PR – Rossello reinstates CIO position, makes petition to Fiscal Board
Governor Rossello sends letter requesting detailing of USDS personnel to assist in structuring the new Puerto Rico Innovation Technology Service.
Governor Rossello sends letter requesting detailing of USDS personnel to assist in structuring the new Puerto Rico Innovation Technology Service.
Paying particular attention to a clause that gives agency heads leeway in hiring expert personnel, detailing federal employees to the Fiscal Control Authority in Puerto Rico. “It means that the chief of any federal agency can send people to a [commonwealth] agency in Puerto Rico to work on specific projects.” This is what led to…
David Eaves opening remarks at Code for America Summit 2014 starts off with highlights of amazing things happening around the world, governments emulating the success of the UK Digital Service, highlighting the new US Digital Service and the passing of PS 614 in the Puerto Rico Senate to create the Office of Government Information Technology (OGIT).
Via GovTech News: A panel of tech and government experts will soon speak about the value of a coherent digital strategy in order to effectively and efficiently rebuild Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria. This event, dubbed Rebuilding Puerto Rico Requires a Digital Strategy, will take place Nov. 16, at the New America…
Esta semana se anunció la dimisión del Principal Oficial de Informática del Gobierno (CIO por sus siglas en inglés), Luis Arocho. Será reemplazado por la actual Principal Oficial de Innovación (CINO por sus siglas en inglés), Glorimar Ripoll, quien ocupará ambos puestos. El Gobernador Ricardo Rosselló inició su cuatrienio restituyendo el puesto del CIO mediante Orden…
Citing the executive order as a positive of Governor Fortuño’s administration, AGP campaigns in favor of creating the new CIO office by law, forming part of the action plan.
Efforts to structure the office by law are stalled. The office has no legal authority or budget structure and operates with limited resources assigned through the Office of Management and Budget.