EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 69
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 69 - PROVIDING
FOR THE REORGANIZATION OF THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE COORDINATING AGENCY
(NICA), THEREBY AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 246
WHEREAS,
Executive Order No. 246 dated July 24, 1987, created and organized the
National Intelligence Coordinating Agency to replace the National
Intelligence and Security Authority (NISA) and the Civil Intelligence
Security Agency (CISA);
WHEREAS, to complement Executive Order No. 246, Administrative Order
No. 149 dated 20 December 1989 and Administrative Order No. 2 dated 24
July 1992 were issued with the end goal of achieving a close and
effective working relationship between and among the members of the
Intelligence Community, and to strengthen their capabilities to meet
the altered and increasing requirements of the national leadership for
information to guide it in its policy- and decision-making
activities;
WHEREAS, contemporary developments require the NICA to be sufficiently
responsive to the challenges of the new millenium, NICA being the focal
point for the direction, coordination and integration of activities
involving national intelligence;
WHEREAS, there is a need for NICA to institute structural reforms to
enable the Agency to enhance its intelligence assessment and
operational competence, strengthen its capability for intelligence
collection and allow the Agency to take the lead in intelligence
management;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Republic
of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do
hereby order:
Section 1. Reorganization of the NICA. — The NICA
shall be re-engineered as follows:
a.
The Office of the Director General, headed by the Director General,
which shall undertake the overall management and operation of the
various components of the Agency, provide executive staff support,
public relations, legal service and internal audit for the Agency;
b. The Office
of the Deputy Director General, headed by the Deputy Director General,
which shall provide assistance to the Director General in the
performance of his functions;
c. Directorate
I, headed by an Assistant Director General with a rank equivalent to
Director IV, which shall be responsible for personnel and training,
transportation and communications, supplies and materials, grounds and
buildings maintenance, security and other support services;
d. Directorate
II, headed by an Assistant Director General with a rank equivalent to
Director IV, which shall be responsible for the collection of
information;
e. Directorate
III, headed by an Assistant Director General with a rank equivalent to
Director IV; which shall be responsible for the preparation of
intelligence estimates and other reports;
f. Directorate
IV, headed by an Assistant Director General with a rank equivalent to
Director IV, shall be responsible for intelligence collection and
coordination on issues affecting economic progress;
g. The Office
for Policies, Plans and Programs, headed by a Director with a rank
equivalent to Director III, which shall formulate policies, plans and
programs for the direction, integration and coordination of the
activities of the Intelligence Community;
h. The Office
of the Comptroller, headed by a Director with a rank equivalent to
Director III, which shall exercise financial management and control as
well as formulate internal management policies and programs for the
Agency;
i. Regional
Offices, each headed by a Regional Director with a rank equivalent to
Director II, which shall undertake intelligence collection activities;
and
j. Other Line
and Staff Offices, each headed by a Director with a rank equivalent to
Director II and Director I, respectively, which shall collect and
process information and provide technical, administrative and other
support services.
Sec. 2. Authority of the NICA Director General. —
In order to meet the evolving requirements of the government, the NICA
Director General is vested with the authority to periodically
reorganize the NICA at all levels, subject to the approval of the
President.
Sec. 3. Administrative Supervision of the NSC
Director General. — Acting for and in behalf of the President, the NSC
Director General shall exercise administrative supervision over the
NICA as provided for in Executive Order No. 292.
Sec. 4. Foreign Liaison Program. — NICA officers
and staff shall represent NICA with its counterparts in priority states
and shall field external liaison officers to selected countries, for
the purpose of collecting information, upon prior consultation with the
Department of National Defense and the Department of Foreign Affairs.
Sec. 5. Funding. — The amount of Six Million Five
Hundred Thousand Pesos (P6.5M) to support the initial implementation of
the NICA’s fourth directorate and the operational requirements of the
Agency’s foreign liaison program shall be charged against an
appropriate Lump Sum Fund authorized under Republic Act No. 8760, as
re-enacted. The funding requirement for the salary upgrading for the
current year under this Executive Order shall be charged against the
Agency funds for CY 2001. Thereafter, funding requirements herein
specified shall be included in the Annual General Appropriations Act.
Sec. 6. Effectivity Clause. — This Executive Order
shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 27th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and
Two.
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