Date: March 18, 2024

To add new paragraphs to Article 2 of Law No. 254-2002, known as the “Office of Guidance and Services to Foreign Citizens in Puerto Rico”, which is attached to the Department of State, so that this office creates and keeps up to date a catalog of public entities, both local and federal, as well as third sector entities, local and international, that provide services and support to immigrants, regardless of the immigration status of the persons served; and for other related purposes.

Date: March 18, 2024

To amend Article 2; add Article 2A; amend Article 3; add an Article 3A; amend Article 4; add Articles 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D and 4E; amend Article 5; add Articles 5A, 5B and 5C; amend Articles 6, 7, 8 and 9; and add Articles 9A, 9B and 11A to Law 141-2019, as amended, known as the “Transparency and Expedited Procedure for Access to Public Information Act”; and repeal Act 141-2019, as amended, known as the “Transparency and Expedited Procedure for Access to Public Information Act”; and to repeal Act 141-2019 122-2019, known as the “Open Data Act of the Government of Puerto Rico”, in order to incorporate definitions into the referred to Law 141-2019; reduce exceptions for the denial of public information in the face of confidentiality claims that may be raised by governmental entities; establish that the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics will be the entity responsible for implementing the public policy for access to public information; creating the position and duties of the Coordinator of Access to Public Information of the Government of Puerto Rico; assigning new functions to Information Officers, and that one of these be the head of the entity's statistics unit governmental; shorten the terms for Information Officers to deliver public information requested by citizens; amend the review appeal; impose administrative sanctions; allocate funds; and for other purposes.

A new episode of The Institute of Statistics: The Podcast is now available!

Discover the facts about Type 1 Diabetes in the pediatric population of Puerto Rico in Episode 8. On this occasion, Dr. Orville M. Disdier, Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics, spoke with Mrs. Mariana Benítez Hilera, Executive Director of the Pediatric Diabetes Foundation. In addition, the importance of the first Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes Platform in Puerto Rico, developed by the Institute of Statistics in collaboration with the Pediatric Diabetes Foundation, was discussed.

Access Episode 8 of our podcast through the following link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/instituto-de-estadsticas-de-puerto-rico/episodes/Episodio-8-Estadsticas-sobre-Diabetes-Peditrica-Tipo-1-e2gcs7p.

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Date: January 12, 2024

To order the Commission on Federal, International Relations, Status and Veteran of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to conduct research and study on obtaining and accessing updated statistics on how many veterans reside in Puerto Rico; likewise to identify whether the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics has such information and keeps it updated through data produced by the U.S. Census Bureau; and for other purposes.

Date: December 22, 2023

To amend Article 3 of Law 209-2003, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Statistics Institute Act” to provide that the Office of the Comptroller shall establish at its discretion the frequency of audits of the accounts and operations of the Puerto Rico Statistics Institute.

Date: December 15, 2023

To amend Article 6.25 of Act No. 168-2019 known as the “Puerto Rico Weapons Act of 2020” and establish the duty of a licensed citizen to register the weapons or part of a weapon with serial number, marks or printed symbols that he acquires; to establish penalties and for other related purposes.