DBM sets new guidelines on LGU financial aid requests.

The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released new guidelines on the release and utilization of financial assistance to local government units (LGUs) under the national budget for the year.

Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said the new guidelines for the Local Government Support Fund - Financial Assistance to LGUs and support for capital outlays and social programs (LGSF-FA to LGUs) aim to effectively implement digitalization.

"The DBM continues to adopt measures that will effectively implement digital transformation and ease of doing business," Pangandaman said in a statement on Friday, March 10.

"We are fully embracing digitalization in the DBM, including the submission of request for financial assistance under the Local Government Support Fund," she added.

The guidelines are provided under Local Budget Circular No. 150 dated March 8, 2023 signed by Pangandaman.

"We hope that through this new measure, we can help to ease the processing of fund request for LGUs' different programs and projects," the budget chief said.

As per the new guidelines, the submission of requests for financial assistance, chargeable against the LGSF-FA to LGUs shall only be made through the Digital Requests Submission for Local Government Support Fund (DRSL) found in the DBM Apps Portal.

All documents submitted by the LGU through other means shall be automatically denied.

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