Memorandum Order No. 265 (1971)

MALACAÑAN PALACE

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Memorandum Order No. 265, December 1, 1971 ]

CONSTITUTING PERFORMANCE TEAMS TO CONDUCT PERFORMANCE AUDITS ON THE PRESIDENTIAL ARM ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM, THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, AND TEE NATIONAL HOUSING CORPORATION – PEOPLE’S HOMESITE AND HOUSING CORPORATION.

Pursuant to Administrative Order No. 271, series of 1971, there are hereby constituted four Performance Teams to conduct performance audits on the government agencies indicated hereunder, to be composed as follows:

To audit the Presidential Arm on Community Development

Hon. Estefania Aldaba-Lim, Secretary of Social Welfare | Team Leader Ion. Jose H. Crisol, Assistant Undersecretary of National Defense Leader | Assistant Team Leader Representative, Department of Commerce and Industry | Member Representative, Department of Agrarian Reform | Member Representative, Department of Social Welfare | Member Representative, Department of Education Member | Member Representative, Reorganization Commission | Member Representative, National Economic Council | Member Two representatives, Presidential Arm on Community Development | Member

To audit the Government Service Insurance System

Hon. Efren T. Plana, Secretary of National Defense | Team Leader Hon. Narciso Albarracin, Undersecretary of Education | Assistant Team Leader

To audit the Government Service Insurance System (cont.)

Representative, Department of Finance | Member Representative, Department of Later | Member Representative, Central Bank of the Philippines | Member Representative, Department of National Defense | Member Representative, Department of Education | Member Representative, Presidential Economic Staff | Member Representative, Reorganization Commission | Member Two representatives, Government Service Insurance System | Members

To audit the Department of Foreign Affairs

Hon. Alejandro Melchor, Executive Secretary | Team Leader Atty. Ronaldo B. Zamora, Special Assistant to the Executive Secretary | Assistant Team Leader Representative, Development Management Staff | Member Representative, Department of Justice | Member Representative, Department of National Defense | Member Representative, Presidential Economic Staff, | Member Representative, Reorganization Commission | Member Representative, Department of Commerce and Industry | Member Representative, National Intelligence Coordinating Agency | Member Two representatives, Department of Foreign Affairs | Members

To audit the National Housing Corporation – People’s Homesite and Housing Corporation

Hon. David M. Consunji, Secretary of Public Works and Communications | Team Leader Hon. Estelito Mendoza, Undersecretary of Justice | Assistant Team Leader (For NHC) Representative, Department of Social Welfare | Member Representative, Department of Labor | Member Representative, Department of Public Works and Communication | Member Representative, Office of Economic Coordination | Member Representative, Social Security System | Member Representative, Government Service Insurance System | Member Representative, Reorganization Commission | Member (for NHC-PHHC) Two representatives, National Housing Corporation | Members Hon. Eliseo Villamor, Undersecretary of Commerce & Industry | Assistant Team Leader (for PHHC) Representative, Department of Public Works and Communications | Member Representative, Department of Health | Member Representative, Social Security System | Member Representative, Government Service Insurance System | Member Representative, Department of Social Welfare | Member Representative, National Economic Council | Member Representative, Department of National Defense. | Member Two representatives, People’s Homesite and Housing Corporation | Members

Names of representatives to the various teams shall he submitted to the Cabinet Secretariat, Malacañang by telephone not later than December 17, 1971. (Tel. Nos. of Cabinet Secretariat PLDT 40-30-24; 47-41-86.)

In the conduct of performance audits, Performance Teams shall be guided by the provisions of Administrative Order No. 271 series of 1971, and the Development Performance Evaluation System Operations Manual compiled pursuant thereto.

Activities related to the conduct of performance audits shall take precedence over all other duties, and for this purpose, all team members, except those from the Commission on Reorganization, are hereby placed under the full-time operational control of their respective Team and Assistant Team Leaders, for the duration of the audit.

Members assigned from the Commission on Reorganization shall participate in the performance audits on a part-time basis, with the specific purpose of keeping their respective Teams informed on the Commission’s evaluative findings relative to the agencies scheduled for audit, and ensuring that the teams do not duplicate aspects of organizational evaluation already accomplished by the Commission.

Transportation requirements for the performance audits shall be provided by the Agencies scheduled for audit. Administrative and technical support shall be provided by the Development Management Staff, Executive Office and the Development Performance Evaluation System Secretariat.

Performance audits of the designated agencies shall commence simultaneously on January 5» 1972 and shall be conducted for a period of not more than twenty-two working days. The Final Report of each Performance Team shall be submitted to the Development Management Staff, Executive Office, not later than February 1, 1972 for transmittal to the President.

All bureaus, offices, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Presidential Arm on Community Development, the Government Service Insurance System, the Department of Foreign Affairs, and the National Housing Corporation – People’s Homesite and Housing Corporation are hereby enjoined to cooperate with and assist the Performance Teams accomplish their assigned tasks, consistent with the aims of the Development Performance Evaluation System.

By authority of the President:

(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR

Executive Secretary

Manila, December 1, 1971