WHEREAS,
the functions and responsibilities of the Department of Public
Highways, as created under Presidential Decree No. 458 and its
subsequent amendments, have greatly expanded with the creation of the
Bureau of Barangay Roads;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the present magnitude of work, functions and responsibilities
of the Department demand closer supervision and coordination among the
different bureaus, services, regions, district and city offices to
further increase the efficiency of the organization;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, in order to attain this objective, the Secretary of Public
Highways recommends that it is necessary to create two positions of
Assistant Secretary: one for administration, charged with the duty and
responsibility of assisting the Secretary and the Undersecretary to
supervise and coordinate administrative work and functions in all
levels of the Department, to advise the Secretary and the
Undersecretary of the administrative needs and requirements of the
whole organization, as well as to assist in the formulation of
policies, rules and regulations to improve the administrative
organization of the Department; and the other for Planning and
Operation charged with the duty of assisting the Secretary and the
Undersecretary on the performance of their functions like reviewing
long range and annual plans and programs, establishing project
priorities and selecting capital projects for funding and execution,
evaluating performance reports and integrating project implications for
aggregative planning in supervising the technical organization of the
Department, including bureaus, services, regions, district and city
offices and advising the respective heads of said offices on the
technical needs and deficiencies of their technical setup, and in the
formulation of technical policies relative to planning, programming and
operation. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the creation of these positions are warranted by the magnitude
of work and responsibility of the Department;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, hereby order
and decree:cralaw:red
Section 1. The provisions of existing laws, rules
and regulations to the contrary notwithstanding, the positions of
Assistant Secretary for Administration and Assistant Secretary for
Planning and Operation, both with the rank of a Director, are hereby
created in the Department of Public Highways;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 2. The Assistant Secretary for
Administration shall have the following main functions: assist the
Secretary and the Undersecretary in the supervision and coordination of
all administrative functions of the Department; determine the
administrative needs and requirements of all bureaus, services,
regions, district and city offices under the Department; recommend
remedial measures to improve the administrative organization, and
assist the Secretary and the Undersecretary in the formulation of
policies, rules and regulations pertaining to the administrative
organization of the Department. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
The Assistant Secretary for Planning and Operation shall have the
following main functions: assist the Secretary and the Undersecretary
in the planning, supervision and coordination of all technical work in
the bureaus, regions, district and city offices; assist the Secretary
and the Undersecretary in determining the technical needs of each
office under the Department, the proposed policies, rules and
regulations for the efficient operation of the technical organization
of the Department.
Section 3. The Assistant Secretaries shall be
appointed by the President upon recommendation of the Secretary of
Public Highways. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
Section 4. All laws, decrees, rules and regulations,
or parts thereof, as may be inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed
or modified accordingly.
Section 5. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 9th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-five.
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