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President Marcos orders 'further streamlining' admin structure of his office

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Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News 

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. before boarding a Philippine Airlines flight bound for China at Villamor Airbase in Pasay City on January, 3, 2023. Alfred Frias, PNA" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/news/01/04/20230103-bbm-departure-for-china-pna-4.jpg"/><figcaption>President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. before boarding a Philippine Airlines flight bound for China at Villamor Airbase in Pasay City on January, 3, 2023. Alfred Frias, PNA</figcaption></figure></div><h3> Marcos places Presidential Management Staff under the executive secretary&#x27;s office</h3><p>MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. has issued an executive order to &quot;further streamline&quot; the <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/14/22/marcos-positions-will-solidify-soon-amid-govt-transition">administrative structure</a> of his office, as his administration gears towards rightsizing, Malacañang announced on Wednesday. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/01/22/marcos-says-happy-with-officers-in-charge">Marcos says &#x27;happy&#x27; with performance of OICs</a></li></ul><p>Executive Order No. 11, signed on Dec. 29 but only made public today, states &quot;there is a need to further streamline the administrative structure of the OP as part of continuing efforts towards efficiency and responsiveness&quot; to deliver its mandate to Filipinos.</p><p>Marcos, Jr.&#x27;s order also placed the Office of the Presidential Management Staff (PMS) under the direct supervision of the Office of the Executive Secretary. </p><p>&quot;[It] shall be under the control and supervision of the Office of the Executive Secretary and shall provide staff assistance to the various offices under the Office of the President,&quot; noted the EO. </p><p>With this though, the PMS will do the functions of the Cabinet Secretariat to assist the President &quot;in the establishment of agenda topics for Cabinet deliberation and facilitating discussions of cabinet meetings.&quot; </p><p>The EO also provided that the Cabinet Clusters System will be under the Presidential Management Staff and &quot;also exercise administrative supervision over the Correspondence Office.&quot; </p><p>Cabinet Clusters were under the Cabinet Secretary <a href="https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/downloads/2017/05may/20170516-EO-24-RRD.pdf">under the previous administration</a>. </p><p>The PMS traditionally provides technical support and advice for the President&#x27;s team, and is also in coordination with many agencies in most of the Chief Executive&#x27;s events. </p><p>The organizational structure of the Office of the President is as follows: </p><ul>	<li> Executive Office</li>	<li> Office of the Chief Presidential Legal Counsel</li>	<li> Private Office </li>	<li> Office of the Special Assistant to the President</li>	<li> Presidential Communications Office</li></ul><p>What&#x27;s the role of the Office of the Executive Secretary now? </p><p>The office &quot;shall continue to exercise administrative supervision over all the offices and agencies attached to or under the Office of the President and other Executive Offices.&quot;</p><p>Based on the executive order, these offices refer to the following: </p><ul>	<li>Those offices placed under the chairmanship of the President</li>	<li>Those under the control and supervision of the President </li>	<li>Those attached to it for policy and program coordination</li>	<li>Those that are not placed by law or order creating them under any specific department.</li></ul><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="LOOK: The administrative structure of the Office of the President under President Marcos, Jr., based on EO No. 11" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/news/01/04/pdf.jpg"/></figure></div><p>Rightsizing is among President Marcos&#x27; priorities for his administration, vowing to cut cost in the government by eradicating duplicate posts or offices. </p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2289308" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>In his first order as President, Marcos <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/07/22/marcos-abolishes-presidential-anti-corruption-commission-cabinet-secretary-post">abolished </a>the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) and the Office of the Cabinet Secretary, citing the need for a “just allocation of resources” due to the ongoing health and fiscal crises. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/25/22/marcos-pushes-for-govt-rightsizing-in-first-sona">Marcos pushes for government rightsizing in first SONA</a></li></ul><p>The President earlier admitted that his administration is still &quot;<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/14/22/marcos-positions-will-solidify-soon-amid-govt-transition">in transition</a>&quot; amid the resignation of several officials. </p><p>Here&#x27;s the copy of Executive Order No. 11 series of 2022, which will take effect &quot;immediately.&quot; </p><div><iframe height="500px" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/news/01/04/20221229-eo-11-frm.pdf" width="100%"></iframe></div>

Marcos, Jr.'s order places the Office of the Presidential Management Staff under the direct supervision of the Office of the Executive Secretary. 

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President Marcos orders 'further streamlining' admin structure of his office

Job Manahan,

ABS-CBN News

Published Jan 04, 2023 07:31 PM PHT

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