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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 5 -
STRENGTHENING THE NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE
WHEREAS,
the National Statistics Office (NSO) has been mandated to generate
general purpose statistics and implement the Civil Registry Law;
WHEREAS, the growing demand for quality statistical products and
services from the National Government, local government units,
non-government organizations, academe and domestic and global
businesses for planning, policy formulation and day-to day
decision-making has expanded the responsibilities of NSO as reflected
in the additional functions vested in the agency under various laws;
WHEREAS, the present organizational set-up of NSO has to be
strengthened to enable the agency to efficiently and effectively
perform its mandated functions;
WHEREAS, the intended strengthening plan for the NSO should he achieved
through the decentralization of statistics generation activities,
transformation of the central office units more into developmental
planning and evaluation units, and increased application of information
technology to NSO operations that will improve its ability to meet the
rising demand for timely and relevant statistical
information;
WHEREAS, under Sec. 20, Chapter 7, Title I, Book III of Executive
Order No. 292 (Administrative Code of 1987), the President of the
Philippines is empowered to exercise such powers and functions vested
in him which are provided for under the laws;
WHEREAS, under Sec. 78 of the General Provisions of Republic Act No.
8522 (FY 1998 General Appropriations Act), the President may direct
changes in the organization and key positions in any department, bureau
or agency;
WHEREAS, Sec. 80 of the General Provisions of RA 8522 directs heads
of departments, bureaus and agencies to scale down, phase out or
abolish activities no longer essential in the delivery of public
services, and provides that savings generated from the abolition,
phase-out or scaling down of unnecessary activities may be used by the
departments, bureaus and agencies concerned for the augmentation of
their respective programs, projects and activities;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Republic
of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do
hereby order:
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Sec. 5. Since 19.07.98.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 29th day of July in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
ninety-eight.
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