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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 38
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 38 -
ESTABLISHING THE GOVERNMENT PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (GPIP) AS
A PRIORITY UNDERTAKING OF THE GOVERNMENT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS, the government's immediate goal to
accelerate economic recovery calls for a concerted and vigorous effort
to improve productivity at the least cost;
WHEREAS, improved productivity demands a judicious and optimum
utilization of government resources, elimination of organizational and
functional proliferations and overlaps, improvement of service delivery
systems and rigid implementation of cost-saving measures in government
operations;
WHEREAS, the government needs the cooperation and active participation
of the private sector, particularly the non-governmental organizations
and the general public, to implement effectively efforts to enhance
productivity and improve the delivery of public services;
WHEREAS, it is imperative that a program to coordinate all efforts of
both the government and the private sectors be established to attain
efficiency, effectiveness and economy in the delivery of quality
services to the people;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Republic of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby
order:
Section 1. Declaration of Policy. — It is hereby
declared the policy of the State to attain efficiency, effectiveness
and economy in the delivery of quality services to the public in
cooperation with, and with the participation of, the private sector.
Sec. 2. The Government Productivity Improvement
Program (GPIP). — The Government Productivity Improvement Program
(GPIP), hereinafter referred to as the Program, is hereby established
and adopted as a priority undertaking of the Government to enhance
overall productivity and to coordinate and/or integrate the programs,
projects and activities of the government in this endeavor with those
in the private sector.
The Program aims to achieve the following objectives:
a. improve the quality of service and optimize the
use of resources;
b. establish and set up productivity organizations at
the national and regional levels;
c. operationalize and institutionalize productivity
improvement activities in every department, agency and corporation; and
d. provide support mechanism that would sustain
productivity efforts in the government.
Sec. 3. The Government Productivity Improvement
Program Council (GPIP Council). — There is hereby created a Government
Productivity Improvement Program Council (GPIP Council), hereinafter
referred to as the Council, which shall be the primary policymaking and
overall coordinating body of the program. It shall be composed of the
Secretary of Budget and Management as Chairman; and the President of
the Development Academy of the Philippines, the Secretaries of Trade
and Industry, Agriculture, Public Works and Highways, and
Socio-Economic Planning, the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission,
the Undersecretary of the Presidential Management Staff, and the
Director of the Philippine Information Agency, as members.
The Council shall have the following functions and responsibilities:
a. formulate general policies and provide direction
in the implementation of the Program;
b. organize a government-wide network of implementing
units, committees and sub-councils as may be necessary to
operationalize effectively and attain the objectives of the Program;
c. develop action plans and operating guidelines for
program implementation;
d. undertake overall program supervision,
coordination, monitoring and evaluation;
e. determine and identify critical service areas and
agencies for priority program implementation;
f. seek the cooperation and participation of the
private sector and the general public in the implementation and
evaluation of the various productivity improvement projects; and
g. seek the support of local and international
institutions in promoting and/or financing productivity improvement
programs in the public service.
Sec. 4. Department/Agency Productivity Improvement
Committee. — Each department/agency/corporation shall organize a
Productivity Improvement Committee which shall be responsible for the
development and implementation of the agency's Productivity Improvement
Program. Lower level committees at the bureau or regional level may be
created as necessary.
Sec. 5. Performance Responsibility. — The Council
members shall be jointly responsible for providing operating guidelines
and overseeing the activities of the Program. The heads of all other
departments, agencies and corporations shall extend assistance to the
Council by initially submitting a report on the existing
programs/projects oriented towards productivity improvement of their
respective agencies, and making available such facilities and expertise
as may be required for successful implementation of the Program.
Sec. 6. Effectivity. — This Administrative Order
shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 30th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and eighty-seven.
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