NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE 2001 ANNUAL REPORT

Department
Accomplishments
Legal Services
The Department provided legal services to
all departments and staff. In the last quarter of the
year, the division began serving as the evaluation
arm of the Civil Registrar General in matters relating
to Republic Act No. 9048 (Clerical Error Bill). It
received, recorded, reviewed, evaluated and
processed all petitions for corrections of clerical
errors and change of first name. As of December 28,
2001, the Department assisted in the evaluation of
3,484 petitions.
The Department also spearheaded the
conduct of investigation of 150 cases in the office.
Of this number, 22 employees were subject to
various penalties according to the law. It also issued
certifications of no pending administrative case to
448 employees.
The Department also drafted and/or
reviewed a total of 725 Memoranda of Agreement
and lease contracts, and evaluated 125 proposed
sites of field offices and lease contracts for the
offices in preparation for the roll out of the various
sites for the Civil Registry System Information
Technology Project. They also issued 21 demand
letters and filed 12 cases due to failure of various
establishments to comply with the law requiring
them to properly submit census forms.
Finally, the office provided legal advice to
approximately 1,800 persons either visiting the
office, calling NSO up, or posing questions on the
website; reviewed sworn statements of assets and
liabilities of Central Office employees; and
conducted researches on labor, civil, criminal and
administrative cases as part of the decision-making
process of the office.
Administrative Services
To facilitate the smooth-flow operation of the
different departments, this Division continuously
provided support for the following needs:
¤ Attended to the procurement of supplies,
materials, equipment and among others needed
by the concerned departments/divisions.
¤ Conducted training on procurement and disposal
at NCR and Region IV – Rizal province
¤ Implemented the Equipment Inventory System
(EIS) for Central Office.
¤ Maintained the computerized and consolidated
monthly/quarterly issuance of supplies and
materials for Central and Field Offices.
¤ Maintained the computerized RIV tracking
system for easy locating the status of RIVs.
¤ Conducted periodic physical inventories of
equipment, semi-expendables and materials.
¤ Printed supplementary forms for the use of
different surveys and manuals of instruction for
RA 9048.
¤ Shipped and/or mailed questionnaires for
different surveys to Field Offices.
¤ Prepared monthly payroll for the timely
distribution of salaries and wages of employees
as well as the monthly report of disbursements.
Other monetary claims were also processed.
In its objective to create a conducive working
environment, the Department undertook the
following improvements to the office:
¤ Renovated various offices at the Central Office.
¤ Repaired/repainted/replaced cabinets, chairs,
tables and other office furniture and fixtures.
¤ Installed water pipelines, tank fittings, faucets,
lights among others.
Financial Matters
Fiscal Year 2001 spending was anchored on
fiscal discipline. The strategic allocation of limited
resources for key programs and projects was
successful in large part because of the strict and
continuous implementation of the “No Report No
Fund Release” policy for the field offices.
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