QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 235)
It provides for a central agency to coordinate the intelligence gathering activities of various government branches and instrumentalities, ensuring coordination and the preparation of intelligence estimates for the President and policy-making bodies.
NICA operates directly under the Office of the President and is responsible and accountable only to the President of the Philippines.
NICA coordinates all government activities related to national intelligence and prepares intelligence estimates and summaries of local and foreign situations for the President and his policy-making body.
NICA is headed by the Coordinator of National Intelligence, who is appointed by the President.
It is established to advise the Coordinator on: (A) general objectives of national intelligence, (B) allocation of collection responsibilities among agencies, and (C) means of establishing and maintaining effective working relations between NICA and other intelligence agencies.
The Coordinator of National Intelligence (Chairman), Chief, Military Intelligence Service (AFP) (Member), Chief, G-2, Philippine Constabulary, Director, National Bureau of Investigation, a representative of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Chief, Confidential Agents, Office of the President, and other concerned agency representatives may be invited when matters affect their agencies.
It is advisory. The Committee advises the Coordinator, and the Coordinator keeps the President informed of the Committee’s findings.
The Coordinator of National Intelligence must keep the President advised of the findings of the Committee.
The Coordinator may call upon any department, bureau, office, agency, or instrumentality of the government for information and assistance needed to perform his functions.
The Coordinator may request the detail to NICA of trained and qualified personnel from departments such as Foreign Affairs, Interior, Justice, National Defense, Finance, Labor, or other subdivisions of the national government, as deemed necessary for efficient operation.
It supersedes Executive Order No. 167, series of 1948.
It took effect immediately.
NICA operates under the Office of the President and is responsible and accountable only to the President.
It ensures inter-agency cooperation by compelling access to information and assistance needed for intelligence coordination and estimates.
The Intelligence Consultative Committee provides structured advice on objectives, allocation of responsibilities, and working relations, while the Coordinator independently exercises authority to request information and request detailed personnel from agencies.
Intelligence estimates and summaries of both local and foreign situations.