Section 16Republic Act No. 2260, as amended, and as organized under the Integrated Reorganization Plan may serve as the nucleus of the Civil Service Commission., Sec./Art. 16

Civil Service Assistance to Departments and Agencies. Each head of department, office, agency, government-owned or controlled corporation and local government shall be responsible for personnel administration in his office which shall be in accordance with the provisions relating to civil service embodied in the Constitution, this Decree and the rules, principles, standards, guidelines and regulations established by the Commission. Whenever it deems it in the interest of the public service, the Civil Service Commission shall organize in each department, office, agency, government-owned or controlled corporation, and provincial and city government a Civil Service Staff which shall be headed by an officer of the Commission.

The necessary staff personnel and office facilities and equipment shall be provided by the department, government-owned or controlled corporation or local government where the staff is established but the Commission may augment these with its own. This shall serve as the principal liaison between the Civil Service and the Department concerned and shall perform the following specific functions and those functions which may hereafter be assigned to it by the Commission:

1. Provide technical assistance in all aspects of personnel management;

2. Monitor and audit periodically the personnel practices and performance of the Department or agency concerned as well as those of public officers and employees thereat;

3. Determine agency compliance with Civil Service Law and rules, and

4. In the performance of these functions, the staff shall welcome and receive from public any suggestions, observations and complaints pertaining to the conduct of public officers and employees.

In the performance of their functions, the units so organized shall avail of the technical assistance and guidelines of the Civil Service Commission.