LETTER OF IMPLEMENTATION NO. 57, January 11, 1978

[ LETTER OF IMPLEMENTATION NO. 57, January 11, 1978 ]

ADOPTING THE PROGRAM OF NON-INFRASTRUCTURE CAPITAL OUTLAYS OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT FOR CALENDAR YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-EIGHT

WHEREAS the national budget for CY 1978 has been authorized by P.D. No. 1250, the General Appropriations Decree, and by various continuing and automatic appropriations;

WHEREAS, the CY 1978 program for current operations has been approved under Letter of Implementation No. 55;

WHEREAS, the program of expenditure for capital outlays requires review by individual project, to ensure full support of development goals, agency objectives and programs, and regional strategies;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby adopt the following measures to implement appropriations for capital outlays approved under P. D. No. 1250 and other pertinent laws:

The list of capital outlays and their corresponding obligational limits and cash estimates for CY 1978, as embodied in the attached Document , is hereby approved, covering all agencies of the national government with the exception of Department of Public Works, Transportation and Communications and the Department of Public Highways.

The various implementing agencies shall prepare the necessary work and financial plans to expeditiously and efficient implement the approved projects, in accordance with standard budgetary procedure.

Funds shall be released as are necessary to comply with the approved program: Provided, That adjustments may be made by the Commissioner of the Budget upon consultation with the Department Secretary concerned, to take into account revised cost estimates and other unforeseen circumstances and observing the policy and procedure established by P.D. No. 1177.

Released funds shall be used only for the projects and purposes authorized under the corresponding funds release.

Done in the City of Manila this 11th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-eight.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President

Republic of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) JACOBO C. CLAVE

Presidential Executive Assistant