WHEREAS, Section 48 of Republic Act No. 7180 as reiterated under Republic Act No. 7645 authorized the streamlining of functions, organization structure and staffing through the scaling down, phase out or abolition of the activities of agencies within the Executive Branch of the government;

WHEREAS, Memorandum Order No. 27 dated 13 August 1992 was issued to prescribe the processes and the guidelines for the streamlining;

WHEREAS, confirmation of the streamlining should be done by the President pursuant to National Budget Circular No. 4 27 and Section 48 of R.A. No. 7180;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law do hereby order:

SECTION 1. Streamlining Confirmation -The streamlining of functions activities and projects as well as the organization structure and staffing puruant to Memorandum Cider No. 27 of departments/agencies and instrumentalities indicated in Attachment "A"* as recommended by the Department of Budget arid Management in the June 1993 Report on the Implementation of Memorandum Order No. 27, is hereby confirmed and authorized to be adopted in the agency operations and organizations as well as in the formulation of the agency budget proposals for CY 1994.

The Department of Budget and Management shall inform concerned agencies of the approval of specific confirmed proposals and any corresponding budgetary realignments thereof.

SECTION 2. Budgetary Sanctions - The Department of Budget and Management is hereby authorized to impose the following budgetary sanctions:

a. for those with no submission

-	no filling of vacant positions for CY 1993 except where authorized pursuant to the Attrition Law (R.A. 7430)
-	no hiring of new contractual and casuals for CY 1993
-	reduction in the 1994 budget equivalent to 10% (5% for SUCs) of the 1993 personal services appropriation
-	no use of savings for CY 1993
-	no realignment of funds for CY 1993

b. for those whose submission is pure expansion or whose request for exemptions is not found valid

-	no filling of vacant positions for CY 1993 except where authorized pursuant to the Attrition Law (R.A. 7430)
-	no use of savings for CY 1993
-	no realignment of funds for CY 1993

SECTION 3. Effectivity - This Memorandum Order shall take effect immediately.

Adopted: 16 June 1993

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS
President
By the President:

(Sgd.) ANTONIO T. CARPIO
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel

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* Text available upon request at the Office of the National Administrative Register (ONAR), U.P. Law Center, Diliman, Quezon City.