Ease of Doing Business rules eyed by October

THE crafting of the Implementing Rules and Regulation (IRR) for the Republic Act 11032, or the Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery (EODB) Act of 2018, which seeks to expedite government transactions, is expected to be completed by October.

Speaking during Kapehan sa PIA, Ruby Española, Civil Service Commission (CSC) officer-in-charge (OIC) Public Assistance/ Liaison Division, said on Friday, September 21, that the consultative dialogue of the committee tasked to create the IRR has been going on nationwide to get the pulse of the public on what they want to include in the IRR.

Not only government agencies are involved but also the private sector.

“I think the consultative dialogue will be conducted until the first week of October because under the law RA 11032, the committee is only given up to 90 working days to craft the IRR, the 90 working days will end on October 22. Hopefully on or before October 22 makakalabas na ng Implementing Rules and Regulations,” Española said.

After the promulgation of the implementing rules and regulations, the agencies now are encouraged to conduct cost analysis, time and motion studies to simplify or to reengineer the existing system and procedures of all the transaction in a particular agency, she said.

“Say for instance a particular transaction can be completed for a period of three days, there is this mandate that the agency is [mandated] to reduce the number of days in the transaction by conducting time and motion study and cost analysis,” Española underscored.

Under the law, it gives government employees