📷DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman
Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman said on Tuesday that enacting the National Government Rightsizing Program (NGRP) into law could address the issue of unfilled positions by job order and contract of service within the government.
During her agency’s budget briefing, Pangandaman said modifying the sizes of government agencies will result in a more agile and responsive bureaucracy.
“Hindi lang po ‘yan basta pagtanggal at pagsama-sama nung mga ahensya. But at the same time, we wanted to also fix the positions, and then do reclassifications within departments and agencies across the national government,” Pangandaman said.
“Ayaw naman po natin ng gobyerno na masyadong bloated tapos hindi naman po maganda ang serbisyo. Sayang ang pera ng taumbayan,” Pangandaman added.
In 2022, Pangandaman proposed merging and restructuring overlapping government agencies.
Hence, the Budget Secretary said DBM can release “a circular of sorts” across the board to already reclassify and fill up their positions.
The NGRP seeks to foster a streamlined, effective, and agile government workforce by optimizing agency operations, adjusting organizational structures and workforce sizes, enhancing interoperability among agencies, and eliminating redundant, overlapping, or obsolete functions, programs, and projects.
The proposed bill aims to enhance the efficiency of national government agencies by implementing regularization, mergers, restructuring, abolitions, or transfers of agencies to create a more efficient bureaucracy. (TCSP)
