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We worked in Government
We transformed the delivery of services through digital means across multiple levels of government.
We help governments & their leaders, along with private and public institutions to do the same.
We have expertise in:
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Leadership
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Strategy
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Transformation
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Community
Right now, we are a group of partners, collaborators, and colleagues working on GovTech initiatives.
If you think we might be able to help, get in touch:
[fc id=’3′ align=’left’][/fc]Recent work:
- Dear Fiscal Board – Speaker Series
- Government Blockchain Association – Puerto Rico Chapter
Recent publications:
- The Bond Buyer – OpEd contributions
- Testimony to the Fiscal Oversight Board – presented December 16th 2017
- The Puerto Rico CIO Government Structure – an interview with former governor Luis Fortuño
3 Comments
Your presentation at the Capitol on April 21 reminded me of our attempt, years ago, to sell legislative process automation software I’d developed to the City of Chicago. While some cities like Kansas City had embraced the software to the point of setting up public stations for citizens to look up legislative issues, Chicago was unwilling to move from a system so opaque that the city legislators were usually not familiar with the content of items they were voting on, save the ones they were personally involved in. I realized that the interests of the politicians there were dependent on such information remaining hidden. Given the amount of closed door contracting and other dealings in Puerto Rico, I fear the situation is much the same here. It’s clear that technology can help the government run more efficiently and transparently, but without a legislative and executive majority to insist on making government efficient and transparent, I fear it is a lost cause.
PS, the descendants of the systems I developed are now owned by Granicus.
Thank you for writing. Would love to learn more about that attempt and if it resulted in any particular process adoption today.
I appreciate your work for all projects I have seen at the present moment, for it seems it is not an easy task to commit oneself for true innovation to manifest in the public and private sector of our Island. Even though all of this information you, your colleagues and many other contributors have given us for the past few years , I also consider all that is left in our hands. Many opportunities can be possibly considered to open new bridges within the principal tasks we can all yearn to work for or strive for.
This is why I have taken the time to write towards you and perhaps speak to you in a near future. This way, we can continue to contribute expanding and giving our best for all those that come along beside us.
Thank you in advance,
Yezenia Berlanga