MALACAÑANG

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 69

PROVIDING FOR THE REORGANIZATION OF THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE COORDINATING AGENCY (NICA), THEREBY AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 246

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 246 dated July 24, 1987, created and organized the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency to replace the National Intelligence and Security Authority (NISA) and the Civil Intelligence Security Agency (CISA);

WHEREAS, to complement Executive Order No. 246, Administrative Order No. 149 dated 20 December 1989 and Administrative Order No. 2 dated 24 July 1992 were issued with the end goal of achieving a close and effective working relationship between and among the members of the Intelligence Community, and to strengthen their capabilities to meet the altered and increasing requirements of the national leadership for information to guide it in its policy- and decision-making activities;

WHEREAS, contemporary developments require the NICA to be sufficiently responsive to the challenges of the new millenium, NICA being the focal point for the direction, coordination and integration of activities involving national intelligence;

WHEREAS, there is a need for NICA to institute structural reforms to enable the Agency to enhance its intelligence assessment and operational competence, strengthen its capability for intelligence collection and allow the Agency to take the lead in intelligence management;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. Reorganization of the NICA. The NICA shall be re-engineered as follows:

a. The Office of the Director General, headed by the Director General, which shall undertake the overall management and operation of the various components of the Agency, provide executive staff support, public relations, legal service and internal audit for the Agency;

b. The Office of the Deputy Director General, headed by the Deputy Director General, which shall provide assistance to the Director General in the performance of his functions;

c. Directorate I, headed by an Assistant Director General with a rank equivalent to Director IV, which shall be responsible for personnel and training, transportation and communications, supplies and materials, grounds and buildings maintenance, security and other support services;

d. Directorate II, headed by an Assistant Director General with a rank equivalent to Director IV, which shall be responsible for the collection of information;

e. Directorate III, headed by an Assistant Director General with a rank equivalent to Director IV; which shall be responsible for the preparation of intelligence estimates and other reports;

f. Directorate IV, headed by an Assistant Director General with a rank equivalent to Director IV, shall be responsible for intelligence collection and coordination on issues affecting economic progress;

g. The Office for Policies, Plans and Programs, headed by a Director with a rank equivalent to Director III, which shall formulate policies, plans and programs for the direction, integration and coordination of the activities of the Intelligence Community;

h. The Office of the Comptroller, headed by a Director with a rank equivalent to Director III, which shall exercise financial management and control as well as formulate internal management policies and programs for the Agency;

i. Regional Offices, each headed by a Regional Director with a rank equivalent to Director II, which shall undertake intelligence collection activities; and

j. Other Line and Staff Offices, each headed by a Director with a rank equivalent to Director II and Director I, respectively, which shall collect and process information and provide technical, administrative and other support services.

SECTION 2. Authority of the NICA Director General. In order to meet the evolving requirements of the government, the NICA Director General is vested with the authority to periodically reorganize the NICA at all levels, subject to the approval of the President.

SECTION 3. Administrative Supervision of the NSC Director General. Acting for and in behalf of the President, the NSC Director General shall exercise administrative supervision over the NICA as provided for in Executive Order No. 292.

SECTION 4. Foreign Liaison Program. NICA officers and staff shall represent NICA with its counterparts in priority states and shall field external liaison officers to selected countries, for the purpose of collecting information, upon prior consultation with the Department of National Defense and the Department of Foreign Affairs.

SECTION 5. Funding. The amount of Six Million Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (P6.5M) to support the initial implementation of the NICA’s fourth directorate and the operational requirements of the Agency’s foreign liaison program shall be charged against an appropriate Lump Sum Fund authorized under Republic Act No. 8760, as re-enacted. The funding requirement for the salary upgrading for the current year under this Executive Order shall be charged against the Agency funds for CY 2001. Thereafter, funding requirements herein specified shall be included in the Annual General Appropriations Act.

SECTION 6. Effectivity Clause. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 27th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, two thousand and two.

(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) ALBERTO G. ROMULO

Executive Secretary

Source: Malacañang Records Office

Office of the President of the Philippines. (2002). [Executive Order Nos. : 1 – 100]. Manila : Malacañang Records Office.