AMENDING PART III, ARTICLE IV, SECTIONS 2 AND 5(G), OF THE INTEGRATED REORGANIZATION PLAN APPROVED UNDER PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1, DATED SEPTEMBER 24, 1972[]

WHEREAS, there is pressing need to accelerate the program of
Government for the early attainment of the objectives set forth in the
Integrated Reorganization Plan which has been adopted, approved and made
part of the law of the land, by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 1,
dated September 24, 1972;

WHEREAS, one of the priorities in the Plan is the formation
of a pool of selected and development-oriented career administrators who
shall provide competent and faithful public service; and

WHEREAS, the Development Academy of the Philippines has the
capability to render assistance in the preparation, initiation and
implementation of a career executive service development program for
members of the Career Executive Service, as well as in the formulation
and promulgation of rules, standards and procedures on the selection,
classification, compensation, training and career development of members
of the Career Executive Service provided for in the Plan, as amended;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, Commander-in-Chief
of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant to Proclamation
No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and General Order No. 1, dated
September 22, 1972, as amended, do hereby further amend Part III,
Article IV, Sections 2 and 5(g) of the Plan so as to read as follows:

“2. A Career Executive Service Board, hereinafter referred to
as the Board, is created to serve as the governing body of the Career
Executive Service. The Board shall consist of the President of the
Development Academy of the Philippines and four other members from both
the Government and private sectors who are familiar with the principles
and methods of personnel administration.”

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“5(g) Training and Career Development. There shall be a
continuing program of training and career development for members of
the Career Executive Service. To that end, the Development Academy of
the Philippines shall (i) prepare a career executive service program
appropriate and necessary for the organization and operation of the
Career Executive Service, and (ii) in consultation with the Career
Executive Board, initiate and continue to implement the aforesaid
program.”

Done in the City of Manila, this 14th day of November, in the year
of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-three.