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About Us
Powers and Functions
The powers and functions of the
NSCB as defined under Section 5 of Executive Order No. 121, which was issued on January
30, 1987, are as follows:
- Promote and maintain an efficient
statistical system in the government;
- Formulate policies on all matters
relating to government statistical operations;
- Recommend executive and
legislative measures to enhance the development and efficiency of the system, including
the internal structure of statistical agencies;
- Establish appropriate mechanism
for statistical coordination at the regional, provincial and city levels;
- Approve the Philippine Statistical
Development Program;
- Allocate statistical
responsibilities among government agencies by designating the statistics to be collected
by them, including their periodicity and content;
- Review budgetary proposals
involving statistical operations and submit an integrated budget for the Philippine
Statistical System (PSS) to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM);
- Review and clear, prior to
release, all funds for statistical operations;
- Develop, prescribe and maintain
appropriate framework for the improvement of statistical coordination; and
- Prescribe uniform standards and
classification systems in government statistics.
The Executive Order further
provides that the decisions of the NSCB on statistical matters shall be final and
executory.
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