LETTER OF IMPLEMENTATION NO. 120, May 12, 1980

[ LETTER OF IMPLEMENTATION NO. 120, May 12, 1980 ]

STANDARDIZATION OF EDP AND EDP-RELATED CLASSES OF POSITIONS IN THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT

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