To establish the Public Policy for Science, Technology and Innovation of the Government of Puerto Rico, define the mechanisms for implementing, measuring and evaluating public policy; ensure its effective execution and continuous review; establish clear metrics and promote multisectoral collaboration to strengthen the innovation ecosystem, strengthening the role of the Puerto Rico Trust for Science, Technology and Research, the Department of Economic Development and Commerce, universities and the private sector; and for other purposes related.

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Date: March 21, 2025

To amend Section 1 of Act No. 170 of May 4, 1949, as amended, to provide for the availability requirements for the granting of the High School Equivalency Exam; and to enact other complementary provisions.

To create the “Open Data Act of the Government of Puerto Rico” for the purpose of establishing as a principle of public policy free access to data that is originated, kept or received by government agencies and that can be used and reused freely; create the position of the Chief Data Officer and establish their powers and duties; transfer and clarify the responsibilities and duties of the Office of Management and Budget; establish the obligation of government bodies to publish their data public in a machine-readable format (“machine-readable”), through the Puerto Rico Open Data Interconnection Portal; establish the obligation of government agencies to update their official statistical indicators and to publish them through the Puerto Rico Indicator System, in accordance with the rules established by the Chief Data Officer; provide the Institute with the power to regulate the formats in which any government agency will store information and deliver data; provide that the Institute of Statistics will be the only governmental entity with the power to prepare any regulations related to the publication and updating of official statistics and indexes; and to repeal Act No. 69-2005.