Though many people are skeptical of the many roles the GIO plays--acting as ROC spokesperson home and abroad and "supervising" publications, broadcasting, and film--it is not the GIO itself that should be the focus of criticism, avers chief secretary Yen Jeng-chang. The GIO was originally charged with two roles: international and domestic information work.
雖然很多人質疑新聞局又要對內對外發言，又要「管理」「輔導」出版、廣電、電影事業的多重角色，檢討行政院所有部會的組織條例也正在研擬作業當中，但若「以此杯葛新聞局，卻不免有些冤枉」，主任秘書顏榮昌說。