Preamble
WHEREAS, various laws have granted specific and general mandate for government-wide service agencies to undertake activities relative to auditing, consultancy, training, and general management services; WHEREAS, it is recognized that government-wide service agencies, in the performance of their main functions, have evolved their own distinct institutional expertise which should be given impetus within the context of a total systems approach for the efficient and effective conduct of government operations; WHEREAS, there is a need to formulate policy guidelines which would maintain the comparative advantage, optimize the resources, and enhance the overall capability of the government-wide service agencies; and WHEREAS, the setting up of institutional arrangements among government-wide service agencies is necessary to ensure coordination, avoid duplication of efforts and provide adequate emphasis to the critical areas of governmental administration; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree: DELINEATION OF PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES