WHEREAS, there is need to standardize salary structure for EDP positions in the national government;

WHEREAS, EDP classes of positions in the national government are necessary in the operation of vital computer facilities of government;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order the implementation of the following measures to standardize the compensation of EDP classes of positions in the national government.

1. In lieu of the EDP classes of positions and classes of positions in the Tabulating Equipment Operation Group existing under the National Government Classifications and Compensation Plan, the following position titles shall be adopted:

Series/Class Salary Range Systems Analyst Series   EDP Systems Analyst 68 Senior EDP Systems Analyst 70 Supervising EDP Systems Analyst 71 Programmer Series   Junior Computer Programmer 62 Computer Programmer 64 Senior Computer Programmer 67 EDP Research Series   EDP Researcher 57 Senior EDP Researcher 60 EDP Researcher Analyst 63 Computer Maintenance Series   Computer Maintenance Assistant 57 Computer Maintenance Specialist 63 Senior Computer Maintenance Specialist 68 Computer Operated Series   Junior Computer Operator 57 Computer Operator 60 Senior Computer Operator 64 Supervising Computer Operator 68 Chief Computer Operator 71 EDP Librarian Series   EDP File Librarian 56 Input Machine Operator Series   EDP Input Machine Operator 53 Senior EDP Input Machine Operator 57 Supervising EDP Input Machine Operator 59 Head EDP Input Machine Operator 63 Chief EDP Input Machine Operator 66 Data Transcriber Series   Data Transcriber 49 Data Controller Series   EDP Data Controller 53 Senior EDP Data Controller 57 Supervising EDP Data Controller 61 Chief EDP Data Controller 69 Data Center Chief 71 Auxiliary Machine Operator Series   Auxiliary Machine Operator 54 Senior Auxiliary Machine Operator 57 Supervising Auxiliary Machine Operator 61 Assistant Auxiliary Machine Operator 66 Chief Auxiliary Machine Operator 70 EDP Operations Series   EDP Operation Assistant 72 EDP Chief I 73 EDP Chief II 77 EDP Chief III 80

2. Salary adjustments shall be granted to incumbents of EDP positions only after the re-evaluation by the Ministry of the Budget of the statements and duties and responsibilities of the positions.

3. The Ministry of the Budget shall make the necessary adjustments in cases where problems in superior-subordinate salary relationship arise as a result of the salary standardization directed by the Letter. To preclude further problems arising from superior-subordinate salary relationships, the Ministry of the Budget through its Management Office, shall determine the details of any creation/separation of the electronic data processing unit in an agency.

4. Funds needed to implement this Letter shall be drawn from the appropriations for salary increase provided in agency budgets by B. P. Blg. 40. Any deficiency shall be drawn from salary lapses or other personal services savings of the agency concerned. Any remaining deficiency shall be funded from the Salary Adjustment Fund provided in B. P. Blg. 40.

5. The salary adjustments required in the implementation of this salary standardization shall be effective May 1, 1980.

6. The rules and regulations needed to carry out this Letter shall be formulated and issued by the Minister of the Budget.

Done in the City of Manila, this 12th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty.

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(SGD.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Executive Assistant