OP EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 72, FEBRUARY 11, 2002 RATIONALIZING THE AGENCIES UNDER OR ATTACHED TO THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT February 11, 2002

WHEREAS, public officers and government in general have the constitutional duty to serve the Filipino people with utmost responsibility, integrity, loyalty and efficiency;

WHEREAS, it is the policy of the Administration to improve the quality and efficiency of public service to the Filipino people by continually adopting institutional improvements and innovations in the bureaucracy and enhancing the capacity of the President to manage the Executive Department and supervise agencies requiring greater attention by the President;

WHEREAS, Section 31, Chapter 10, Title III, Book III of Executive Order No. 292 dated July 25, 1987, otherwise known as the Administrative Code of 1987, provides continuing authority to the President to reorganize the administrative structure of the Office of the President;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy.— It is the policy of the Administration to undertake a streamlining program to rationalize the organization and supervision of the agencies under or attached to the Office of the President.

An agency shall be placed under or attached to the department best able to provide policy or program guidance or exercise administrative supervision. An agency shall be placed under or attached to the Office of the President only if it is chaired by the President, or if its mandate or functional concerns require the immediate attention of the President, or cut across sectors or cannot be aligned with those of any of the departments, or if it renders direct staff support to the President.

Agencies created by the President which have fulfilled their mandate, or perform functions properly pertaining to other departments, agencies or local government units, or have remained dormant shall be abolished, deactivated, merged, consolidated, transferred to other departments or agencies, or their functions, positions, personnel, assets and liabilities transferred to other departments or agencies.

SECTION 2. Initial Implementation of Streamlining Program.— Agencies presently under or attached to the Office of the President listed in Annex "A" hereof shall be transferred to the corresponding departments or agencies, subject to the conditions stated therein. Within thirty (30) days from the issuance of this Executive Order, the Chairman of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council shall submit his recommendations to the Presidential Committee on Effective Governance (PCEG) regarding the rationalization of agencies transferred to it.

Agencies presently under or attached to the Office of the President listed in Annexes "B" and "C" hereof shall be abolished; Provided, that those listed in Annex "C" hereof shall be abolished, subject to the following:

(a) The Department of Budget and Management shall consult the local government units concerned for possible turnover of local or area-specific programs and projects.

(b) Where the local government units concerned are willing to perform and fund the functions of the agency to be abolished, the Department of Budget and Management shall arrange for the transfer of functions, positions, personnel, and assets, as may be necessary.

(c) The Department of Budget and Management shall oversee the winding-up of the activities of the agencies whose programs and projects are not accepted by the local government units concerned.

SECTION 3. Winding-up and Disposition of Functions, Positions, Personnel, Assets and Liabilities of Abolished Agencies.— The winding-up of the abolished agencies, including the disposition or transfer of their functions, positions, personnel, and assets, as may be necessary, shall be done immediately upon the issuance of this Executive Order and completed not later than April 15, 2002.

SECTION 4. Continuous Implementation of Streamlining Program.— Within sixty (60) days from the issuance of this Order, the PCEG shall submit to the President its recommendations for possible abolition, deactivation, merger, consolidation, transfer to other departments or agencies, or transfer of functions, positions, personnel, assets and liabilities of agencies under or attached to Office of the President not included in this Executive Order.

SECTION 5. Oversight.— The Department of Budget and Management is hereby directed to oversee the winding-up of agencies under this Executive Order, including the final disposition or transfer of their functions, positions, personnel, assets and liabilities. The Department of Budget and Management is hereby authorized to issue, upon consultation with the Civil Service Commission and the Commission on Audit and subject to the approval of the PCEG, the implementing guidelines for the winding-up of agencies and the final disposition or transfer of their functions, positions, personnel, assets and liabilities in order to achieve the effective implementation of this Executive Order.

SECTION 6. Reporting Requirement.— The Department of Budget and Management, in coordination with the PCEG, shall submit a Final Report to the President on the implementation of this Executive Order.

SECTION 7. Effectivity.— This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

Adopted: 11 Feb. 2002

By the President:

(SGD.) ALBERTO G. ROMULO
Executive Secretary



Two (2) agencies attending to locally funded projects of the Office of the President:

1. Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission

to the Metropolitan Manila

Development Authority

2. Inter-Agency Coordinating Committee

to the Department of Environment and

to Prepare and Coordinate the

Natural Resources; provided, that the

Implementation of a Land

committee shall complete the long-term

Administration and Management Program

Land Administration and

Management Program not later than

September 2003

Eleven (11) Task Forces and similar entities:

3. Cabinet Supervisory Committee on

to the Office of the Presidential

the Implementation of the GRP-MNLF

Adviser on the Peace Process

Peace Agreement

4. Bipartisan Executive — Legislative Advisory Council on the Sabah Issue

to the Department of Foreign Affairs

5.Inter-Agency Committee to Draft

to the Department of Foreign Affairs;

Policy Guidelines and Framework for

provided, that the Committee shall be

Philippine Participation in UN

abolished upon finalization of the

Peacekeeping Operations

policy guidelines

6. National Government Center (NGC)

to the Housing and Urban

East-Side Development Committee

Development Coordinating Council

7. Northrail Resettlement Project

to the Housing and Urban

Committee

Development Coordinating Council

8. Southrail Resettlement Project

to the Housing and Urban

Committee

Development Coordinating Council

9. Inter-Agency Executive Committee to

to the Housing and Urban

Oversee the Comprehensive

Development Coordinating Council

Development of the National Housing

Property in North Triangle, Quezon City

10. Privatization Council

to the Department of Finance

11. Ad-Hoc Committee on the Utilization

to the Department of Finance;

and Disposition of Real Properties of

provided, that the Committee shall be

the Philippine Government Located

rationalized in relation to the

Locally and Abroad

Privatization Management Office and

units under or attached to it

12. Special Task Force Against

to the Department of Finance;

Irregularities Committed in Agencies

provided, that the Task Force shall be

Attached to or under the Department of Finance

rationalized

13. Socsargen Fishing Industry

to the Socsargen Area

Steering Committee

Development Project Office

Six (6) agencies attending to locally funded projects of the Office of the President:1. Inter-Agency Committee on Intellectual Property Rights 2. Mindanao Rail System Task Force3. Northwestern Luzon Growth Quadrangle Commission4. Presidential Committee on Flagship Programs and Projects5. Program Office for the Central East Asia Growth Circle6. Philippine International Film and Television OfficeFifty-five (55) Task Forces and similar bodies7. Inter-Agency Coordinating Committee for National Programs and Projects Metro Manila8. Inter-Agency Committee for the Development and Management of Leyte Enhanced Resource-Based Area for Productivity Project9. National Committee on the Culture of Peace10. Committee on the President's Urgent Services for Housing11. Presidential Housing Assistance One-Stop Center12. Presidential Commission for Mass Housing13. Coordinating Council on Executive Response and Action for the People14. Inter-Agency Committee on Philippine Schools Overseas15. Inter-Agency Committee on Foreign Students16. Presidential Commission on Educational Reform17. National Heroes Committee18. Inter-Agency Task Force on the Oil Price Increase19. Petrochemical Industry Competitiveness Board20. Presidential Iron and Steel Committee21. Ad-Hoc Fact Finding Committee on Behest Loans22. Executive Committee to Oversee the BOT/BOO Implementation of the Proposed Silangan Express 2000 Railway System23. Mactan-Cebu Bridge Management Board24. Southern Luzon-Central Philippines Rehabilitation Task Force25. Executive Committee to Oversee the BOT Implementation of Solid Waste Management Projects for Waste Disposal Sites in Carmona (Cavite) and San Mateo (Rizal) 26. National Coordinating Council for the Sugar Industry27. Presidential Air Quality Commission28. Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm Joint Working Committee29. Presidential Committee to Study and Take Charge of the Modernization and Development of Various Penal Institutions in the Country30. Preparatory Commission on Constitutional Reforms31. Presidential Commission on the New Century and the Millenium32. Presidential Retirement Income Commission33. Public Acknowledgment Committee for the Participants of EDSA II34. Task Force for the Development of Payatas in Quezon City35. Cabinet Projects Coordinating Committee36. Presidential Task Force on Manila Bay Rehabilitation37. Presidential Task Force on Traffic Improvement and Management38. Presidential Task Force on Transport Strike and Mass Action39. Executive Council on the Suppression of Trafficking in Persons, Particularly Women and Children 40. Joint Congressional-Executive Task Force on Legislative Matters for the Social Pact41. Social Protection Coordinating Committee42. Economic Coordinating Council43. Economic Mobilization Group44. Inter-Agency Committee on Investment Analysis, Promotion and Management45. Inter-Agency Executive Committee to Assist the Trustee Committee for the Comprehensive Development of Welfareville Property in the City of Mandaluyong46. Inter-Agency Task Force to Prepare and Implement the Plans and Programs for the Maintenance and Beautification of All Roads Leading to the Domestic and International Gateways in Metro Manila47. Institutional and Performance Audit Team on the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples48. Inter-Agency Committee to Oversee the Turnover and Development of Properties in Makati Held by the Philippine Development Alternatives Foundations, Inc. and Presidential Commission on Good Government to the National Government and National Power Corporation49. Inter-Agency Committee to Study Proposals for Reorienting the Basic Mandate of the Social Security System (SSS) as a Social Institution, Instead of a Financial Institution50. Inter-Agency Steering Committee to Assist Local Government Units in the Preparation and Completion of Their Comprehensive Land Use Plans51. Inter-Agency Task Force to Combat Securities-Fraud52. Multi-Sectoral Consultative Task Force53. Ad-Hoc Coconut Levy Funds Audit Committee54. Committee on Presidential Foreign Travels and Coordinating Working Committee on Overseas Presidential Visits55. Task Force to Study and Determine the Settlement of the Obligations of the National Government to SGS56. Special Committee on the Resettlement of Informal Settlers in Antipolo, Rizal57. Tañon Strait Commission58. Maglanco Area Development Coordinating Council59. Mindanao Coordinating Council60. Mindanao Peace and Development Multi-Sectoral Agency Task Force61. Special Development Planning Task Group to Undertake Economic and Social Development Planning for the Special Zone of Peace and DevelopmentANNEX "C"LIST OF SIXTEEN (16) AGENCIES UNDER OR ATTACHED TO THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT TO BE ABOLISHED, SUBJECT TO CONDITIONSTen (10) agencies attending to locally-funded projects of the Office of the President:1. Lingayen Gulf Coastal Area Management Commission2. Mt. Makiling Reserve Area and Laguna de Bay Commission3. Presidential Commission on Rizal-Laguna-Aurora-Quezon Growth Area4. Banaue Rice Terraces Task Force5. Bicol Tourism Special Development Project Commission6. Vigan Heritage Village Commission7. Aklan Provincial Tourism Special Development Project Task Force8. Sulu Development Task Force9. Davao Integrated Development Board10. Central Mindanao Development Task ForceSix (6) Task forces and similar entities:11. Basilan Development Task Force12. Cagayan de Oro-Iligan Corridor Special Development Project Steering Committee13. Gingoog Bay Development Council14. Zamboanga City Council of Elders15. Zamboanga Peninsula and Basilan Province (ZAMBAS) Regional Project Development Board16. Inter-Agency Committee on Land Titling Anomalies in General Santos City