Preamble
WHEREAS, the present development efforts of the government give support and encouragement to the development of technology to carry out the various and complex tasks of government; WHEREAS, the magnitude of the national development programs call for the installation of and use of computer technology; WHEREAS, the recruitment into the government service of Electronic Data Processing Specialists has therefore become necessary; WHEREAS, the recruitment of qualified manpower in this field has been rendered difficult due to the requirements of the Constitution and the Civil Service Law and Rules that merit and fitness for government employment be largely determined by competitive examinations; WHEREAS, the Civil Service Commission has conceived of other ways of determining merit and fitness when it considered the highly technical qualifications of scientific and technological personnel adequate as the bases to confer/grant a civil service eligibility; WHEREAS, the fitness of the Electronic Data Processing personnel for government employment can be determined by their proficiency which can be acquired through training in their field of specialization; 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: