WHEREAS , as a result of the continuing reorganization of government, there is a need to rationalize the use of certain government properties to maximize savings;

WHEREAS , modern policing requires the strategic location of police headquarters in the center of the city or metropolis to better serve the citizenry;

WHEREAS , the Main Building of the Economic Intelligence and Investigation Bureau (EIIB), which will be vacated soon as a result of the EIIB ™s winding-up, is located at the National Government Center, Diliman, Quezon City, and, as such, is suitable to serve as Headquarters of the Philippine National Police-National Capital Region Police Office (PNP-NCRPO); likewise, some regional offices of the Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF) are located in police and military camps throughout the country;

WHEREAS, it is advisable that the new Central Management Information Office (CMIO) of the Department of Finance (DOF) should hold office near the DOF Building in Manila;

WHEREAS, there is a strong need to rationalize and coordinate the turnover of the control, management, administration and supervision of the aforesaid properties to the agencies concerned;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA , President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:

SEC. 1. The EIIB Building and land located at the National Government Center, Quezon City, is hereby transferred to the PNP-NCRPO, which shall assume all outstanding obligations for the purchase of the lot from the National Housing Authority, as well as other liabilities for improvements introduced thereon. The amount required for this purpose shall be incorporated in the annual budgetary appropriation of the PNP.

SEC. 2. The two (2) office buildings currently being used by the Regional Mobile Group of the PNP-NCRPO and the warehouse of the PNP Logistic Support Services, all located at Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig, Metro Manila, are hereby assigned and transferred for a period of ten (10) years to the DOF for its office use.

SEC. 3. The following properties formerly used as EIIB Regional Offices shall remain in the possession of the DOF for a period of ten (10) years for the benefit of its attached bureaus and agencies, to wit:

a. Land and building formerly occupied by EIIB Regional Office No. I, located at Camp Diego Silang, San Fernando, La Union;

b. Land and building formerly occupied by EIIB CAR Regional Office, located at Camp Bado Dangwa, La Trinidad, Benguet;

c. Land and building formerly occupied by EIIB Regional Office No. V, located at Camp Gen. Simeon, Ola, Legaspi City;

d. Land and building formerly occupied by EIIB Regional Office No. VI, located at Camp Delgado, Iloilo City;

e. Land and building formerly occupied by EIIB Regional Office No. VII, located at Camp Sergio Osme a, Cebu City;

f. Land and building formerly occupied by EIIB Regional Office No. XI, located at Camp Domingo Leonor, Davao City;

SEC. 4. The BLGF shall transfer title over the 6th Floor, BF Condominium Building, Intramuros, Manila, to the DOF for use of the CMIO.

SEC. 5. The EIIB main building, including the equipment, furniture and fixtures, etc., found therein which the DOF and/or its attached bureaus and agencies may no longer need for their operations, shall be turned over to PNP-NCRPO.

SEC. 6. The amount of Ten Million Pesos (P10,000,000.00) is hereby authorized to be set aside from the President ™s Contingent Fund to be used for the repair, rehabilitation, improvement, maintenance and furnishings of the aforesaid properties. Subsequent appropriations shall be incorporated in the budgetary allocation of the DOF and the PNP.

SEC. 7. The DOF and the PNP are hereby authorized to engage the services of private firms to undertake the work mentioned in the preceding SEC. by public bidding, subject to the usual accounting and auditing rules and regulations.

SEC. 8. The DOF and the PNP shall formulate the necessary guidelines and policies to implement this Order.

SEC. 9. There is hereby created an Inter-Agency Committee to be chaired by the Executive Secretary with representatives from the DOF, Department of Budget and Management, Department of the Interior and Local Government and the PNP, as members, that will monitor and oversee the implementation of this Order. The Committee shall submit to the President a quarterly progress report on its activities.

SEC. 10. All other orders, issuances or parts thereof inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC. 11. This Executive Order takes effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 21st day of November in the year of Our Lord, two thousand.

(SGD.) JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA

By the President:

(SGD.) RONALDO B. ZAMORA
Executive Secretary