Section 8Sec./Art. 8

Powers and Functions of the Committee on optimizing the Executive Branch. - The COEB shall:

(a) Develop the policies, frameworks, indicators, strategies, and mechanisms, in considerations of the lessons learned from previous efforts on reorganization, to be adopted in the implementation of the GOP;

(b) Develop a GOP Management Plan containing, among others, the activities, responsibilities, and resource requirements that shall be adopted to ensure its effective implementation and submit the same to the President within thirty (30) days from the issuance of the implementing rules and regulations (IRR);

(c) Conduct studies on the mandates, functions, programs, projects, operations, structures, and manpower complement of the different govenrment agencies and instrumentalities;

(d) Develop and prepare the Optimized Organizational Structure of concerned agencies and the corresponding executive issuances for approval by the President, in accordance with the provisions of Section 6 of this Act;

(e) Develop and prepare the overall change management program, which shall include communication plans, the appropriate Organizational Development Program, and other mechanisms to effectively manage the transition, ensure the smooth implementation of the GOP, and safeguard the welfare of employees affected by the optimization efforts;

(f) Monitor the different agencies' implementation of their respective approved optimization plans, and report to the President any issue that must be addressed;

(g) Engage the services of experts or consultants, through the DBM, to assist the COEB and its subcommittees in the performance of their functions; and

(h) Formulate the IRR of this Act.