Boost CSC-DBM collaboration toward optimum public service

The urgency of filling up thousands of unoccupied positions in the Philippine civil service has come to the fore anew in the current Senate deliberations on the proposed government budget.

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Last year, President Marcos, upon the Department of Budget and Management’s recommendation, allowed the renewal and extension of contract of service (COS) and job order (JO) workers until Dec. 31, 2025, to give them the opportunity to enhance their credentials to be able to apply and fill thousands of backlogged vacant positions.

In the ongoing Senate budget hearings for fiscal year 2026, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) revealed that over 83,000 first-level positions across government remain unfilled and that the qualification standards for many positions are already outdated, having been reviewed 15 years ago.