Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 17)
The Program Implementation Agency was created by the President of the Philippines, Diosdado Macapagal, by virtue of the powers vested in him by law.
The main function of the Agency is to carry out the Socio-Economic Program by performing socio-economic planning, analyzing and integrating government plans and projects, formulating policy recommendations, establishing priorities, and programming the utilization of public funds, manpower resources, and materials.
The Agency is directly under and responsible to the President of the Philippines.
The Agency is headed by a Presidential Economic Assistant known as the Director-General, who holds Cabinet rank.
Personnel may be assigned or detailed from departments, bureaus, offices, and instrumentalities of the Government, along with any other personnel the President may deem necessary. All positions are declared highly technical and/or primarily confidential in nature.
They have the authority, on behalf of the President, to secure data and information directly from all government offices and entities, and to consult and confer with officers and personnel thereon as necessary for the Agency's functions.
The Agency performs socio-economic planning work at a level between the overall aggregative view of the National Economic Councils and the specialized specific views of individual government departments, corporations, and financial institutions.
The Agency analyzes, evaluates, coordinates, and with the approval of the President, may initiate major capital projects involving public funds or funds of public financial institutions.
The Agency prepares draft legislative proposals designed to achieve the various targets and objectives of the Socio-Economic Program.