Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY IN THE DELIVERY OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC BY REDUCING BUREAUCRATIC RED TAPE AND PREVENTING GRAFT AND CORRUPTION
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Date filed
July 1, 2004
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00192 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY IN THE DELIVERY OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC BY REDUCING BUREAUCRATIC RED TAPE AND PREVENTING GRAFT AND CORRUPTION | |
| SHORT TITLE : Red Tape Reduction Act of 2004 | |
| ABSTRACT : "Red Tape Reduction Act of 2004". Bureaucratic red tape does not only lengthen the procedure in securing vital government services but it also opens avenues for bribery and corruption. The bill provides a maximum of fifteen and thirty working days for concerned government agencies to act on simple and complex transactions, respectively. It limits the number of signatories to the officers and employees directly supervising the specific unit where a particular transaction is being acted upon. It also institutionalizes a Report Card Survey that shall assess the performance of the different agencies. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : DE VENECIA, JOSE JR. C. | |
| DATE FILED : 2004-07-01 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Reyes (004 ) | 2. Solis (005 ) |
| 3. Golez (005 ) | 4. Codilla (005 ) |
| 5. Lacson (002 ) | 6. Amin (006 ) |
| 7. Arroyo (006 ) | 8. Chatto (010 ) |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| COMMITEE HEARINGS/ACTIONS: | |
| 1. Approved by the Committee on 2006-05-30 | |
| MOTHER BILL: HB03776 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION ON 2004-07-27 |
Abstract
"Red Tape Reduction Act of 2004". Bureaucratic red tape does not only lengthen the procedure in securing vital government services but it also opens avenues for bribery and corruption. The bill provides a maximum of fifteen and thirty working days for concerned government agencies to act on simple and complex transactions, respectively. It limits the number of signatories to the officers and employees directly supervising the specific unit where a particular transaction is being acted upon. It also institutionalizes a Report Card Survey that shall assess the performance of the different agencies.'
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