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.

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.

Fecha: 10 de febrero de 2015Para enmendar el Artículo 5 de la Ley 209?2003, según enmendada, conocida como la “Ley del Instituto de Estadísticas de Puerto Rico”, a los fines de facultar al Instituto para que desarrolle iniciativas de educación continua para promover el conocimiento en el campo de los sistemas de recopilación de datos y estadísticas, y la política pública establecida en dicha ley, y coordinar esta iniciativa con otras instituciones públicas y privadas, entre éstas, las universidades en y fuera de Puerto Rico, la Oficina de Ética Gubernamental, la Oficina del Contralor, la Federación y Asociación de Alcaldes, y para otros fines.