WHEREAS, Batas Pambansa Blg. 80 has appropriated funds for the operation of the Philippine Government during CY 1981;

WHEREAS, Batas Pambansa Blg. 80 is based on a program of revenue generation and expenditure as embodied in the President ™s Budget Message;

WHEREAS, a program of revenue generation and expenditure needs to be adopted, within the context of national development goals and agency objectives and performance targets;

WHEREAS, available funds of the government have to be apportioned among priority programs and projects of agencies in order to attain maximum benefits at the minimum cost; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide for the organization and staffing of the national government;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby Order and Direct:

1. The budgetary programs and projects, agency objectives and functions , accomplishment targets ., and the program of revenue generation and expenditure of the National Government for the year nineteen hundred and eighty-one as embodied in the attached document is hereby approved for implementation, subject to the provisions of Batas Pambansa Blg. 80 and existing law, particularly P.D. No. 1177.

2. The itemization of personal services embodied in the attached document, including the General and Special Provisions therein, pertaining to allowances , fringe benefits , method of compensation, and allied matters, is hereby approved, pursuant to the provisions of P.D. No. 1177 (as amended), P.D. No. 985 (as amended), and P.D. No. 1285.

3. The Development Budget Coordination Committee shall evaluate and recommend such measures as may be necessary to attain the levels of-revenue, expenditure and debt to meet development targets in the context of national developmental goals, economic growth rates, price levels, domestic credit and Balance of Payments objectives.

4. The initial expenditure program shall be reduced by budgetary reserves as may be necessary in order to anticipate possible shortfalls in revenue estimates and possible increases in the cost of implementing major ongoing priority projects , to provide for the acceleration of the geothermal and other energy programs , and to adequately implement priority programs such as food, peace and order and justice.

5. All agencies shall exert their best efforts to comply with the work programs in order to attain the accomplishment and unit cost targets indicated in the budget program, so as to achieve the desired results with maximum efficiency, economy and effectiveness.

Done in the City of Manila, this 30th day of October, in the year of Our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty.

(Sgd.)  FERDINAND E. MARCOS

By the President:

(Sgd.) JOAQUIN T. VENUS, JR.
Presidential Assistant