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The operational stage of the overall budget cycle where the approved General Appropriations Act (GAA) is actually implemented.
What is the Budget Execution Phase?
Submitted by agencies, these documents contain physical/financial plans, performance targets, and monthly cash release requirements.
What are Budget Execution Documents (BEDs)?
The specific authority that permits foreign service posts to use locally collected income for their operating expenses
What is the Cash Disbursement Ceiling (CDC)?
Scenario: An agency needs to buy new office computers and sign a supplier contract. Name the exact stage of budget execution they are performing.
What is Stage 3: Incurrence of Obligations?
The specific disbursement authority issued by DBM that sets the maximum cash amount an agency can withdraw from a government servicing bank.
What is the Notice of Cash Allocation (NCA)?
This obligational document covers items marked as "For Later Release" or requires clearance for Special Purpose Funds.
What is a Special Allotment Release Order (SARO)?
The specialized authority authorizing the liquidation of obligations incurred through foreign grants, direct loan proceeds, or supplier credits.
What is the Non-Cash Availment Authority (NCAA)?
Odd One Out: An agency received its allotment but cannot withdraw actual cash from the bank to pay vendors. Name the missing DBM authority required to perform this action.
What is a Disbursement Authority / Notice of Cash Allocation (NCA)?
The system used to process actual cash payments chargeable against the National Treasury through authorized servicing banks.
What is the Modified Disbursement Scheme (MDS)?
A comprehensive obligational authority automatically applied to items like Retirement and Life Insurance Premiums (RLIP).
What is a General Allotment Release Order (GARO)?
The control device formulated by DBM that sets the upper ceiling for total allotment releases during the upcoming year.
What is the Allotment Release Program (ARP)?
GAARD, SARO, GARO, and NCA. Identify the item that does not belong to the obligational authority group and state why.
What is NCA? (It is a disbursement authority, while the others are allotment/obligational authorities).
The primary, comprehensive release document that acts as the main obligational authority for standard GAA items.
What is the GAA Release Document (GAARD)?
The disbursement authority used by an agency’s Central Office to pass down cash authority to its regional or operating units.
What is the Notice of Transfer of Allocation (NTA)?
The three major types of government entities granted legal authority through allotments to enter into obligations.
What are National Government Agencies (NGAs), Local Government Units (LGUs), and Government-Owned and Controlled Corporations (GOCCs)?
Fill-in-the-Blank: While the Allotment Release Program sets limits on obligational limits, the ________ sets limits on actual spending for the year, quarter, and month.
What is the Cash Release Program (CRP)?
The document certified by the agency head to confirm that a fund commitment is necessary, legal, and available.
What is the Obligation Request and Status (ORS)?
The DBM program that fixes the monthly and quarterly limits for releasing cash throughout the year.
What is the Cash Release Program (CRP)?
The exact chronological order of the five major stages in the Budget Execution Phase.
What are Guidelines/Planning, Issuance of Allotment, Incurrence of Obligations, Issuance of Disbursement Authority, and Actual Disbursement?
Scenario: An embassy diplomat working at a Philippine foreign service post uses locally collected passport fees to pay for office utility bills. Name the specific disbursement authority granting permission to do this.
What is the Cash Disbursement Ceiling (CDC)?