Constitutional and statutory basis
- Executive Order No. 99 is anchored on Section 1, Article VII of the 1987 Constitution, vesting executive power in the President.
- Executive Order No. 99 relies on the President’s power of control over all executive departments, bureaus, and offices under Section 17, Article VII of the 1987 Constitution.
- Executive Order No. 99 cites Administrative Code of 1987, Section 31, Chapter 10, Title III, Book III, providing that the President shall have continuing authority to reorganize the administrative structure of the Office of the President.
- Executive Order No. 99 references earlier presidential issuances to align government structures and performance processes, including EO No. 43 (s. 2011) and Administrative Order (AO) No. 25 (s. 2011).
Policy, purpose, and intended outcomes
- Executive Order No. 99 establishes the Office of the Cabinet Secretary as an integral part of the Office of the President for the effective integration and implementation of the Administration’s programs.
- Executive Order No. 99 directs the Office to support the President by facilitating identification, monitoring, and realignment of outcome-based targets tied to the Administration’s Social Contract and the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2011-2016.
- Executive Order No. 99 is designed to operationalize outputs of the Inter-Agency oversight mechanism for results delivery under AO 25 to strengthen and more closely monitor target delivery translating into outcomes that impact Filipino lives.
Reconstituted office and transferred functions
- The Office of the Cabinet Secretariat is reconstituted and renamed as the Office of the Cabinet Secretary.
- The Office of the Cabinet Secretary is placed as part of the Office of the President for effective program integration and implementation.
- The functions of the Inter-Agency Task Force created under AO 25 are transferred to the Office of the Cabinet Secretary.
- The Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) serves as the technical resource institution to the Office of the Cabinet Secretary for the transferred functions.
Powers and core operational functions
- The Office of the Cabinet Secretary must facilitate the identification of a list of priority areas and outcome-based targets in the Social Contract and PDP 2011-2016, in consultation with the Cabinet Clusters, for final approval of the President.
- The Office of the Cabinet Secretary must recommend to the President an annual detailed and measurable performance and projects roadmap to facilitate outputs of targets against priorities, in close coordination with concerned agencies.
- The Office of the Cabinet Secretary must ensure the timely execution and monitor the significant impact of targets under the annual roadmap and realign targets when needed.
- The Office of the Cabinet Secretary must represent the President in meetings and other fora to expedite inter-agency action toward achievement of roadmap-identified targets.
- The Office of the Cabinet Secretary must assist in providing timely and organized information to the Cabinet on issues and problems submitted for decision and action.
- The Office of the Cabinet Secretary must perform other functions necessary and incidental to attaining its objectives or as assigned by the President.
Cabinet integration through membership rules
- EO 43 is amended to include the Cabinet Secretary as Member of all the Cabinet Clusters created therein.
- The Cabinet Secretary must also be a member of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board Executive Committee.
- The Cabinet Secretary must be a member of these NEDA Board Committees:
- Investment Coordination Committee (ICC)
- Social Development Committee (SDC)
- Infrastructure Committee (InfraCom)
Organizational structure and attached offices
- The Office of the Cabinet Secretary is headed by the Cabinet Secretary, with the rank and emoluments of a Member of the Cabinet.
- The Cabinet Secretary is under the control and supervision of, and must report directly to, the President.
- The Cabinet Secretary must submit the position structure and staffing pattern for the Office’s technical and support staff for approval of the President.
- The Office of the Cabinet Secretary directly supervises and monitors attached offices for policy direction and coordination, including:
- Relevant offices in the Presidential Management Staff (PMS) identified by the Cabinet Secretary and the PMS Head
- The Performance and Projects Management Office
- Other attached agencies that may later be identified by the President
Performance and Projects Management Office (PPMO)
- A Performance and Projects Management Office (PPMO) is created to implement the Performance and Projects Roadmap.
- The PPMO is primarily responsible for putting in place and driving a systematic approach to, and delivering results relative to, the Performance and Projects Roadmap.
- The Performance and Projects Roadmap is a master plan of critical targets, including identified annual deliverables.
- The Performance and Projects Roadmap must be aligned with the Administration’s Social Contract with the Filipino people and the PDP 2011-2016.
PPMO functions and leadership staffing
- The PPMO must facilitate crafting and formulation of a comprehensive roadmap based on priority areas and outcome-based targets in the Social Contract and PDP 2011-2016.
- The PPMO must coordinate with all concerned agencies and bureaus for efficient management and timely implementation of programs and targets under the roadmap.
- The PPMO must consolidate and gather performance reports and other relevant data needed for implementation.
- The PPMO must institutionalize and implement monitoring and evaluation guidelines for accomplishment of targets and implementation of programs under the roadmap.
- The PPMO must conduct periodic review and assessment of the roadmap in coordination with concerned agencies and bureaus.
- The PPMO must regularly report to the President through the Cabinet Secretary the actual performance of each agency versus set targets.
- The PPMO must perform other functions directed by the President through the Cabinet Secretary.
- The PPMO is headed by an Executive Director with the rank of an Undersecretary.
- The Executive Director is under the control and supervision of, and must report directly to, the Cabinet Secretary.
- The Executive Director is assisted by two (2) Assistant Secretaries and five (5) Directors.
- The Executive Director, two (2) Assistant Secretaries, and five (5) Directors are appointed by the President upon recommendation of the Cabinet Secretary.
Government-wide assistance, focal persons, and RBPMS linkage
- The Office of the Cabinet Secretary may call upon any government agency for assistance necessary to perform its functions.
- All heads of departments, agencies, bureaus, offices, and GOCCs must render full and timely assistance and cooperation and provide information and data required for the Office’s functions.
- Departments, agencies, bureaus, offices, and GOCCs must designate a focal person to closely coordinate with the Office of the Cabinet Secretary.
- The designated focal person must have a rank not lower than that of a bureau director, or preferably an Assistant Secretary.
- The Inter-Agency Task Force created under Administrative Order No. 25 (s. 2012) must provide a copy of its recommendation on the RBPMS to the Office of the Cabinet Secretary.
Funding support and implementing authority
- Initial operations of the Office of the Cabinet Secretary, including the PPMO, must be supported through the Contingent Fund.
- Succeeding years’ appropriations for the Office must be prepared under regular government budget procedures.
- The Cabinet Secretary is authorized to issue rules and regulations necessary to implement Executive Order No. 99.
- The Cabinet Secretary is designated to determine the functional divisions of the offices, agencies, and bureaus under his control and supervision.
Repeal, separability, and non-inconsistent issuances
- All issuances, orders, rules, and regulations, or parts thereof inconsistent with Executive Order No. 99 are repealed or modified accordingly.
- If any provision of Executive Order No. 99 is held unconstitutional, the remainder continues in full force and effect under separability.