Creating a Committee to Study and Recommend a Plan of Reorganization of the Commonwealth Government for the Purpose of Effecting Economy, Efficiency and Simplification in Its Operations

August 14, 1944

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 16-W

CREATING A COMMITTEE TO STUDY AND RECOMMEND A PLAN OF REORGANIZATION OF THE COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF EFFECTING ECONOMY, EFFICIENCY AND SIMPLIFICATION IN ITS OPERATIONS

There is hereby created and constituted a Committee composed of three members, namely:

1. Hon. Jaime Hernandez, Chairman

2. Dr. Arturo B. Rotor, member

3. Col. Alejandro Melchor, member

The Committee shall investigate and study the present organization and functions of the different offices of the Commonwealth Government now established in the United States and submit recommendations to the President concerning changes which are deemed necessary in order to effect economy and efficiency, including the transfer and allocation of functions, appropriations, property, and personnel from one department or office to another; the classification of positions and the fixing of the corresponding salaries; the study and recommendation of a plan for the allocation and distribution of office space; and such other matters as are considered necessary for the efficient and economic functioning of the Commonwealth Government. It shall submit its findings and recommendations to the President as soon as possible.

This Committee is hereby authorized to call upon any official or employee, office or dependency of the Commonwealth Government for such data and assistance as may be required.

DONE at the City of Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America, this fourteenth day of August, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Forty-Four, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the ninth.