CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — The Civil Service Commission (CSC) said on Monday that it remains open for nominees for this year’s Outstanding Public Officials and Employees Awards in Central Luzon as the deadline draws near on March 31.
“State workers may be nominated in any of the three categories namely the Presidential Lingkod Bayan, Pag asa and Dangal ng Bayan awards,” the CSC regional office here said.
“Presidential Lingkod Bayan is conferred to an individual or group for their extraordinary contributions resulting from an idea or performance which had nationwide impact on public interest, security and patrimony,” said CSC regional director Myrna Macatangay said.
She said, «the contribution may be a suggestion, innovation, invention or superior accomplishment.” Pag-asa prize is given to an individual or group for outstanding contributions resulting from an idea or performance which directly benefitted more than one department of government while the Dangal ng Bayan accolade is bestowed to a person in recognition of performance of extraordinary act or public service and consistent demonstration of exemplary ethical behavior on the basis of observance of the eight norms of behavior under Republic Act 6713 otherwise known as the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees, Macatangay added.
She stressed that the nominees must be in government service at the time of the nomination. Posthumous nominations are allowed provided that the person to be nominated died while still actively working for the state.
The nomination should be filed within a year from the death of the employee, she explained. Macatangay also said nominees should also have obtained at least a “very satisfactory” rating or its equivalent in the last two performance evaluation periods and have never been found guilty of an administrative or criminal offense involving moral turpitude.
She also noted that “a group may be nominated even if there are members who fail to meet squarely the mentioned qualifications but these members, however, shall be excluded from the grant of award should the team be chosen as a recipient.
Nomination forms and the requirements may be downloaded in the commission’s official website
– Civil Service Commission – www.csc.gov.ph.
