General Provisions FY 2023, issued by the Department of Budget and Management on December 26, 2022, reiterates compliance with Section 104 of the General Appropriations Act of FY 2023. Section 104 is the Transparency Seal provision, to wit:

Sec. 104. Transparency Seal. To enhance transparency and enforce accountability, all national government agencies shall maintain a transparency seal on their official websites. The transparency seal shall contain the following information: (i) the agency’s mandates and functions, names of its officials with their position and designation, and contact information; (ii) approved budgets and corresponding targets, immediately upon approval of this Act; (iii) modifications made pursuant to the general and special provisions in this Act; (iv) annual procurement plan/s and contracts awarded with the winning supplier, contractor or consultant; (v) major activities or projects and their beneficiaries; (vi) status of implementation, evaluation or assessment reports of said programs and projects; (vii) Budget and Financial Accountability Reports; (viii) Updated People’s Freedom of Information (FOI) Manual signed by head of agency, Updated One-Page FOI Manual and Agency FOI Reports; and (ix) annual reports on the status of income authorized by law to be retained or used and be deposited outside of the National Treasury, which shall include the legal basis for its retention or use, the beginning balance, income collected and its sources, expenditures, and ending balance for the preceding fiscal year.

The respective heads of the agencies and their web administrators shall be responsible for ensuring compliance with this Section.

DepEd Compliance with Sec. 104 (Transparency Seal)  General Appropriations Act FY 2023