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                                                                                Status of
                                                                             Implementation/
Reference           Observations                   Recommendations
                                                                               Results of
                                                                               Validation

2023 AAR,   The number of Job Order           5)   The City Mayor limit      Unimplemented
AO No. 2,   employees employed during              or reduce the hiring of
 page 45    the year reached 2,998,                job order workers         Management has
            which is more than seven               except for those with     cited     Section
            times the number of regular            special or technical      11.1 of COA-
            employees, most of whom                skills not available in   DBM JC No. 2,
            were not for emergency or              the regular workforce     s. 2020 which
            intermittent work but were             pursuant to COA-          states       that
            assigned to administrative             DBM Joint Circular        departments/age
            departments of the City,               No. 2 series of 2020.     ncies        may
            which does not align with                                        engage        the
            Section 7 of COA-DBM                                             services       of
            Joint Circular No. 2 series of                                   COS/JO workers
            2020, resulting in expense                                       until December
            for wages of more than                                           31, 2025.
            ₱224,573,424.36 as of
            December 31, 2023.
2023 AAR,   The City of Guihulngan has        6) Management should           Unimplemented
AO No. 4,   not yet taken tangible and           review            each
 page 47    substantial steps toward             department’s                COA-DBM JC
            compliance        with      the      functions,     systems      No.2, s. 2022
            pertinent provisions of CSC-         and        procedures,      extended       the
            COA-DBM JC No. 1, s. of              organizational              transition period
            2017 as amended by CSC-              structure, and staffing     until December
            COA-DBM JC No. 1, s. of              pattern to determine        31, 2025, to
            2018 and COA-DBM JC                  each human resource         provide
            No. 2, s. of 2020 on the             requirements, create        sufficient time to
            review of the agency                 the proper positions,       revisit respective
            functions, systems and               and provide funds           staffing
            procedures, organizational           therefor,          thus     requirements.
            structure,    and      staffing      addressing any needs
            pattern to identify any needs        and gaps in the City’s      Further, time and
            and gaps and determine the           human         resource      budget needed in
            appropriate human resource           complement.                 the creation of
            complement         for      the                                  new positions.
            Agency’s             program/
            activities/projects        thus
            resulting in the hiring of
            2,998 job order workers in
            CY 2023.

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