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Section 1
Declaration of Policy
Section 1.
Declaration of Policy.
— It is the policy of the Administration to undertake a streamlining program to rationalize the organization and supervision of the agencies under or attached to the Office of the President.
An agency shall be placed under or attached to the department best able to provide policy or program guidance or exercise administrative supervision. An agency shall be placed under or attached to the Office of the President only if it is chaired by the President, or if its mandate or functional concerns require the immediate attention of the President, or cut across sectors or cannot be aligned with those of any of the departments, or if it renders direct staff support to the President.
Agencies created by the President which have fulfilled their mandate, or perform functions properly pertaining to other departments, agencies or local government units, or have remained dormant shall be abolished, deactivated, merged, consolidated, transferred to other departments or agencies, or their functions, positions, personnel, assets and liabilities transferred to other departments or agencies.
Section 2
Initial Implementation of Streamlining Program
Section 2.
Initial Implementation of Streamlining Program.
— Agencies presently under or attached to the Office of the President listed in Annex —A— hereof shall be transferred to the corresponding departments or agencies, subject to the conditions stated therein. Within thirty (30) days from the issuance of this Executive Order, the Chairman of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council shall submit his recommendations to the Presidential Committee on Effective Governance (PCEG) regarding the rationalization of agencies transferred to it.
Agencies presently under or attached to the Office of the President listed in Annexes —B— and —C— hereof shall be abolished;
Provided,
that those listed in Annex —C— hereof shall be abolished, subject to the following:
(a) The Department of Budget and Management shall consult the local government units concerned for possible turnover of local or area-specific programs and projects.
(b) Where the local government units concerned are willing to perform and fund the functions of the agency to be abolished, the Department of Budget and Management shall arrange for the transfer of functions, positions, personnel, and assets, as may be necessary.
(c) The Department of Budget and Management shall oversee the winding-up of the activities of the agencies whose programs and projects are not accepted by the local government units concerned.
Section 3
Section 3.
Winding-up and Disposition of Functions, Positions, Personnel, Assets and Liabilities of Abolished Agencies.
— The winding-up of the abolished agencies, including the disposition or transfer of their functions, positions, personnel, and assets, as may be necessary, shall be done immediately upon the issuance of this Executive Order and completed not later than April 15, 2002.
Section 4
Continuous Implementation of Streamlining Program
Section 4.
Continuous Implementation of Streamlining Program.
— Within sixty (60) days from the issuance of this Order, the PCEG shall submit to the President its recommendations for possible abolition, deactivation, merger, consolidation, transfer to other departments or agencies, or transfer of functions, positions, personnel, assets and liabilities of agencies under or attached to Office of the President not included in this Executive Order.
Section 5
Oversight
Section 5.
Oversight.
— The Department of Budget and Management is hereby directed to oversee the winding-up of agencies under this Executive Order, including the final disposition or transfer of their functions, positions, personnel, assets and liabilities. The Department of Budget and Management is hereby authorized to issue, upon consultation with the Civil Service Commission and the Commission on Audit and subject to the approval of the PCEG, the implementing guidelines for the winding-up of agencies and the final disposition or transfer of their functions, positions, personnel, assets and liabilities in order to achieve the effective implementation of this Executive Order.
Section 6
Reporting Requirement
Section 6.
Reporting Requirement.
— The Department of Budget and Management, in coordination with the PCEG, shall submit a Final Report to the President on the implementation of this Executive Order.
Section 7
Effectivity
Section 7.
Effectivity.
— This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.
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City of Manila, February 11, 2002.
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GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
By the President:
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ALBERTO G. ROMULO
Executive Secretary