<Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> dbm.gov.ph </Td> </Tr> <P> The Department of Budget and Management of the Republic of the Philippines (DBM) (Filipino: Kagawaran ng Pagbabadyet at Pamamahala) is an executive body under the Office of the President of the Philippines . It is responsible for the sound and efficient use of government resources for national development and also as an instrument for the meeting of national socio - economic and political development goals . </P> <P> The current secretary of Budget and Management appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte is Benjamin Diokno . The department has four undersecretaries and four assistant secretaries . </P> <P> At the beginning of the 20th century, the Second Philippine Commission, acting as a legislative body, enacted appropriations measures for the annual expenditures of the government . This was in accordance with the Philippine Bill of 1902, which decreed that disbursements from the national treasury were to be authorized only in pursuance of appropriations made by law . </P>

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