STREAMLINING THE ORGANIZATIONAL AND FUNCTIONAL OPERATIONS OF THE AGENCIES ATTACHED TO THE OFFICE OF THE PRESS SECRETARY

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WHEREAS, two important Cabinet workshops have been held to assess Government
performance as well as the organizational strengths and weaknesses of each
department in relation to present challenges and opportunities;

WHEREAS, a consensus was reached during these workshops that the
accomplishments and performance of the President and the Government are not
being proactively and adequately communicated to the people, thereby creating a
gap between public perception and reality in the field;

WHEREAS, the task of informing and communicating is a responsibility of all
departments, particularly in their respective jurisdictions, with the Office of
the Press Secretary (OPS) acting as the lead agency in communicating the
accomplishments, reports and activities of the Presidency and the Executive
Branch;

WHEREAS, one of the actions as a result of the workshops is the promulgation
of Memorandum Order No. 327 constituting Task Forces on Communicating National
Reforms and Development;

WHEREAS, Memorandum Order No. 327 tasks the Press Secretary, among many
others, to provide administrative and technical secretariat support as well as
necessary media coordination for the above Task Forces;

WHEREAS, there is a need to streamline the present organizational and
functional operations of all agencies attached to the Office of the Press Secretary
to enable it to perform these crucial tasks more effectively and efficiently;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL
V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the power vested in me by law, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. Coverage. The attached agencies covered by this Executive Order are as
follows:

a. Bureau of Broadcast Services
b. News and Information Bureau, including the Philippine News Agency
c. Bureau of Communication Services
d. National Printing Office
e. Philippine Information Agency
f. RPN-9
g. IBC-13
h. PTNI or PTV-4
i. Presidential Broadcast Staff (RTVM)
j. OPS Proper

SEC. 2. Streamlining. The Press Secretary shall exercise direct supervision and control
over all OPS attached agencies in all matters relating to informing and
communicating to the public the achievements, reports, programs and activities
of the President and Government.

As such, the Press Secretary
may:

a. Recruit the honest and the
brightest professionals to constitute the print, radio and television composite
team which will provide the technical support to and media coordination for the
Task Forces and their media activities;

b. Direct bureau directors and
network general managers as well as their key personnel to report to the OPS
Proper as often as the Press Secretary deems necessary to discuss media policy
guidelines which have to be carried out in support of the Presidency, the
Executive Branch and the Government;

c. Recommend the employment and
development of personnel in each agency in pursuance of the overall goal of mobilizing
government instrumentalities towards one common direction in the attainment of
our shared vision of “Philippine 2000!!!”; and

d. Organizationally and
functionally streamline the operations of the agencies, effect economies of
scale, and implement cost-cutting measures, where necessary, in the pursuance
of greater productivity and coordination.

SEC. 3. Repealing Clause. Executive Order No. 297, series of 1987, and other rules and
regulations or parts thereof which are inconsistent herewith are hereby
modified accordingly.

SEC. 4. Effectivity Clause. This Executive Order shall
take effect immediately.

APPROVED in the City of Manila, this 15th day of January in the year of Our
Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Six.

(Sgd.) FIDEL
V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) RUBEN D. TORRES
Executive Secretary

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