I.

Mandates, Structure, Functions and Issues

a. Civil Service Commission
i. Amended by the Constitution under E.O. 292
ii. Role
1. Created to oversee the integrity, responsiveness, progressiveness and courtesy of civil
servants.
2. Central personnel agency of government
3. Includes to oversee, appoint, and discipline personnel
4. Provides CSC examinations
iii. Functions
1. Hear and Decide Administrative Agencies
2. Review decisions and actions of its offices and agencies
3. Officers may be liable for contempt
4. Decisions may be brought to the Supreme Court
iv. Structure
1. Chairman
2. 2 Commissioners
a. Appointed by the President with the consent of the Commission of Appointments
for a term of 7 years without reappointment.
3. 12 Offices; 16 Regional Offices and 109 field offices.
4. Each of the offices are headed by a director with at least 1 Asst. Director.
v. Jurisdiction
1. Hear and decide administrative cases or matters instituted by or brought before it
directly or on appeal, including contested appointments, and review decisions and
actions of its offices and other government agencies.
vi. 2017 Rules on Administrative cases in the civil service
1. The jurisdiction
2. Cases
a. Contains the procedural guidelines for the disposition of disciplinary and non-
disciplinary cases
3. Covered agencies
vii. Covered agencies
1. CSC and its Regional/Field Offices; Agencies of the National Government; LGUs; SUCs;
Local Universities and Colleges; and GOCCs with Original Charters
viii. Issues and challenges
1. Reorganization of the bureaucracy – whether comprehensive or partial
2. Frequent changes of heads of agencies (with the change of President comes the change
in CSC heads)
3. Non-stop allegation of scams, charges of bribery, and corruption at the highest levels
4. The distinction between career and non-career officials was blurred
5. Politicization – intimate linkages between politicians and the bureaucracy
6. Outdated systems and procedures
ix. Programs
1. Asia’s leading center for Human resource
b. Commission on Audit
 i. Mission and vision
ii. Function
1. Examine, audit and settle all accounts pertaining to the revenue and receipts of, and
expenditures
iii. Authority
1. Audit
2. Examination
3. Accounting and Auditing rules and regulations
iv. Exemptions
1. No law shall be passed exempting any entity of the government or its subsidiary or any
investment of public funds
v. Submission
1. SHALL SUBMIT AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE:
a. President and;
b. Congress
vi. Structure
1. Composition
a. 1 chairman
b. 2 commissioners
i. Appointed by the president for a term of 7 years with no reappointment
ii. Must be natural born, at least 35 yrs old; CPA with not less than 10 years of
auditing experience
2. Appointment
3.
vii. Limitation
1. COA may limit appointment (?@
viii. c
c. Sandiganbayan
d. Ombudsman