Classification of Private Secretary Position

June 21, 1991 REVENUE MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 62-91 SUBJECT : Classification of Private Secretary Position TO : All Revenue Officials and Employees and Others Concerned For the information and guidance of all revenue officials and employees, quoted hereunder is Civil Service Commission Memorandum Circular No. 22, s. 1991 dated June 4, 1991. "The Civil Service Commission issued Memorandum Circular No. 14, s. 1987 which identified the personal and confidential positions located in the offices of the Elective Officials, Department Heads and other officials of cabinet rank whose tenure is at the pleasure of the President as well as Chairman and Members of Commissions and Boards with fixed terms of office per approved Position Allocation List (PAL) as primarily confidential in nature. This includes the positions of Private Secretary. cdt However, it is noted that there are also Private Secretary positions found in the Offices of officials not mentioned in Section 9, Chapter 9, Book V of Executive Order No. 292 but, whose duties likewise require utmost confidentiality. For consistency and uniformity, it is hereby declared, pursuant to Resolution No. 91-676, that all Private Secretary positions irrespective of their locations are primarily confidential in nature. The term of office of the appointees to said positions shall be coterminous with the officials they serve. Incumbents of positions of Private Secretary prior to this declaration whose appointments are permanent shall retain their permanent status until the positions are vacated. Heads of agencies who may want to retain the position of Private Secretary in the career service should request the Department of Budget and Management for a change of their position titles to Secretary. cdt Please be guided accordingly. (Sgd.) Patricia A. Sto. Tomas" Chairman All revenue officials and employees are enjoined to give this circular as wide a publicity as possible. (SGD.) JOSE U. ONG Commissioner of Internal Revenue