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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 217
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 217
-PROVIDING FOR THE REORGANIZATION OF THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE BOARD
WHEREAS, pursuant to Sec. 7 of Executive
Order No, 246, S. 1987, and Sec. 14, Title VIII, Book IV, of the
Administrative Code of 1987, the National Intelligence Board (NIB)
serves as the advisory body to the Director-General of the National
Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) for the coordination and
integration of intelligence activities in the Government, which Board
may be reorganized at any time under to the President's continuing
authority to reorganize the administrative structure of the Office of
the President;
WHEREAS, there is a need to further institutionalize the national
intelligence effort up to the regional or local level to enhance the
effectiveness of the intelligence community in detecting and monitoring
threats to the stability of the state;
WHEREAS, it is in the national interest to widen and diversify the
sources of intelligence information from the civilian and military
sectors and intensify the coordination and integration of intelligence
activities at all levels;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested upon me by law, do hereby order:
Section 1. The National Intelligence Board (NIB)
shall be reorganized and expanded to include the membership of twelve
civilian agencies and seven military offices as follows:
1.
The National Intelligence Coordinating Agency
2. The
Department of Foreign Affairs;
3. The
Department of National Defense;
4. The
Department of Education, Culture and Sports;
5. The
Department of Labor and Employment;
6. The
National Economic and Development Authority;
7. The
Department of Trade and Industry;
8. The
Department of Interior and Local Government;
9. The
Philippine National Police;
10. The
National Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice;
11. The
Bureau of Immigration and Deportation, Department of Justice;
12. The
Economic Intelligence and Investigation Bureau, Department of Finance;
13. The Office
of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, J2, Armed Forces of the
Philippines;
14. The Office
of the Assistant Chief of Staff, G2, Philippine Army;
15. The Office
of the Assistant Chief of Staff, A2, Philippine Air Force;
16. The Office
of the Assistant Chief of Staff, N2, Philippine Navy;
17. The
Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines;
18. The
Counter-intelligence Command, Armed Forces of the Philippines;
19. The
Presidential Security Group.
Sec. 2. The designated representatives of each of
these member-agencies and offices shall, if possible, be of the rank of
at least an Assistant Secretary or its equivalent.
Sec. 3. The Chairman of the NIB shall be the
Director-General of the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency
(NICA), Office of the President,
Sec. 4. The National Security Director shall be
present at all meetings of the Board and shall provide periodic
guidance to the intelligence community.
Sec. 5. The Board shall serve as the advisory body
to the Director-General of the NICA for the coordination and
integration of all intelligence activities of the Government.
Sec. 6. The Board shall be assisted by the
Regional Intelligence Coordinating Committees (RICCs) at all regions
the country. The objective of the RICCs is to integrate intelligence
efforts of the Government at the regional and local levels to ensure
efficient and effective coverage of all threats to national security.
It shall be chaired by the Regional Director of the NICA field station
and shall have as members, the regional counterparts of the NIB
members. The RICC shall report to the Board periodically on their
accomplishments and concerns.
Sec. 7. The Board shall have four inter-agency
standing committees tasked to prepare intelligence directives, papers
and plans prior to presentation, discussion and adoption by the Board.
These committees shall also ensure that appropriate' contributions are
received from other agencies with delineated intelligence tasks.
These
standing committees shall be:
1. The Joint
Coordinating Committee on Operations, Production and Security
2. The
Coordinating Committee on Operations
3. The
Coordinating Committee on Production
4. The
Coordinating Committee on Security
The NIB chairman shall designate the chairman for each committee, while
the NIB members shall designate their regular representatives to each
of the committees. The designated coordinating committee chairmen shall
attend all meetings of the Board.
Sec. 8. The Board shall create other committees or
ad hoc working groups as required.
Sec. 9. The Board shall have a Secretariat
responsible for disseminating agreements and other vital papers and all
other technical and administrative matters affecting the Board. The
Chairman may designate the Assistant Director-General for Production of
the NICA as Board Secretary, who shall attend all meetings as a
full-pledge member of the Board and who shall organize and supervise
the Board Secretariat, pursuant to the approved Standard Operating
Procedures and Terms of Reference of the Board.
Sec. 10. The Chairman may designate resource
persons who may be invited to regularly participate in Board Meetings,
or as the need arises.
Sec. 11. The Board shall meet once a month or as
often as necessary. The Chairman shall set the regular meetings of the
Board in consultation with the National Security Director and the
members of the Board.
Sec. 12. This Administrative Order shall take
effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 29th day of April in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
ninety-one.
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