Through a resolution published this Thursday in Official GazetteThe Head of the Cabinet of Ministers formalized the delegation of administrative and disciplinary powers in each of the various areas that make up the organization, under the direction of Manuel Adorni.
Through the Decision 162/2025details, article by article, the responsibilities of each area that makes up the portfolio. Among other things, they stipulated that each headquarters secretariat could carry out tasks Transitional designations of its staff, as provided for by the Decree No. 958/2024 in his second article.
This arrangement allowed officials responsible for each area to temporarily appoint and expand staff in positions below the Undersecretary of State, both at permanent and senior levels, in centralized and decentralized organizations under their jurisdiction and in accordance with the current structure. With this change came Prohibition of hereditary positions in public administration Decree 959/2024.
In this sense, the latest standard grants the power to “Extension of transitional appointments and planned functional assignments” for its own personnel and granted the heads of the decentralized organizations within the sphere of influence of the Chief of Staff the same allocation “with respect to the agents dependent on each of them.”
Next, the resolution detailed what powers the secretariats have Promote staff which has a permanent attachment, also as determined by the Decree No. 958/2024 regarding the agents in each secretariat. At the same time, they are authorized to make other decisions, which in the above-mentioned decree are vested in the chief of staff, ministers, secretaries of the presidential office, the prosecutor for the treasury and the deputy chiefs of staff. This allows them to conclude, renew or extend a contract in any modality.
As for them Secretariat for Legal and Administrative Coordination, The text establishes the powers provided for in Articles 2, 3 and 4 of the Law 958/2024, which relate to the power of appointment and renewal, regulate the possibility of promotion of permanent employees and other functional assignments within the administrative structure. These powers apply only to staff members who form organizational units lower in rank than the Secretariat and report directly to the Chief of Staff.
At the same time, it approves Appoint cabinet staffin addition to the possibility of exercising the powers provided for in the Decree No. 619/2016“which regulates specific points of contract processing in the national administration” and the Decree No. 750/1977which establishes rules for the recruitment and appointment of Cabinet staff and ensures assistance with appointments and temporary appointments related to advisory and support functions.
As far as disciplinary competencies are concerned, this is the case Article 7 authorizes each secretariat to submit an application Disciplinary measures for its own representatives in accordance with the provisions of National Public Employment Regulation No. 25.164. The same privilege applies to the personnel of the lower units mentioned.
In this way they also added that the Undersecretary of State for Administrative Management depending on the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology, will have Service commissions for personnel within its scope to perform temporary duties outside of its original unit or responsibility. Regarding license management, this is Article 9 allows the human resources managers of both secretariats to do this Grant licenses provided for in the current regime, with the exception of those relating to studies or research. Meanwhile, they will have “the power to grant and limit vacation for a period of at least three months and not more than six months,” as provided for in the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CCT) for the Public Administration.
The Termination of employment relationships with permanent staff is also considered in the text within the framework of the above-mentioned CCT, at the same time it refers to the execution of regulated contracts in the public sector under modalities other than permanent staff and in accordance with Decree No. 1109/2017establishes the procedure and conditions for the establishment and termination of these links in the national administration.
The resolution has a section dedicated to this issue Granting and limiting leave for family integrationa responsibility incumbent on the human resources officers of the Secretariat for Legal and Administrative Coordination and the Subsecretariat for Administrative Management. In addition, it delegates to the two Undersecretaries for Administrative Management the authority to grant or limit the Compensation for fixed mobility costs for responsible agents.
He in turn Article 16 delegate to the Undersecretary of State for Administrative Management depending on the Secretariat for Legal and Administrative Coordination and in the Undersecretariat of the same name, which depends on innovation, science and technology, the application of the powers provided for in the regulation is provided for Decree No. 895/2018. The said decree establishes specific procedures and powers for budget and resource management, covering aspects such as the allocation and execution of budget items and the control of expenditure in the public sector.
He Article 17 enables the secretariats Sign cooperation agreements that do not include household expenditure, i.e. agreements with provinces, municipalities or other public or private institutions in which no national state financial resources are tied up. This allows joint actions, technical assistance or institutional cooperation to be formalized in a decentralized manner.
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