Tag: Confidential and Intelligence Funds

VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Zubiri inaccurately claims that confidential funds can be used for repair of classrooms

A 2015 Commission on Audit (COA) set of guidelines defines confidential expenses as lump sum amounts for “surveillance activities in civilian government agencies.” It categorically states that “in no case shall (confidential or intelligence funds) be used for … construction or acquisition of buildings or housing structures.”