WHEREAS, the Technology Resource Center (TRC) was created as a corporate body by Presidential Decree No. 1097 on 23 February 1977;

WHEREAS, following its creation, the TRC functioned as an attached agency of the then Ministry of Human Settlements;

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 10 was issued by then President Corazon C. Aquino placing all offices, agencies, and corporations attached to the Ministry of Human Settlements to the Office of the President;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the said executive order, the TRC, which later became known as the Technology and Livelihood Resource Center (TLRC), was placed under the administrative supervision of the Office of the President;

WHEREAS, Section 17, Article VII of the Constitution provides that the President shall have control of all executive departments, bureaus, and offices and shall ensure that all laws be faithfully executed;

WHEREAS, the President of the Philippines has continuing authority to reorganize the administrative structure of the Office of the President by, among others, transferring any agency under the Office of the President to any other department or agency of the Government pursuant to paragraph 3, Section 31, Chapter 10, Title III, Book III of Executive Order No. 292;

WHEREAS, to better monitor the exercise of powers and the performance of the functions and responsibilities of the TLRC, it is imperative to transfer the administrative supervision over the agency to the Department of Science and Technology;

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. Transfer of Administrative Supervision to DOST. The administrative supervision of the Office of the President over the Technology Livelihood and Resource Center is hereby transferred to the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).

SECTION 2. Renaming TLRC. The Technology Livelihood and Resource Center shall be known as Technology Resource Center.

SECTION 3. Repealing Clause. All executive orders, issuances, rules and regulations, or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Order are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.

SECTION 4. Effectivity. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 29th day of March, in the year of Our Lord Two Thousand and Seven.

(SGD.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO

By the President:

(SGD.) EDUARDO R. ERMITA
Executive Secretary