DBM urges Congress to pass government rightsizing bill

THE Department of Budget and Management (DBM) called on Congress to pass the National Government Rightsizing Program (NGRP) bill, saying that it would allow the reclassification of positions and the efficient filling of vacant posts in government.

"The Rightsizing Program will fix the long-standing issue of unfilled positions. It's not just about removing and merging agencies, but at the same time, we wanted to also fix the positions and then do reclassifications within departments and agencies across the national government," Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman said during the public hearing of the Senate Committee on Finance on the Department of Budget and Management's budget on Monday.