Section 10Sec./Art. 10

Inter-Agency Committees on Statistics. The following inter-agency statistical committees (IACs) shall be created by the PSA Board to coordinate and resolve agency and sectoral concerns on statistical matters. The IAC shall serve as a forum for discussion of the issues raised by concerned producers, users and other stakeholders of sectoral and agency-specific statistics:

a. Committee on Agriculture;

b. Committee on Trade and Industry Statistics;

c. Committee on Infrastructure;

d. Committee on Financial Statistics;

e. Committee on Social Statistics;

f. Committee on Gender Statistics;

g. Committee on Environment and Natural Resources;

h. Committee on Information and Communications Technology;

i. Committee on Science and Technology;

j. Committee on Governance;

k. Committee on Migration;

l. Committee on Fiscal Matters; and

m. Committee on PSS Resources.

The PSA Board may create IACs to assist in the exercise of its functions or abolish them as appropriate. It shall define the functions and terms of reference of the IACs which will allow flexibility and the ability to respond to future emerging statistical concerns on various sectors.

The membership of the IACs may be increased or decreased as the exigencies of the work require: Provided, That these shall be authorized by the PSA Board. The IACs may create subcommittees or working groups as the need arises in the work to be done. Membership of said subcommittees or working groups shall come from the technical staff of the government agencies represented and other private entities.

The IACs shall submit to the PSA Board their work programs and report on the progress of their work, including findings and recommendations on technical issues referred to them.