REVENUE MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 36-2013 issued on May 2, 2013 publishes the full text of Commission on Audit (COA) Circular No. 2013-004, entitled “Information and Publicity on Programs/Projects/Activities of Government Agencies”.

     Notification to the public and other forms of announcement and/or publicity for or otherwise relating to the Programs/Projects/Activities (PPA) shall be made at the least possible cost, taking into account that the nature of and purposes of such notification, announcement and/or publicity is to inform the public of the essential features/elements of the PPA.

     The updated general guidelines, as well as the reporting and monitoring requirements relative to the said public notification are specified in the Circular. The public is encouraged to report any violation of the Circular by sending a text message to the COA Citizen’s Desk at cell phone number 0915-5391957 or email at [email protected].

     All expenses incurred in violation of the Circular shall be disallowed in audit. Failure of the concerned agency or COA officials to comply with any of the provisions of the Circular shall be subject of administrative disciplinary action provided under Section 127 of Presidential Decree No. 1445 without prejudice to the filing of a criminal action, if warranted by existing laws.