit registry document
management and archiving, data center, policy advocacy and research on civil
esistration matters, outlet and customer services and other civit registration
concerns;

2) Central Support ~ shall he responsible fur the general administration, financial

Services. human resource management, human resource development and
procurement

SEC, 13. “SECTORAL STATISTICS OFFICE. The Sectoral Statistics
Ollice shail’ (1) provide technical staff support to the PSA in the areas of agriculture,
natural resources, agrarian reform, mining and quarrying. manufacturing, electricity
gas and water, energy, construction, foreign and domestic trade, services, science and
technology, finance, investment, population, women und gender, health, nutrition,
education, labor and employment. social welfare, governance, public order and
justice; (2) provide technical staff support to the PSA in generating the nation!
accounts and the development and maintenance of economic and social accoums, Gg)
plan and conduct surveys as may be required, in accordance with the approved

Statistical calendar and (4) perform such other tasks as may be assigned by the

National Statistician,

SEC, 14. CENSUSES AND TECHNICAL COORDINATION OFFICE.
‘The Censuses and Technical Coordination Office shall: (1) prepare, conduct, process
and disseminate census results in accordance with the approved statistical calendar
(2) maintain and develop statistical standards and classification systems; (3) provide
techaical assistance to other concerned government offices to meet their statistical
requirements for policy-making, planning and programming: (4) coordinate the
activities of the Regional Statistical Services: (5) provide information technology
systems and programming and IT operations suppart for the PSA projects: (6) provide
other PSA offices with cartographic services; (7) maintain archives and

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communication and information services of PSA generated data: (8) provide the data
center for statistics and civil registration; and (9) perform such other tasks as may be

assigned by the National Statistician

SEC. 15. CIVIL REGISTRATION AND CENTRAL SUPPORT
OFFICE. The Civil Registration and Central Support Office shall provide technical
anJ suppor set

es to the various units of the PSA in the areas of administrative

services, financial management services. human resources. ft shall likewise provide
technical and support services for the efficient functioning of civil registration system

and perform such other tasks as may be assigned by the National Statistician,

SEC. 16. FIELD STATISTICAL SERVICES, A Rewional Statistical
Services Office (RSSO) and Provincial Statistical Office (PSO) shall be estwbtished in
each of the administrative regions and provinces, respectively. The RSSO and PSO
shall’ (1) provide technica! staff support to the 9S; (2} provide technical assistance

zs may be required by the implementing agencies and local governmenis in the

regions and provinces, and (3) perform such other tasks as may be assigned by the

National Statistician.

SEC. 17, PRILIPPINE STATISTICAL RESEARCH & TRAINING
INSTITETE. ‘Che Philippine Statistica Research & Training Institute is hereby
created and shall be attached to the NEDA for purposes of policy coordination. A>
such, the Statistical Research and ‘Training Center (SRTC) is hereby abolished and al
SRTC assets and liabilities, appropriations, records and personnel, if any, shail be
sransferred to PSRTL

SEC. 18. FUNCTIONS OF PSRTI. The PSRTY shall carry out the followi

functions:

a. Develop a comprehensive and integrated research and training program on the

theories, concepts and methodologies for the promotion of the statistic!

system;

itions and methods.

b. Undertake research on statistical concepts, defi

¢ Promote collaborative research efforts among members of the academic

community, data prodacers and users;


4 Conduct non-degree training programs to upgrade the quality of statistics
personnet und expand the statistics human resource tase in support of the
needs of the FSS,

¢ Provide scholarships, financial and other forms of assistance to build statistical
manpower and enhance training and statistical research and development,

£ Serve as repository of ail statistical researches and studies to be generated by
the PSA as well as back-up/duplicate files of data archives and other statistical
databases of the PSS; and

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{nvest its finds in such undertaking as it inay be deem wise or necessary to
carry cut its objectives with due consideration to existing guidelines on

investing government funds

SEC. 19. COMPOSITION OF THE PSRTL The PSR shatl be headed
by an Executive Director, who shail be nominazed by the PSA Board and appoinied

by the President of the Republic of the Philippines. The PSTI Executive Director
shall possess a Master’s degree in Statistics,

The PSRTT shall have a governing board that shalf lormulate policies for its
management and operations. The PSA Board Chairperson shall be the Chairperson cf

the PSRTT Governi

Board, with the following as members: Dean of the University
‘of the Philippinos’ Schoo! of Statistics, Executive Director of the Phitippine Social
Science Council (PSSC), a represemative of the NEDA and the Executive Director of
the PSRTL as ex-officio members The PSA Soard Chairperson may appoint te

representatives from the private secior to the PSRTT Governit

Board fiom among @
fist of nominees submitted by the Board

The PSRT! governing board shall meet at icast every semester to d'scuss anc
Formulate policies for the management aud operations of the PSRT!. The PSRTi shat

provide reasonable allowances to its governing board,

20. PSRTL FELLOWS AND ASSOCIA’

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authorized to engage professionals either as Setlows or assncintes, for purposes of
conducting training sessions and researches for PSRTL Fellows should have

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Statistics, Economics, Sacial Sciences, Computer Sciences or related disciptines while
associates should have eamed at least a Masteral degree in these fields. Those so
engaged by the PSRTI shall be issued appointments and paid fees as determined by
the PSR, and as approved by the PSA Board

SEC. 21. PSRTT ENDOWMENT FUND. ‘the existing SRTC Endowment
Fund shail be transferred 10 the PSRTI and serve as the initial PSRTI endowment
fund. The PSRTI is authorized to accept into its endowment find any contributions.
donations, bequests, grants and loans from domestic and/or foreign sources.
government appropriations and other incomes accruing fram the operations of PSRT},
for purposes of executing its mandate and functions

The amount necessary to augnient the endowment fund shall be included in
the annual General Appropriations Act

SEC, 22, PSRTI OPERATING FUNDS
operating fund of the S

the amount appropriated for the
RTC under the current General Appropriations Act shall
constitute the initial operating fund of the PSRTI. ‘Thereafter, the government

contribution necessary 10 support the research and training programs of the PSRTI

shall be determined based on the annual financial plan approved by its governing
board and submitted 10 the DBM.

SEC. 23. POSTING OF STATISTICAL PERSONNEL IN
GOVERNMENT OFFICES, In the exercise of its functions and in accordance with
the priorities set by the PSA Board, the PSA may post teams of its statistical
personnel in other government offices to carry out the work program to be drawn up
in coordination with the host offices. The posted teams shall be proportional to the
size and needs of the government offices. Personnel posted in a government office

shall be supervised by the Deputy National Statistician for Sectoral Statistics and skal

render fortnightly statistical reports ta the Office of the National Statistician, The
heads of the host offices shall submit periodic performance evaluation reports on

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SEC. 24. PUTLAPPINE STATISTICAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
‘The Phitippine Statistical Development Program shail consist of all statistical

activities to be undertaken by the PSS in response to the requirements of developmen
planning and poticy formation

SEC, 25. OBLIG

ION TO PROVIDE INFORMATION. ‘The National
Statistician shall determine whether a statistical inquiry or survey to be conducted is
with or without an obligation to provide information. If such obligation is stipulated,
all respondents whether natural or leo

Persons shall be liable to reply to the
Statistical inquiry or survey, This section applies to all statistical inquiries or surveys
conducted by other stalistical offices in the PSS.

The respondents under this Act are required to give truthful and complete
answers to statistical inquities or surveys of the PSA and other statistical offices of the
PSS The respondent is considered to have complied with the obligation only upon
receipt of the duly completed statistical inquiry or survey forms. The yovernment
shall provide franking privileges, charges. and postings, to the survey offices. unless
otherwise disallowed by law.

The PSA is authorized to gather data from ather government agency for
statistical purposes,

SEC. 26. CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION. Individual data

furnished by a respondent to statistical inquiries, surveys and censuses of the PSA.
shall be considered privi

ged communication and us such shall be inadmissible as

evidence in any proceeding

The PSA may release aggregated information from statistical inquiries,
surveys and censuses in the form of summaries or statistical tables in which no

rezerence to an individual, corporation, association, partnership, institution or business

enterprise shall appear

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The National Statistician aed afl staff of PSA shall take a solemn oath

revarding confide

However, confidentiality of information

does not apply to:

a} Information in the form of a hist or index of individual business firms,
establishments or organizations that contain any or all of the following
information: 1) the name, address, and telephone numbers, 2) the business and
products that they are engaged in: and 3) the specific ranges of number of
employees:

b} Microdata from statistical inguiries or survey form/questionnaire/ schedule
prepared by PSA for purposes of research. with care to ensure that identities of
4 particular pesson, business or organization will not be disclosed in whatever
form: and

c) Access to census data after 166 years for historical, genealogical, scientific or
other resea ch purposes

SEC. 27. PHNALTIE

. Respondents of primary data cottection activities
such as censuses and sample surveys ate obliged to give truthful and complete

answers to statistical inquiries. ‘The gather

consolidation and analysis of such dai
shall likewise be done it

1 most truthful and credible manner

To ensure compliance, any vielation of this Act shall result in the imposition
of the penalty of one (1) year imprisonment and a fine of One Hundred Thousand

Pesos {Php 100.000 00) In cases where the respondent who fails to give a tnithful

and compicie answer to such statistical inquiries is a corporation, the above penalty
shail be imposed against the cesponsible officer. director, manager and/or agent of
said corporation. In addition, such etrsag corporation or any other juridical entity,
depending on the category of the enterprise or business concerned whether small,
medium or large, shall be imposed a fine ranging from One Hundred Thousand Pesos
{Php 100,000 00) to Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (Php 500,000.00).

Any person, including partics within PSA Board and PSA, wha breach the

confidentiality of information, whether by carelessness, improper behavior, behavior

with malicious intent, and use of confidential information for profit, are considered

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euilzy of an offense and shail be Hable to fines as prescribed by the PSA Board which
shait not he less than Five Thousand Pesos (Php5,000 00) nor more than Ten
Thousand Pesos {Php 10,000.00}, and/or imprisonment of three (3} months but not to

exceed one (1) year, subject to the degree of breach of information.

Failure to comply with the survey clearance provision shall be penalized by a
¢ of Fifly Thousand Pesos (Php 50,000 00) 1o One Hundred ‘Thousand Pesos (Php
109,900.09), depending on the gravity and seriousness of such non-compliance.

SEC. 28. ABOLITION OF EXISTING GOVERNMENT BODIES. The
National Statistics Office, the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics of the Department of
Agriculture, the Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics of the Department of
Labor ana mpioyment, and the Nativaal Statistical Coordination Board shall be
abolished and their appropriations, records, properties, and personnel shall be
tuansterred in the PSA.

SEC, 29. TRANSITORY PROVISIONS. The PSA shail carry out the

reorganizatirin of Uwe Philippine Statisiical System in such a manner that personnel of
the

eticies absorbed by the PSA shall continue to perform their respective duties
and responsibilities in a holdover capacity so as not to unduly delay the production of

statistics from ongoing censuses, surveys and processing of administrative records

SFC. 30, EARLY RETIREMENT, SEPARATION PAY AND OTHER

BENEFUTS. Personnel of the metged agencies who will not be absorbed into the new
staiting partern due to redundancy er failure to comply with the standards of
competence snd proficiency, ur who will be offered positions under the new staffing

pattern but whe decline such appointment by season of diminution in rank, benefits
and work condi

or who are offered positions under the new staffing pattern
without any diminution in rank, benefits and work conditions but who decline such
appointment, if qualified, shall be yiven the option (o avail themselves of any of the

following, whichever is benelicial to them.

fa) Retirement gratuity provided under RA No. 1616 (An Act Further

Amending Section Twelve Of Commonwealth Act Numbered One Hundred

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' Fighty-Six, As Amended, By Prescribing Two Other Modes Of Retirement

And For Other Purposes). as amended. payable by the last eraployer of the

affected personnel, plus the refiind of retirement premiums payabie by the

4 Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), without the incentive herein
8 provided

° ib} Retirement benetit under R.A. No 660 (An Act To Amend Commenweaith
> Act Numbered One Hundred and Eighty-Six Entitled An Act To Create And
s Establish A Government Service Insurance System. Te Provide For Its
a Administration, And To Appropriate The Necessary Funds Therefor,” And
1 ment Insurance And For Other Purposes) or applicable
uw retirement, separation or unemployment benefit provided under RA No

1 8291 (An Act Amending Presidentia. Decree No. 1146, As Amended,
Bs Expandiny And Increasing The Coverage And Benefits Of The Government

Service Insurance System, Inscituting Reforms Therein And For Other

Purposes) if analified, plus tre following applicable incentives

bl. % month of the present basic salary for every year of
government service and a Zraction thereof, for those who have rendered

18 20 years of service and below.

1 62% month of the present basic salary for every year 07

government service and a fraction thereof, computed starting from the

Ist year, for those who have rendered 2! to less then 31 years of
2 service, and

b.3_ 1 month of the present basic salary for every ycar of governmen:

2 service and a fraction thereof, computed startirg from the 1 year, far

23 those who have rendered 31 years of service and above

26 In addition, the affected personne! shall be entitled te the refund of PAG-LBIG
27 contributions, and the commutation of urused vacation and sick leave credits,
8 SEC. 31. FUNDS FOR REORGANIZATION. ‘The amount necessary fo~

29 the effective implementation of the provisions of this Act shall be taken from fumes


available to the agencies enumerated in Section 28 hereof Addilional requirements
shalt be charged to the appropriations under the current General Appropriations Act
Thereafter, such sum as may be needed fo: the continued implementation of this Act

shail be included in the annual General Appropriations Act

SEC. 32. IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS. The PSA
Board together with the PSA, the PSRT! the NEDA and other concerned agencies of
government that may be determined by the PSA Board, shall formulate the
implementing rales and regutations of this Ac: within sinety (90) days alter its
approval Such rules and regulations shail take effect fifleen (15) days after their

publication in a newspaper of general circulatian in the Philippines

SEI

33.

PARABILITY CLAUSE. If any part, section or provision of
this Act is declared invalid or unconstitutional, co other parts, sections or provisions:

thereof shall be affected thereby

SEC. 34. REPEALING CLAUSE, — Executive Order No. 121 is hereby
repealed. All other laws, decrees, ordinances, niles, regulations, other issuances, or

parts thereof which are inconsistent with this Act, are hereby repeated ox modified

accordingly

SEC. 35. EI

FIVITY CLAUSE This Act shall take effect upon its

aparoval

Approved,


FACT SHEET
a
House Bit o,__ 8229

(Substitute Bill to House Bitl Nos. 1382, 2205, 3220 & 3334)
(As Approved on March 21. 2011)

“AN ACT REORGANIZING THE PHILIPPINE STATISTICAL
SYSTEM, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE EXECUTIVE ORDER
NUMBER ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE ENTITLED
“REORGANIZING AND STRENGTHENING THE PHILIPPINE
STATISTICAL SYSTEM AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”

Introduced by Representatives Ramon “Red” H. Durano Vi, Salvador H.
Escudero tit, Rufus B. Rodriguez, Maximo B. Rodriguez, Jr. , Neptali M.
Gonzates iI, and Tomas V. Apacibie

Committee Referral: Committee on Economic Affairs (Primary)
Committee Chairperson: Hon. Ramon “Red” H. Durano vi

Committee Referral: Committee on Government Reorganization (Secondary}
Committee Chairperson. Hon. Cesar Jalosjos

OBJECTIVES:

= To reorganize the Phitippine Statistical System (PSS) in order to allow the
centralization of data collection and improve statistical coordination
therein.

* To promote the orderly development of a statistical system capable of
providing timely, reliable, accurate and useful data for the govemment and
the public.

« To support regionalization and decentralization through the establishment
of the infrastructure necessary to service the regional statistical neeas of
Filipinos.

KEY PROVISIONS:

© Creates the Philippine Statistical System (PSS) through the integration of
the National Statistics Office (NSO), the Bureau of Agricuiturat Statistics
(BAS), the Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics (BLES), anc
National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) into an agency celled
Philippine Statistics Authorty (PSA)



+ Requires the PSA to prepare a Philippine Statistical Development
Program (PSDP) in response to the requirements of development
pianning and policy formulation

+ Establishes the PSA offices composed of the fallowing: 1) Sectoral
Statistics Office, 2) Censuses and Technical Coordination Office, 3) Civit
Registration and Central Support Office, and the 4) Field Statistical
Services comprising of the regional offices and provincial statistical

ices.

+ Provides for the creation of the Philippine Statistical Research & Training
Institute (PSRT!), which shall develop a comprehensive and integrated
research and training program for the promotion of the statistical system
and serve as repository of all statistical researches and studies to be
generated by the PSA

+ Penalizes respondents who fail to give truthful and complete answer to
statistical inquiry of one (1) year imprisonment and a fine ranging from
One Hundred Thousand Pesos {Php 100,000.00) te Five Hundred
Thousand Pesos {Php 500,000.00) and, for those who violate the
confidentiality of information {including parties within PSA Board and
PSA), @ fine of not less than Five Thousand Pesos (Php5,000.00) nor
more than Ten Thousand Pesos (Php10,000.00), and/or imprisonment of
three (3) months but not to exceed one (1) year.

RELATED LAWS:
+ Executive Order Number One Hundred TwentyOne (EO 121)
“Reorganizing And Strengthening The Philippine Statistical System And

For Other Purposes”