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ADMINISTRATIVE CODE AND LAW OF PUBLIC OFFICERS TEXT AND RULES

(5) Exercise supervision, in behalf of the President, over

the various agencies under the Office of the President;

(6) Appoint officials and employees of the Office of the

President whose appointments are not vested in the

President;

(7) Provide overall coordination in the operation of the

Executive Office;

(8) Determine and assign matters to the appropriate

units in the Office of the President;

(9) Have administrative responsibility for matters in the

Office

of

the

President

coming

from

the

various

departments and agencies of government;

(10) Exercise primary authority to sign papers "By

authority of the President", attest executive orders and

other

presidential

issuances

unless

attestation

is

specifically delegated to other officials by him or by the

President;

(11)

Determine,

with

the President's approval, the

appropriate

assignment

of offices and agencies not

placed by law under any specific executive department;

(12) Provide consultative, research, fact-finding and

advisory service to the President;

(13)

Assist

the

President

in

the

performance

of

functions pertaining to legislation;

(14)

Assist the President in the administration of

special projects;

(15) Take charge of matters pertaining to protocol in

State and ceremonial functions;

(16) Provide secretarial and clerical services for the

President, the Cabinet, the Council of State, and other

advisory bodies to the President;

(17) Promulgate such rules and regulations necessary

to carry out the objectives, policies and functions of the

Office of the President Proper;

(18) Perform such other functions as the President may

direct.

C. Common Staff Support System

SECTION 28. Functions of the Common Staff Support

System . — The various staff units in the Office of the

President Proper shall form a common staff support

system and shall be organized along the various tasks of

the Office namely:

(1)

The Cabinet Secretariat which shall assist the

President in the establishment of agenda topics for the

Cabinet

deliberations,

or

facilitate

the

discussion

of

cabinet meetings. It shall have such organization, powers

and functions as are prescribed by law;

(2) The Presidential Management Staff (PMS) which

shall

be

the

primary

governmental

agency

directly

responsible to the Office of the President for providing

staff assistance in the Presidential exercise of overall

management of the development process. It shall have

such

organization,

powers

and

functions

as

are

prescribed by law;

(3) General Government Administration Staff which

shall provide the President with staff support on matters

concerning general government administration relative

to the operations of the national government including

the provision of legal services, administrative services,

staff work on political and legislative matters, information

and assistance to the general public, measures toward

resolution

of

complaints against public officials and

employees brought to the attention of the Office of the

President and such other matters as the President may

assign;

(4) Internal Administrative Staff which shall render

auxiliary

and

support

services

for

the

internal

administration of the Office of the President.

D. Presidential Assistant/Advisers System

SECTION

29.

Functions

of

Presidential

Assistants/Advisers

System .

—

The

Special

Assistants/Advisers

System

shall

provide

advisory

or

consultative services to the President in such fields and

under such conditions as the President may determine.

CHAPTER 10 Functions of the Agencies Under the Office

of the President

SECTION 30. Functions of Agencies Under the Office

of the President . — Agencies under the Office of the

President shall continue to operate and function in

accordance with their respective charters or laws creating

them, except as otherwise provided in this Code or by law.

SECTION 31. Continuing Authority of the President to

Reorganize his Office . — The President, subject to the

policy in the Executive Office and in order to achieve

simplicity, economy and efficiency, shall have continuing

authority to reorganize the administrative structure of the

Office of the President. For this purpose, he may take any

of the following actions:

(1) Restructure the internal organization of the Office

of the President Proper, including the immediate Offices,

the Presidential Special Assistants/Advisers System and

the

Common

Staff

Support

System,

by

abolishing,

consolidating or merging units thereof or transferring

functions from one unit to another;

(2) Transfer any function under the Office of the

President to any other Department or Agency as well as

transfer functions to the Office of the President from

other Departments and Agencies; and

(3)

Transfer

any

agency under the Office of the

President to any other department or agency as well as

transfer agencies to the Office of the President from

other departments or agencies.

BOOK IV The Executive Branch

CHAPTER 1 The Departments

SECTION 1. Purpose and Number of Departments . —

The Executive Branch shall have such Departments as are

necessary for the functional distribution of the work of

the President and for the performance of their functions.

SECTION

2.

Declaration

of

Policy .

—

(1)

The

Departments

shall

be

organized and maintained to

insure their capacity to plan and implement programs in

accordance with established national policies;

(2) Bureaus and offices shall be grouped primarily on

the

basis

of

major

functions

to

achieve

simplicity,

economy and efficiency in government operations and

minimize duplication and overlapping of activities; and

(3) The functions of the different Departments shall be

decentralized in order to reduce red tape, free central

officials

from

administrative

details

concerning field

operations,

and

relieve

them

from

unnecessary

involvement

in

routine

and local matters. Adequate

authority shall be delegated to subordinate officials.

Administrative decisions and actions shall, as much as

feasible, be at the level closest to the public.

SECTION

3.

Department

Proper .

—

(1)

Unless

otherwise

provided

in

this

Code

or

by

law,

the

Department

proper

shall

include

the

Office

of

the

Secretary and the staff units directly under it. The Office

of the Secretary shall consist of the Secretary and the

Undersecretary or Undersecretaries, together with the

personnel in their immediate offices;

(2) Every Secretary shall be assisted by such number of

Undersecretaries as may be provided for by this Code or

by law;

The Undersecretary shall perform the functions as

provided in Chapter 2 of this Book;

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