THE Department of Budget and Management (DBM) clarified the suspension of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s over the Results-Based Performance Management System (RBPMS) and Performance-Based Incentive (PBI) System.
According to a statement from the DBM, the issuance of Executive Order No. 61, the “release of the 2022 and 2023 performance-based incentives to qualified government workers in the government will proceed.”
Under EO No. 61, it suspended Administrative Order No. 25 (s. 2011) and EO No. 80 (s. 2012).
It will be recalled that AO No. 25 established a unified and integrated RBPMS across all departments and agencies within the executive branch of government.
On the other hand, EO 80 adopted the PBI System —which consisted of a Productivity Enhancement Incentive (PEI) and the Performance-Based Bonus (PBB) aimed at motivating higher performance, greater accountability in the public sector, and ensuring the accomplishment of government commitments and targets.
The DBM also said that EO No. 60 seeks to review the RBPM and PBI systems of the government “in order to harmonize, streamline and make the process of releasing personnel incentives more efficient and timely.”
Under the latest EO issued by Marcos, it said that a study of the RPB and PBI systems were needed as these were deemed “duplicative” and “redundant” with the internal and external performance audit and evaluation systems of the government.”
The two systems also lacked a review mechanism leading to the accumulation of rules, regulations, and issuances from the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on the Harmonization of National Government Performance Monitoring, Information, and Reporting Systems.
