Assistant Director Salvador Villarosa of the Civil Service
Commission (CSC) V, underscored the salient points of Republic Act
No. 9485 with its Implementing Rules and Regulations during his
orientation of the RDC5 on its September 3 meeting. More popularly
known as the Anti-Red Tape Act of 2007, the law aims to facilitate
and improve delivery of public service.
Villarosa stressed that one important purpose of RA No. 9485 is the
crafting by every agency/department of all sectors of the government
of their respective Citizen’s Charter.
Supportive of RA 9485, Villarosa said that the CSC has issued
Administrative Order Nos. 241 and 241-A, which provide that all
government agencies shall streamline and post the procedures for the
twenty most heavily-utilized processes or services not later than
December 31, 2008. Also, said AO directed that agencies shall
institute a Performance Evaluation System based on objectively
measured outputs and performance of personnel and units.
Villarosa said that the CSC has developed a new Performance
Management System - Office Performance Evaluation System (PMS-OPES)
and has directed all government agencies to install the PMS-OPES
with deadlines for the completion of the procedure. Because of
technical problems that arose, however, CSC issued Resolution No.
09-002 on January 6, 2009, extending the deadline for the
installation of PMS-OPES.
