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Atty. LUISITA A. CATALON
OIC- Legal Services
Disposition of
Complaints/Requests
1. Conduct of Audit
2. Request for a copy of the audit
report
3. Subpoena duces tecum
OMB Requests-Audit
Reports
If the transaction has been audited,
determine the action of the Auditor
If not yet audited, proceed to review
the transaction and issue the
corresponding AOM, NS, ND as the
case maybe.
APPEALS - EDSE
EDSE prepared in accordance with
COA Memo No. 94-024 dated April
13, 1994
A suggested format is provided by LS
upon request
Appeal Memorandum
Notice of Appeal is not sufficient
The appeal maybe in any form as long
as it contains the reasons/arguments
why the disallowance should be lifted
Management should be reminded to
furnish the ATL with a copy of the
Appeal Memorandum pursuant to the
RRPC
Other Fees
Cost of Reproduction should be in
accordance with Res. No. 2010-012 dated
Dec 15, 2010 which is P5 per page
Annual Audit Reports is at P20 per AAR in
electronic form. If hard copies it costs P5
per page following the above Resolution
ATL/SA may receive payment in PMO
based on Memorandum dated August 9,
2012 of the Chairperson.
Exceptions to Fees
Request for documents of
government oversight bodies are
exempt from the payment of
reproduction fees based on item 2 of
COA Res. No. 2010-012 dated Dec
15, 2010
Notice of Finality of
Decisions
The
ATL
should
issue
the
corresponding NFD as soon as the ND
has become final
The ND becomes final after the lapse
of six months from date of receipt of
ND and no appeal or motion for
reconsideration is taken by the
aggrieved party
Notice of Finality of
Decisions
The Legal Services has received a
few copies of NFDs in 2012 because
the Office of the Regional Director
sent a request for an inventory of
NDs which have become final.
COMMENTS
It is suggested that the ATL comment on the
results of the review of the transaction not
on the culpability of the accountable officer
or the person in charge of the transaction
or the complaint i.e.
the complaint
should be dismissed because no iota of
evidence was obtained by the Auditor
regarding the complaint..
The complaint should be dismissed
because the complainant is already
dead or no longer interested..
Affidavits in Cash
Examination
Executed by the examining auditor and
other team members
Format provided in the cash examination
manual maybe adopted
In case a reply is required, answer any
new issues raised in the counter-affidavit
If a position paper is required,
assistance maybe provided by the
respective SAs
Audit of Disbursements
Whether the audit resulted in an
exception with the issuance of an
AOM, NS or ND or the transaction
was allowed in audit.
In case of exception..cite the law,
rules, regulations violated
In case it is allowed, cite compliance
with the rules
Audit of Collections
Reference maybe made to the
assessments/bill
In the event of an exception, a Notice
of Charge is issued and not a Notice
of Disallowance
COMMENTS-Contracts
Review
COMMENTS-Contracts
Review
COMMENTS-Money Claim
Comment whether the claim maybe
given due course depending on the
validity, adequacy, legality and
completeness of the supporting
documents attached to the claim.
Comment whether the claim has not
prescribed
RELEASE OF DOCUMENTSMedia
Forward the request to COA Central
Office based on COA Res. No. 2008010 dated October 10, 2008
RELEASE OF DOCUMENTSOthers
If request is addressed to the ATL
REPLY if the request does not comply
with
COA Memo 87-22E
i.e. not
specific
REPLY the documents maybe obtained
elsewhere other than from the ATL
REPLY the release violates any of the
provisions of COA Memo 87-22E
RELEASE OF DOCUMENTSOthers
FORWARD to the Regional Office
when the release does not violate
any of the provisions of COA Memo
87-22E
The ATL recommends to release the
documents
The
SA
concurs
with
the
recommendation of the ATL
RELEASE OF DOCUMENTSOthers
RELEASE of Documents is
Without objection
Subject to
condition that the
document will be used solely for the
purpose indicated in the request
Payment of the cost of reproduction
REPORTS - FORMAT
REQUIRED by FAO
This refers to requests for audit which
were forwarded to FAO and later
returned to the Regional Office for
conduct
of
audit
and
report
preparation, the report should contain
all the information required in Item
No. 5 of COA Memo dated August 10,
2011 of the Chairperson.
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