QuestionsQuestions (ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 68)
It strengthens the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) to direct, coordinate, and integrate all government activities involving national intelligence, and to streamline the Intelligence Community to be responsive to threats such as terrorism.
NICA operates directly under the Office of the President and is accountable to the President of the Republic of the Philippines.
The NICA has principal authority to direct, coordinate, and integrate all government activities involving national intelligence; it serves as the focal point for preparing intelligence estimates of local and foreign situations for national policy formulation by the President; and it acts as the lead intelligence collection agency of the national government.
The DG serves as the principal adviser to the President on intelligence and undertakes measures to streamline and strengthen the intelligence community, including counter-intelligence, counter-terrorism, foreign intelligence, and economic intelligence.
The DG must establish a Directorate for Counter-intelligence, which serves as the focal point for the national government's counter-intelligence activities and operations.
NICA may request secondment of personnel from other government offices and may detail NICA liaison officers to other government departments, agencies, and offices as needed.
The NIC is organized as the advisory body to the DG, NICA for coordination, integration, and fusion of intelligence activities, particularly for the preparation of the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), and for addressing other national intelligence issues.
The NIC is chaired by the DG, NICA. Members include: Undersecretary for Policy (DFA), Director (NBI), Commissioner (Bureau of Customs), Commissioner (Bureau of Immigration), Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence J2 (AFP), Director for Intelligence (PNP), and Commanding Officer (Presidential Security Group).
They prepare national intelligence reports, assessments, and plans for NIC approval and dissemination, and ensure that appropriate inputs are received from other agencies that have allocated intelligence tasks.
The NIC Secretariat handles all technical and administrative matters affecting the committee. The Director, Office for Policies, Plans and Programs of NICA supervises the NIC Secretariat.
RICs assist the NIC in all regions by directing and coordinating government intelligence efforts at regional and local levels, ensuring coverage of threats to national security, and integrating and fusing intelligence information gathered at those levels.
Each RIC is chaired by the Director of the NICA Regional Office and includes as members the regional counterparts of the NIC members.
RICs periodically submit reports on accomplishments, special intelligence reports, and other intelligence concerns through the DG, NICA, furnishing concerned Area CTICs copies thereof.
It is a system to cover intelligence gaps and to preclude/eliminate intelligence peddling and deter unrestricted dissemination of misleading information.
The NIC must prescribe and promulgate a national security clearance system for government service.
It is institutionalized as a multi-agency body under the direction and control of the DG, NICA, tasked with overall coordination in conducting intelligence operations related to terrorism, especially international terrorism.
Area CTICs are established in the various area unified commands of the AFP. They focus on capturing and fusing intelligence outputs at operational and tactical levels, with emphasis on domestic and international terrorism, from all intelligence agencies within their areas of operations.
The DG, NICA must establish and strengthen liaison with foreign intelligence and security organizations; designate points of contact; approve official accreditation of foreign organizations with police/military/intelligence units; and review working arrangements to maximize benefits from an effective intelligence sharing system.
NICA and NIC provide support services to the National Security Adviser/NSC and the National Intelligence Board (NIB), with the NIC acting as the principal arm of the Board for direction and control of intelligence operations of NIB members and departments/agencies. NICA remains under administrative supervision of the National Security Adviser as provided for in E.O. 69 (s. 2002).
The repealing clause states inconsistent executive orders (except E.O. 246 s. 1987) and other presidential issuances relating to national intelligence activities are repealed or modified. The Order takes effect immediately.