WHEREAS, the Presidential Committee on Effective Governance (PCEG) was created by Executive Order No. 165 (s. 1999) to re-engineer the bureaucracy for better governance, and the PCEG has submitted various recommendations in relation thereto;

WHEREAS, one of the powers and functions of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) is the assessment of organizational effectiveness;

WHEREAS, the Administrative Code of 1987 grants the President continuing authority to reorganize the National Government;

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. The Presidential Committee on Effective Governance is hereby abolished, and its functions are hereby transferred to the Department of Budget and Management.

SECTION 2. All orders, issuances, rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 3. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

Adopted: 8 Sept. 2004


By the President:

(SGD.) EDUARDO R. ERMITA
Acting Executive Secretary