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.
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Date: April 4, 2022
Response to Senate Request for Information 202/033: The Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics presents the following information regarding the Puerto Rico Senate information request 2022 033 submitted by Senator Rosa Vélez, approved on March 22, 2022.
Date: February 12, 2025
To amend paragraph (f) of Act No. 209 of August 28, 2003, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics Act”, so that all agencies, corporations and instruments of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico are required to send within sixty (60) days to the Institute any publication of statistical reports they produce, in order to be incorporated into the Puerto Rico Statistics Inventory; and for other related purposes.
Date: June 24, 2016
To amend Laws No. 135 of May 9, 1945, 148 of May 10, 1948, 7 of March 4, 1955, 72 of June 21, 1962, 168 of June 30, 1968, 54 of June 21, 1971, 47 of June 26, 1987, 52 of August 11, 1989, 83-1991, 225-1995, 165-1996, 46-2000, 213-2000, 140-2001, 183-2001, 244-2003, 73-2008, 74-2010, 83-2010, 20-2012, 22-2012, 1-2013, 7-2015, better known as the “Interagency Validation Portal Act for the Granting of Incentives for the Economic Development of Puerto Rico” for the purpose of making amendments techniques that allow the orderly and efficient implementation of Law 187-2015; extending the validity period of Certificates of Compliance to two years; and for other related purposes.
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