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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Memorandum Circular No. 930, August 31, 1976 ]

PROVIDING ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND PRESCRIBING STANDARD FORMS FOR TRAVEL ABROAD.

In line with the present policy of limiting travel abroad of government officials and employees to only those that are indent and absolutely necessary, and in order to facilitate processing of travel papers, the following additional requirements shall henceforth be complied with by all concerned:

1. Officials and employees proposed to travel abroad, whether for an official mission for the government or for training or scholarship, shall be required to fill out a Travel Data Sheet and, in proper cases, a Training/Scholarship Agreement (standard forms attached), which shall accompany the proposal submitted to the Office of the President;

2. Where a trip is to be funded by the government fully or partially, the requesting agency shall always include in the proposal an estimate of the total financial requirement of the trip; and

3. In accordance with Memorandum Circular No. 920 dated July 6, 1976, the department heads, the chiefs of independent offices, and the managing heads of government-owned or controlled corporations, shall always fill out a certification of urgency for trips of officials and employees under their respective jurisdictions. They shall be the only officials who can certify. This is deemed necessary in order that they could share in the responsibility of implementing the present restrictive policy on foreign travel. It is therefore expected that sound judgment and impartiality is exercised whenever a certification of urgency of a particular trip is signed by them. The certification shall be in a standard form as in the attached sample.1aшphi1

(SGD.) JACOBO C. CLAVE
Presidential Executive Assistant

Manila, August 31, 1976

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