National Budget Circular 542, issued by the Department of Budget and \nManagement (DBM) on August 29, 2012, reiterates compliance with Section \n93 of the General Appropriations Act of FY 2012. Section 93 is the \nTransparency Seal provision, to wit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sec. 93. Transparency Seal. To enhance transparency and enforce \naccountability, all national government agencies shall maintain a \ntransparency seal on their official websites. The transparency seal \nshall contain the following information: (i) the agency\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s mandates and \nfunctions, names of its officials with their position and designation, \nand contact information; (ii) annual reports, as required under National\n Budget Circular Nos. 507 and 507-A dated January 31, 2007 and June 12, \n2007, respectively, for the last three (3) years; (iii) their respective\n approved budgets and corresponding targets immediately upon approval of\n this Act; (iv) major programs and projects categorized in accordance \nwith the five key results areas under E.O. No. 43, s. 2011<\/a>;\n (v) the program\/projects beneficiaries as identified in the applicable \nspecial provisions; (vi) status of implementation and program\/project \nevaluation and\/or assessment reports; and (vii) annual procurement plan,\n contracts awarded and the name of contractors\/suppliers\/consultants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The respective heads of the agencies shall be responsible for ensuring compliance with this section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A Transparency Seal, prominently displayed on the main page of the \nwebsite of a particular government agency, is a certificate that it has \ncomplied with the requirements of Section 93. This Seal links to a page \nwithin the agency\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s website which contains an index of downloadable \nitems of each of the above-mentioned documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Department of Education (DepEd) Compliance with Sec. 91 (Transparency Seal) R.A. No. 10633<\/a> (General Appropriations Act FY 2014)<\/p>\n\n\n\n