Presidential Decree No. 743 (PD 743) — Further Amending Presidential Decree Numbered Four Hundred Fifty-Eight to Create Two Positions of Assistant Secretary.
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;
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;
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.
WHEREAS, the creation of these positions are warranted by
the magnitude of work and responsibility of the Department;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution,
do hereby decree and order:
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;
SEC. 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.
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, and propose policies, rules and regulations for
the efficient operation of the technical organization of the Department.
SEC. 3. The Assistant Secretaries shall be appointed by the
President upon recommendation of the Secretary of Public Highways.
SEC. 4. All laws, decrees, rules and regulations, or parts
thereof, as may be inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed or modified
accordingly.
SEC. 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.
(Sgd.)
FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President
Republic of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.)
ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary
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