QuestionsQuestions (PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1138)
To create the position of Assistant Secretary for Personnel Management and Development in every executive department to strengthen personnel planning, management, and development in response to administrative and technological changes.
He shall advise the Secretary on personnel planning, management, and development; implement government/department programs for improving the quality of public service; serve as principal liaison with the Civil Service Commission and the office responsible for establishing a career system; and initiate, establish, and integrate career and employee development programs.
The Assistant Secretary is designated as the principal liaison official of the department with the Civil Service Commission (the central personnel agency) and the office responsible for establishing the career system and professionalizing the civil service.
Because of the need for continuing improvement of manpower capabilities, the upgrading of attitudes and skills of government personnel, and the acceleration of personnel management and development programs, which the Civil Service Commission was already pursuing.
It means the Assistant Secretary is responsible for putting into action the personnel management and development programs set by the government/department to improve public service quality.
The Secretary may assign the personnel planning/management/development duties to the Undersecretary for Administration or appoint an Assistant Secretary, as provided in the decree.
It limits the Secretary’s option to assign the personnel duties specifically to the Undersecretary for Administration among the multiple Undersecretaries in that department.
It creates the position in each executive department, but Section 2 allows the Secretary to assign the duties to the Undersecretary for Administration in certain organizational setups, or in his discretion appoint an Assistant Secretary.
Yes. Except those attached or otherwise administered or supervised by a department, GOCCs may create a similar position with the same duties if considered necessary.
GOCCs that are attached or otherwise administered or supervised by a department are excluded from creating such position under Section 3.
It takes effect immediately.
To clarify that the Assistant Secretary’s role is not only administrative but also linked to systemic civil service reforms—career system establishment, professionalization, and career/employee development programs.
It identifies the Civil Service Commission as the primary government body overseeing and coordinating personnel matters in the civil service, which departments must interface with through the Assistant Secretary.
Department heads are to be assisted by a ranking capable official—i.e., the Assistant Secretary for Personnel Management and Development created by the decree.
It includes both. The assistant secretary advises the Secretary and also implements government/department personnel management and development programs.