PR – Rossello meets with former Presidential Innovation Fellow

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…

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…

The recent enactment of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA) creates an unparalleled opportunity to build new digital institutions that will transform Puerto Rico’s government operations. The way to do so is through the creation of a Puerto Rico Digital Service modeled after the highly successful United States Digital Service implemented…

Andres, Alberto and Giancarlo are recruited to work at US Digital Service. Andrés and Alberto decide to move to Washington DC, Giancarlo stays behind focusing efforts evangelizing the need for digital reform in Puerto Rico.

Along with the bill, an event:  The Puerto Rico Tech Summit, June 6, at the San Juan Convention Center, to showcase what is possible under the right governance structure. At the Tech Summit there were over 900 people gathered not to just talk but to act upon Puerto Rico’s future.  For the highlight of the event…

Estuve compartiendo con varios grupos de personas en Washington DC y conversando, les pregunto “a quien nominarían para la posible Junta de Control Fiscal para Puerto Rico?” Los comentarios del grupo me inspiraron: – “Sheryl Sandburg, Chief Operating Officer at Facebook”