Section 9May 21, 2007, Sec./Art. 9

Functions. - The executive director shall have the following functions:

(a) Establish policies, standards and guidelines related to public records management and archives administration programs, including the publication of guides, inventories and finding aids required to disseminate information on the holdings of the National Archives;

(b) Examine, identify and determine records of government agencies and classify and preserve those which are of permanent or enduring historical value and/or advise on the creation, maintenance, storage, use and disposition of such records;

(c) Direct and determine the mode of disposing of or destroying or authorizing the disposal or destruction of public records;

(d) Take suitable measures in preserving and conserving public archives which are, under the custody and control of the National Archives;

(e) Acquire through transfer, donation, purchase or any other means public records and private archives, which in his judgment has enduring historical value;

(f) Determine and establish measures on access and usage of public archives;

(g) Provide maintenance and security and report to the President any loss of public records in the custody and control of the National Archives and initiate appropriate action to recover them;

(h) Enter into agreements with any archival or historical institutions here and abroad to acquire or copy original documents or archival materials to enhance the archival and historical holdings of the Philippines;

(i) Establish and implement government-wide program on public records and archives counter disaster planning;

(j) Establish linkages with local and foreign organizations engaged in public records management and archives administration;

(k) Ensure the safekeeping of a Registry in accordance with the requirements of this Act;

(l) Issue rules and regulations for all or any of the following purposes:

(1) Regulating the 'transfer of public records from any government office to the National Archives or to an approved repository;

(2) Regulating the manner of destruction or other disposal of public records;

(3) Regulating the admission of the public to the National Archives and the use by the public of public archives deposited in the National Archives;

(4) Providing for the custody and preservation of Presidents' papers and private records deposited in the National Archives, and prescribing the fees to be charged for custody and preservation thereof; and

(5) Prescribing forms for the proper and effective implementation of this Act

(m) Perform such other functions as may be necessary.