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Junta de Control Fiscal
12 posts, del más antiguo al más reciente.
- Former Puerto Rico CIO welcomes congressional action in tackling debt crisisEN
This article was written by Dennis Costa for Caribbean Business print edition and adapted for this blog. U.S. Congressional Legislation Opens Door to Tech-Based Governance in Puerto Rico Former Commonwealth CIO: “U.S. Actions on Puerto Rico Fiscal Crisis Should Bring Local Government Operations into 21st Century” In an attempt to solve Puerto Rico’s fiscal crisis and help the commonwealth avoid…
- A Puerto Rico Fiscal Control Board needs a Technological “Seal Team Six”EN
Below is my interview from PR News Roundup with @gillamhall who is currently writing book on PR debt crisis. The lack of audited financials for Puerto Rico is a key concern for members of the US Congress and for bond market participants. Five hundred twenty-one days after fiscal year 2014 ended Puerto Rican officials no longer provide an estimate of when the documents will be completed. Today we talk…
- Establish a Puerto Rico Digital Service as part of Fiscal BoardEN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrfWREtMS3U "The US Digital Service has been at its best in times of crisis" Puerto Rico faces serious challenges. The recent enactment of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA) creates an unparalleled opportunity to build new digital institutions that will transform Puerto Rico’s government operations. The way to do so is through the creation of a…
- My question to President Obama at South by SouthwestEN
Puerto Rico is 140 billion in debt and facing serious challenges in delivery of services – a US Digital Service team can help drive efficiency and transformation, as well as lead the way in enhancing local civic engagement. Would you ensure such a team is part of the potential Fiscal Control Board? Puerto Rico is facing a serious debt crisis…
- La Chief Operating Officer de Facebook para la Junta de Control Fiscal
La semana pasada viajé a Washington DC y sostuve reuniones en el Departamento del Tesoro. Pude ver por cuenta propia el trabajo que realizan por Puerto Rico y quedé muy sorprendido. Mi objetivo era cumplir con un deseo personal de asegurar que estuvieran contando con recursos del US Digital Service (USDS) en sus planes de trabajo – esta entidad es…
- Former Official Urges US Digital Service as part of Puerto Rico Fiscal BoardEN
By : DENNIS COSTA Rev: Giancarlo Gonzalez Volume: 2 | No: 25 Page : 19 Issued : 06/30/2016 González Launches Online Petition to White House to Take Advantage of Fiscal Board Imposition to Redesign How the Government Works Giancarlo González, former chief information officer for the Puerto Rico government, kicked off a petition urging the U.S. federal government to incorporate…
- Renowned leaders provide recommendations to Puerto Rico Fiscal BoardEN
Leaders of the global technology community urged the Puerto Rico Fiscal Oversight Board (FOB), designated by the US Congress to address the island's fiscal crisis, and the incoming government administration to develop a new entity to lead a transformation for Puerto Rico as a “Native Digital” government that promotes transparency, efficiency and economic development. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SIv1x5w5Yk Leaders of the global technology…
- Testimony presented before the Fiscal Oversight BoardEN
I’d like to thank the Chairman and all members of the Board for holding this hearing to “Review how we can best use technology to redesign and rebuild a better Puerto Rico”. I’d like to open up with the following quote from Tom Steinberg of mySociety, a British based NGO: What do we mean by “digital”? Let me provide some…
- A Digital Message to the Fiscal Oversight BoardEN
Over the past 12 years, we have witnessed multiple failed attempts by local government administrations in Puerto Rico to offer more efficient online services to citizens, following recurring promises in election campaigns. Two different governors in 2009 and 2013 proposed the creation of a central technology structure to help digitize government services, yet both failed in the endeavor. A country…
- Identity Management – Common Ground between President of the Senate and the Fiscal Oversight BoardEN
An article published in Noticel last year lists some of the multiple occasions where the President of the Senate has had strong contrasts of opinion with José Carrion, the President of the Fiscal Oversight Board (JSF). Among them, I highlight: The contracts in the legislature The additional cuts requested in the Fiscal Plan The elimination of Law 80 The amount…
- Dear Fiscal Board, if you want the Government to carry out structural reforms, commit to digital oversightEN
Today I celebrate my 38th birthday. A few weeks earlier I realized that my driver's license expired on this day. This is my story on the renewal process and what steps we should take to fix a broken service impacting the lives of millions of Puerto Ricans. Click here for spanish version. On December of 2017 I had the opportunity…
- Muchas palabras para buenos entendedores sobra la renuncia de Natalie Jaresko
Jaresko no es la mala de la película. Aquí les cuento mi lado de la historia. En agosto del 2016 el presidente Obama nombró a los siete miembros de la Junta de Control Fiscal. El año anterior, en junio del 2015, había renunciado a mi puesto como Principal Oficial de Informática luego de que dicha oficina fuese eliminada mediante Orden…
