Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 16)
The PCO serves as the primary office of the Executive branch in engaging and involving the citizenry and the mass media to enrich the quality of public discourse on governance, responsible for crafting, formulating, developing, enhancing, and coordinating the messaging system of the Executive branch and the Office of the President.
The PCO is headed by a Secretary.
The PCO Secretary is assisted by five (5) Undersecretaries and fourteen (14) Assistant Secretaries, with one Assistant Secretary directly reporting to the Secretary.
The Undersecretaries are assigned to: a) Traditional Media and External Affairs; b) Digital Media Services; c) Content Production; d) Broadcast Production; and e) Operations, Administration and Finance.
The Undersecretary formulates and implements messaging directives and ensures the efficient delivery of communication and messaging services of the Executive branch and the OP through various industry assets.
The agencies include the Presidential Broadcast Service-Bureau of Broadcast Services, Bureau of Communications Services, News and Information Bureau, Freedom of Information-Program Management Office, Philippine Information Agency (PIA), and Presidential Broadcast Staff-Radio Television Malacañang.
The Secretary of the PCO, in coordination with the Department of Budget and Management, may recommend abolition of redundant positions and determine appropriate staffing patterns and qualification standards consistent with the Order and existing laws.
The People’s Television Network, APO Production Unit, Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation, and National Printing Office are attached to the PCO, which exercises administrative supervision over these agencies.
The Secretary is authorized to continuously assess, evaluate, and reorganize the functional areas of responsibility of each Undersecretary and Assistant Secretary as deemed necessary.
Funds for implementing this Order shall be charged to the available appropriations of the PCO, subject to relevant budgeting, accounting, and auditing rules; subsequent funding must be included in the PCO budget proposal.