Scope Of The Civil Service.docx

Scope of the Civil Service Article IX-B, Section 2 The civil service embraces all branches, subdivisions, instrumentalities, and agencies of the Government, including government-owned or controlled corporations with original charters. RA no. 10149: Government-owned or controlled corporation (GOCC)- refers to any agency organized as a stock or nonstock corporation vested with functions relating to public needs whether governmental or proprietary in nature, and owned by the Government of the Republic of the Philippines directly or through its instrumentalities either wholly or, where applicable, as in the case of stock corporations, to the extent of at least a majority of its outstanding capital stock National Housing Corporation vs Juco: All government-owned or controlled corporations, regardless of their manner of creation, were covered by the civil service National Service Corporation vs NLRC: Under the 1987 constitution the government-owned or controlled corporations included in the civil service are only those created by special law, or granted legislative charters, and not organized under the Corporation Code *the subsidiaries of GOCC, if organized under the general corporation law, are not covered Examples of GOCC: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

National Electrification Administration National Irrigation Administration Local water districts Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation Philippine Casino Operators Corporation Philippine Special Services Corporation Duty Free Philippines Trade and Investment Development Corporation of the Philippines

GOCC includes: 1. Government instrumentalities with corporate powers(GICPs) 2. Government corporate entities(GCEs)