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: September 9, 2009
To order the Labor, Veterans Affairs and Human Resources Committee of the Senate of Puerto Rico to carry out extensive research in relation to the growth of the migratory phenomenon of Puerto Rican compatriots who move to the United States, representing for the Island a great flight of talent that could contribute significantly to the economic and professional field of Puerto Rico; to identify the factors that have caused the failure of the programs implemented by the past administration to prevent the growth of this migratory phenomenon and the presentation of new strategies to retain on our Island the greatest resource we have, the human resource.
Date: February 25, 2021
To add a paragraph (1) of Article 8 of Law 209-2003, as amended, known as the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics Act, to provide that the Board of Directors shall have as part of its duties and powers the authority to adopt the ethical standards applicable to any person who works in the statistical units of government agencies.
Date: April 23, 2014
To promote economic development by establishing the Public Policy for Science, Technology and Innovation of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, define the implementation of such Public Policy; amend paragraph (a) of Article 3 of Law 214? 2004, better known as the “Law to Create the Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust”, as amended, and for other related purposes.
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