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TO:	The Chairman, Presidential Commission
		on Reorganization
	The Minister of the Budget The Dean, College of Public Administration,
		University of the Philippines

WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 1 established an Integrated Reorganization Plan for the Philippine National Governnent;

WHEREaS, the exigencies of government operation and changing conditions has necessitated the creation of additional offices, the transfer of functions among agencies, and the abolition of organizational units, since the approval of P.D. No. 1;

WHEREAS, it is necessary to review on a comprehensive basis the implementation of the integrated reorganization plan, in the light of subsequent organizational changes, for the purpose of enhancing economy and effectiveness in government operations;

WHEREAS, P.D. No. 1416 grants the President continuing authority to reorganize the national government;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby order and direct the following;

1. A Review Committee is hereby created to review the organization and activities of agencies of the national government, with, the aims of (a) identifying proliferation in agency organizational units and duplication in fiinotions and activities and (b) recommending such measures as may be necessary to eliminate duplication and to enhance complementary and supportive relationships among government agencies;
2. The objective of this study is to identify measures which will limit current operating expenditures so as to maximize the amount available for capital outlays.  The Committee shall therefore recommend measures necessary (a) to eliminate the proliferation of organizational units within individual Ministries, Offices or Bureaus, (b) to reduce duplication of functions among agencies of government, and (c) to reduce overhead expenditures of government by strengthening the principal line agencies of government;
3. The Committee is specifically instructed to study the general areas and the specific activites of agencies that are included in the attached list, and such other similar instances of possible duplication as it may identify;
4. The Committee shall dovetail its work with the ongoing study of government corporations being done by the Presidential Commission on Reorganization;
5. The Committee shall submit its recommendations in the form of suggested organizational or activity changes, including the consolidation of organisational units, the transfer of functions and activities, the abolition of offices, and the redefinition of functions and activities;
6. The Committee shall be headed by the Chairman, Presidential Commission on Reorganization, with the Minister of the Budget and the Dean of the College of Public Administration of the University of the Philippines as members.  The Committee shall be supported in its work by the staffs of the Presidential Commission on Reorganization, the Management Office of the Ministry of the Budget, and the U.P. College of Public Administration. Minimum necessary costs for the study, not to exceed P250.000, nay be charged to the Special Activities Fund.
7. The Committee shall submit a preliminary report on or before October 31, 1978.

Done in the city of Manila, this 9th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sevanty-eight.



General Areas of Review

1. The proliferation of organizational units within Ministries, Bureaus, Offices, and Agencies in the existence of Centers, Offices, Project Units, and other similar organizational units wuoso functions can be assigned to regular line agencies.
2. The duplication of line agency functions within the Offices of the Ministers with the existence of unnecessary organizational units in the Office of the Minister.
3. The inadequate delineation of functions among planning, coordinative, implementing and monitoring bodies of government and the need for such bodies.
4. Incomplete delegation of authority to Regional Directors, resulting in duplicating and parallel functions at regional and central offices of agencies.
5. The clarification of functions of regional government bodies, including the Regional Commissions, Regional Development Councils, Regional Development authorities or Corporations, and Integrated Area Development Project Councils.
6. The oreation of Regional Offices by bureaus and agencies, resulting in additional overhead expense and in violation of the principle of the Integrated Reorganization Plan which calla for the establishment of Department-wide Regional Offices.
7. The proliferation of state universities and colleges, national schools and emergency hospitals as against the alternative approach of having fewer but larger and better-funded institutions.

Specific Areas of Review

1. Abaca and Other Fibers
   
   Abaca Industry Development Authority
   Bureau of Fiber Inspection Service
   
   
2. Administration of National Shrines
   
   National Historical Institute, Ministry of Education and
        Culture
   National Military Shrines, Ministry of Defense
   
   
3. Barangay Roads
   
   Bureau of Barangay Roads, Ministry of Public Highways
   Rural Roads Program, Ministry of Local Government and
        Community Development
   
   
4. Computer Services
   
   National Computer Center, Office of the President
   Bureau of Internal Revenue, Ministry of Finance
   Bureau of Customs, Ministry of Finance
   Bureau of Treasury, Ministry of Finance
   National Census and Statistics Office, National
        Economic and Development Authority
   Office of the Minister, Ministry of Agriculture
   Central Bank of the Philippines
   Infrastructure Computer Center, Ministry of Public
        Works, Transportation and Communications
   Professional Regulation Commission
   Technology Resource Center, Ministry of Human
        Settlements
   National Science and Development Board
   National Bureau of Investigation, Ministry of Justice
   
   
5. Construction and Repair of National Building and School Buildings
   
   Bureau of Public Works, Ministry of Public Works,
        Transportation and Communications
   Bureau of Buildings and Real Property Management,
        General Services Administration
   
   
6. Drugs Regulation/Supervision
   
   Dangerous Drugs Board
   Bureau of Intelligence and Investigation, Ministry of
        Finance
   Constabulary Anti-Narcotic Unit, Armed Forces of the
        Philippines
   National Bureau of Investigation
   Food and Drugs Administration
   
   
7. Economic Research
   
   Philippine Institute of Development Studies, National
        Economic and Development Authority
   Philippine Center for Economic Development, University
        of the Philippines
   Institute of Economic Development and Research,
        University of the Philippines
   
   
8. Employment Services
   
   Overseas Employment Development Board
   Bureau of Employment Services
   National Seamen Board
   
   
9. Energy
   
   Ministry of Energy
   Bureau of Mines, Ministry of Natural Resources
   
   
10. Executive Training Programs
    
    Development Academy of the Philippines
    Philippine Executive Academy, University of
         the Philippines
    National Defense College of the Philippines
    Civil Service Academy
    (a) Junior Executive Training
    (b) Supervisory Training for Effective Administrative
         Management
    Training and Information Service, Ministry of the
         Budget
    Foreign Service Institute, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    
    
11. Export Promotion
    
    Philippine Export Council, Office of the President
    National Economic and Development Authority, Export
         Promotion Project
    Board of Investments, Ministry of Industry
    Embroidery and Apparel Control and Inspection Board,
         Ministry of Finance
    Tobacco Promotion and Regulation Board, Bureau of
         Internal Revenue,. Ministry of Finance
    Garments and Textile Export Board
    Bureau of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Finance
    
    
12. Family Planning
    
    Ministry of Health
    Commission on Population
    Office of the Minister, Ministry of Labor
    Ministry of Education and Culture
    
    
13. Fish Marketing
    
    Fishery Industry Development Council
    Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
    Philippine Fish Marketing Authority
    
    
14. Flood Control
    
    Bureau of Public Works, Ministry of Public Works,
         Transportation and Communications
    Task Force for Flood Control, Office of the Minister
         Ministry of Public Works, Transportation and Communications
    
    
15.  Forestry Activities
    
    Bureau of Forest Development, Ministry of Natural Resources
    Forest Research Institute, Ministry of Natural Resources
    Forest Product Research and Industries Development
         Commission, National Science Development Board
    
    
16. Handicrafts
    
    National Cottage Industries Development Authority
    Cottage Industries Development Enterprise
    Commission on Small and Medium Scale Industries
    
    
17. Health and Nutrition
    
    Ministry of Health
    National Nutrition Council
    School Health and Nutrition Center, Ministry of
         Education and Culture
    Office of the Minister, Ministry of Agriculture
    
    
18. Horse Racing
    
    Games and Amusements Board
    Philippine Racing Commission
    
    
19.  Information
    
    Ministry of Public Information
    National Media Production Center
    Government Printing Office
    
    
20. Intelligence
    
    National Intelligence Security Agency
    Central Intelligence Security Agency
    Criminal Investigation Service
    Bureau of Internal Revenue, Ministry of Finance
    Bureau of Customs, Ministry of Finance
    Bureau of Intelligence and Investigation,
         Ministry of Finance
    Commission on Immigration and Deportation,
         Ministry of Justice
    
    
21. Irrigation
    
    Rational Irrigation Administration
    Farm Systems Development Corporation
    
    
22. Investigation of Government Employees
    
    Merit Systems Board, Civil Service Commission
    Legal Affairs Office, Civil Service Commission
    
    
23. Land Transfer
    
    Bureau of Lands, Ministry of Natural Resources
    Ministry of Agrarian Reform
    Land Registration Commission
    
    
24. Legal Assistance
    
    Citizens' Legal Assistance Office, Ministry of Justice
    Complaints and Investigation Office, Office of the
         President
    Attorneys de Officio, Judiciary
    Integrated Bar of the Philippines (Assistance given
         through the Judiciary)
    Free Legal Assistance Office, Ministry of Labor
    Bureau of Legal Assistance, Ministry of Agrarian
         Reform
    
    
25. Loan Assistance
    
    National Cottage Industries Development Authority
    Self Employment Assistance Program, Ministry of
         Social Services and Development
    Agricultural Credit Administration
    Retailers Fund, Ministry of Trade
    Industrial Guaranty and Loan Fund, National
         Economic and Development Authority
    Cooperative Development Loan Fund, Ministry of
         Local Government and Community Development
    
    
26. Monitoring
    
    Project Monitoring Office, National Economic and
         Development Authority
    Presidential Regional Offices for Development,
         Office of the President
    Management Information Program, Ministry of Public
         Works, Transportation and Communications
    Presidential Management Staff, Office of the
         President
    Management Information System, Ministry of Local
         Government and Community Development
    
    
27.  National Parks
    
    National Parks Development Committee
    Bureau of Forest development - Parks Division
    
    
28. Security Activities
    
    Philippine Constabulary
    Integrated National Police
    National Police- Commission
    
    
29. Non—Formal Training
    
    National Manpower and Youth Council
    Ministry of Education and Culture
    Kabataang Barangay, Ministry of Local Government
         and Community Development
    
    
30. Port Construction, Maintenance and Operation
    
    Philippine Ports Authority, Ministry of Public Works,
         Transportation and Communications
    Bureau of Public Works, Ministry of Public Works,
         Transportation and Communications
    
    
31. Preliminary Engineering Studies
    
    National Economic and Development Authority
    Ministry of Public Highways
    Ministry of Public Works, Transportation
         and Communications
    
    
32. Promotion of General Welfare of Women and Minors
    
    National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women
    Bureau of Women and Minors
    
    
33. Reorganization
    
    Management Office, Ministry of the Budget
    Presidential Commission an Reorganization
    
    
34. Research
    
    National Science Development Board
    Natural Resources Development and Management Council
    Philippine Council for Agriculture and Resources
         Research
    Natural Resources Management Center
    Ministry of agriculture
    State Universities and Colleges
    
    
35. Scholarships
    
    Ministry of Education and Culture
    State Universities and Colleges
    Ministry of Agriculture
    National Science Development Board
    Philippine Council for Agriculture and Resources
         Research
    Office of the President
    
    
36. Sports
    
    Ministry of Youth and Sports Development
    Ministry of Education and Culture
    Kabataang Barangay, Ministry of Local Government
         and Community Development
    
    
37. Statistics
    
    Bureau of Agricultural Economics
    National Census and Statistics Office
    Statistical Advisory Board, National Economic
         and Development Authority
    
    
38. Training Centers
    
    Farmers Training Center, Bureau of Agricultural
         Extension
    Farmers Training Center, Ministry of Agrarian Reform
    Farmers Training Center, Ministry of Agriculture
    Philippine Tobacco Research and Training Center
         (Corporation)
    
    
39. Tobacco
    
    Philippine Virginia Tobacco Administration
    Philippine Tobacco Administration
    
    
40. 40o Water Resources
    
    Local Utilities and Waterworks Authority
    Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System
    Hydrology Division, Bureau of Public Works
    National Water Resources Council
    Provincial Development Assistance Project,
         Ministry of Local Government and Community
         Development
    
    
41. Science Development and Technology Transfer
    
    National Science Development Board
    Technology Resource Center, Ministry of Human
         Settlements
    Ministry of Industry
    
    
42. Zoning and Construction Standards
    
    Ministry of Human Settlements
    Ministry of Local Government and Community
         Development
    Ministry of Public Works, Transportation and
         Communications