Prime Minister's Office (Singapore)

Prime Minister's Office

Agency overview
Jurisdiction	Government of Singapore
Headquarters	The Istana 1°18′25″N 103°50′35″E / 1.30694°N 103.84306°E / 1.30694; 103.84306
Employees	618 (2010)
Annual budget	290.94 million SGD (2010)
Ministers responsible	Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean, Deputy Prime Minister and Co-ordinating Minister for National Security Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies Khaw Boon Wan, Minister for Transport and Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure Chan Chun Sing, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Heng Chee How, Senior Minister of State Josephine Teo, Senior Minister of State
Agency executives	Peter Ong Boon Kwee, Head of Civil Service, Permanent Secretary (Special Duties) Benny Lim , Permanent Secretary
Child agencies	Monetary Authority of Singapore Civil Service College
Website	www.pmo.gov.sg

The Prime Minister's Office (Abbreviation: PMO) is a ministerial level executive agency within the Government of Singapore that handles the ministries and other political matters that are of great importance to the nation, such as corruption and elections. It is headed by the Prime Minister and their top political staff. The PMO is located in the Istana, which is also the official residence and office for the President of Singapore.

The PMO has several roles and functions, with regards to the national politics. They are:

The PMO handles many tasks. These include the Cabinet, the appointments of ministers and more. The tasks are listed below:

The Prime Minister's Office comprises a PMO (HQ), Corrupt Practice Investigation Bureau, Cyber Security Agency, Elections Department, National Research Foundation, National Security Co-ordination Secretariat, National Population and Talent Division, Public Service Division and Smart Nation Programme Office. Each department functions independently.

The main function of PMO (HQ) is to provide corporate, logistics and administrative support to the Prime Minister.

The Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) is an independent body which investigates and aims to prevent corruption in the public and private sectors in Singapore. Established in 1952, it derives its powers of investigation from the Prevention of Corruption Act. The bureau is headed by a director who is directly responsible to the Prime Minister.

The Cyber Security Agency (CSA) provides dedicated and centralised oversight of Singapore’s efforts in cyber security. The roles of the agency include engaging and working in partnership with the private sector, education and outreach, and strengthening cyber security for the nation’s critical services. It will develop a national cyber security strategy and implementation plans to build up capabilities against cyber threats. In addition, the CSA will perform crisis management and provide incident assistance to businesses and individuals through SingCERT.

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