REVENUE MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 52-2009 issued on September 22, 2009 circularizes the celebration of the 20th National Statistics Month (NSM) in October, 2009.
The overall theme for this year’s celebration is “Enhancing Security Sector Statistics for Good Governance, Peace and Sustainable Development” with the objectives of promoting, enhancing and instilling nationwide awareness and appreciation of the importance and value of statistics to the different sectors of the society and eliciting the cooperation and support of the general public in upgrading the quality and standards of statistics in the country.
The celebration is a nationwide event. All agencies of the government and their respective regions/field offices are enjoined to participate and support the celebration through various activities such as symposia, workshops, orientation seminars, exhibits, slide shows, and publication of statistical reports, indicators and other relevant information with particular emphasis on the theme.
Each Revenue Regional and District Office is requested to provide their own NSM streamer to be displayed at their building façade throughout the month of October. BIR employees may coordinate with the participating agencies in their respective areas for their specific activity that they may want to get involved in.