Coverage.
Section 4
SEC. 4. Coverage. —The position classification and compensation systems herein provided shall apply to all positions, whether permanent, temporary or emergency in nature, on full or part-time basis, now existing or here after created in the national government, including government-owned or controlled corporations and financial institutions. The term "national government" shall include all departments, bureaus, offices, boards, commissions, courts, tribunals, councils, authorities, administrations, centers, institutes, and state colleges and universities. The term "government-owned or controlled corporations and financial institutions" shall include all corporations and financial institutions owned or controlled by the national government, whether such corporations and financial institutions perform governmental or proprietary functions. The Position Classification and Compensation System shall not apply to positions occupied by the following: a. Elected officers and officers whose compensation is fixed by the Constitution; b. Heads of Executive Departments and officials of equivalent rank; c Chiefs of Diplomatic Missions, Ministers and Foreign Service Officers; d. Justices and Judges of the Judicial Department; e. Members of the Armed Forces; f. Heads and assistant heads of government-owned or controlled corporations and financial institutions, including such senior management and technical positions as may be determined by the President of the Philippines; g. Heads of state universities and colleges; h. Positions embraced in the Career Executive Service; and i. Provincial, city, municipal and other local government officials and employees.