REVENUE MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 73-2024 issued on July 2, 2024 publishes the Executive Order No. 61 suspending the implementation of Administrative Order (AO) No. 25 (s. 2011) and Executive Order (EO) No. 80 (s. 2012), as amended.

Based on the Order, the implementation of AO No. 25 (s. 2011) and EO No 80 (s. 2012), and all other relevant issuances related thereto, is suspended immediately pending reviews of the Results-Based Performance Management System (RBPMS) and Performance-Based Incentive (PBI) System.

A Technical Working Group (TWG) for the study and review of the RBPMS and PBI System is constituted, composed of the following:
Chair:              Secretary, Department of Budget and Management (DBM)
Co-Chair:        Executive Secretary, Office of the President (OP)
Members:      Secretary, Department of Finance; Secretary, National Economic and Development                                 Authority; and Director General, ARTA.

Representatives to the TWG shall have a rank of not lower than Assistant Secretary or its
equivalent, who are duly authorized to decide for and on behalf of the agency concerned.

The OP and the DBM shall provide secretariat services to the TWG.

The TWG shall study and review the RBPMS and PBI System with the goal of streamlining, overhauling, improving and simplifying government performance management and incentives systems.

In the performance of its function, the TWG may consult and collaborate with the Development Academy of the Philippines, Civil Service Commission, Career Executive Service Board, Commission on Audit and the Office of the Ombudsman, and other relevant government agencies and instrumentalities, as it may deem appropriate. The TWG may likewise involve the private sector, through the National Competitiveness Council, for the purpose of soliciting inputs and recommendations.

In the review of the RBPMS and PBI System, the TWG shall be guided by the following principles:

       a. The new government performance management and incentives systems shall be aligned with               ease of doing business initiatives, the Philippine Development Plan, the Socioeconomic Agenda            of the Administration, and international standards and best practices;

       b. The TWG shall adopt standards similar to, and at par with, the Quality Management Systems                by the International Organization for Standardization, tailored specifically for the public sector,            and if appropriate, only for government agencies and instrumentalities providing frontline                      services;

       c. The new government performance management and incentives systems shall take into                       consideration the unique nature, needs and requirements of agencies and instrumentalities, and          come up with appropriate tiers, groupings or categorizations of agencies and instrumentalities,            as may be deemed appropriate; and 

      d. The TWG shall integrate, streamline and align the new government performance management            system with the government internal audit program and activities pursuant to RA No. 3456, as             amended by RA No. 4177, or the “Internal Auditing Act of 1962,” and government quality                      management systems under AO No. 161 (s. 2006) and EO No. 605 (s. 2007).

The TWG shall submit a comprehensive report on its findings together with its recommendations to the Office of the President, through the Office of the Executive Secretary, within a period of not more than six (6) months from the effectivity of this Order. The TWG shall also submit a transition plan for the grant of PBB for Fiscal Year 2023 within a period of three (3) months from the effectivity of the Order.