2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THREE - Executive (§§ 1 — 9311) › Chapter 40B - Electronic Government (§§ 991 — 998) › § 994 - Powers

The Office of Management and Budget, pursuant to this chapter, shall have the following powers:
(a) It may require the information and the documents it deems necessary for the incorporation of government processes and services into the electronic government.
(b) It may engage in the efforts necessary to advertise and promote among citizens the services available through the electronic government, the advantages they entail and the way to use them. Likewise, it may sponsor activities to involve the public in the development and implementation of information technologies.
(c) It may contract the services, programs and equipment necessary to comply with the public policy established by this chapter and in the efforts of the electronic government, including global licensing and training programs.
(d) It may require the administrative participation of Government agencies in then development of collaboration projects.
(e) It may establish safety policies at the government level on the access, use, classification and custody of information systems.
(f) It may establish policies directed to guaranteeing the privacy and protection of the personal information with regard to Internet use.
(g) It may engage in the efforts necessary in relation to the development and updating of the central government portal and the communications and information infrastructure.
(h) It may serve as a coordinating entity among the corresponding areas of the information systems of the various agencies and instrumentalities, in order to enable the effective incorporation of the best practices of the technological sector.
(i) It may procure technology projects with an interagency impact.
(j) It may direct the development of Government employee careers in the computer technology area.
(k) It may manage and contract those services necessary to further the electronic government, which include but are not limited to, Internet services, as well as the technical support center and the databank at the government level.
(l) In relation to the electronic processing and interconnection systems of the Government, it may carry out the following functions:
(1) Instrument the public policy to be followed and the guidelines that shall govern the acquisition and implementation of technological information systems, equipment and programs for government bodies with the main objective of achieving the interconnection of bodies to facilitate and impart agility to the services for the people.
(2) Entrust the conducting of the studies necessary that identify the parameters and strategic direction in order to adopt a public policy in the development of the information systems of the Government.
(3) Establish and issue by means of policies, the guidelines or parameters indicated in clause (1) of this subsection.
Notwithstanding what is herein provided, the Office of Management and Budget shall oversee and supervise that the agencies dully comply with the provisions of this chapter, and that the documents and information of which the electronic publication on the Internet is hereby ordered be made available for the inspection and supervision of the general public, including the press and any person who may be interested in the bids and contracting processes of the government agencies.
History —June 22, 2004, No. 151, § 6; June 6, 2006, No. 113, § 2.