Puerto Rico Labor Dept. launches tool to report unemployment fraud
January 30, 2025
Potential cases can be reported confidentially to promote accountability and protect public funds. #NewsismyBusiness
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Puerto Rico OIG: 1,000+ corrective actions requested in 5 years
April 23, 2024
The inspector general highlights interventions that saved millions in public funds. #NewsismyBusiness
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Puerto Rico legal entities urged to comply with new transparency requirements
February 5, 2024
Secretary of State Marrero emphasizes the importance of the Corporate Transparency Act’s reporting mandate. #NewsIsMyBusiness
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Univ. of Puerto Rico tapped by Planning Board to improve data analysis
January 29, 2024
The agreement between the agency and the UPR’s Mayagüez campus will benefit government accounting, reporting and transparency. #NewsIsMyBusiness
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Puerto Rico fiscal board faces scrutiny over revised deficit projections
April 13, 2023
Espacios Abiertos questions lack of transparency and data supporting the board's updated forecast for a deficit by 2027. #NewsismyBusiness
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Nonprofit transparency watchdog Espacios Abiertos unveils Fiscal Observatory
January 27, 2021
Aware of the difficulties that people face in inserting themselves into government debates and decisions on fiscal and budget issues, nonprofit Espacios Abiertos analyzed thousands of documents from the past 16 years to develop the new Observatoriofiscalpr.com platform, which seeks to provide greater accessibility and narrow information gaps. Daniel Santamaría-Ots, senior analyst of public policy […]
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Ex-Gov. Rosselló signed laws limiting constitutional right of access to information
August 7, 2019
On the eve of becoming Puerto Rico’s first governor to resign from his post, Ricardo Rosselló signed a pair of laws whose net effect is to hinder access to public information and limit free expression, nonprofit group Open Spaces denounced. Cecille Blondet, executive director of Open Spaces said Rosselló stamped his signature on Acts 122 […]
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Open Spaces denounces ‘use and abuse’ of gov’t power
July 17, 2019
Nonprofit Organization Open Space warned that messages in the chat in which Gov. Ricardo Rosselló and others participated in could constitute serious ethical and legal violations through a conspiracy to limit citizen rights to demand transparency and accountability the government. During a sit-down with the media, Open Spaces Executive Director Cecille Blondet said the chat […]
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FEMA Chief: ‘We’re bringing an unbelievable amount of common sense’ to PR recovery
November 28, 2017
As Puerto Rico begins to transition from the response phase to recovery, Michael Byrne, the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s coordinating officer for Puerto Rico, said the process moving forward will include an “unbelievable amount of common sense” and experience from prior disasters to rebuild the island.
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U.S. lawmakers ask OBoard for transparency in spending
August 23, 2017
Troubled by reports of more than $30 million in expenses after one year of operations, U.S. Reps. José Serrano and Nydia Velázquez sent a letter to the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico expressing concerns over the lack of transparency and independent supervision related to its spending decisions.
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OPEN Puerto Rico gets donation from executive Prouty
October 23, 2014
OPEN Puerto Rico received what it called “a strong vote of confidence” this week from Nicholas Prouty, CEO of Putnam Bridge Funding LLC, who made an undisclosed donation to help the organization continue its efforts to facilitate and promote transparency in Puerto Rico.
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OPEN Puerto Rico looks to raise $14K via AntRocket
September 17, 2014
OPEN Puerto Rico, a platform that strives to find and publish governmental data and public documents, is looking to raise $14,000 through crowdfunding platform AntRocket, to be able to further its pursuit of pushing for public sector transparency.
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Op-Ed: The new normal
March 11, 2013
Newspaper headlines and radio and TV news reports have become a definitive recipe for depression. As a matter of fact, I can’t watch the evening news unless I want to guarantee my usual insomnia. Furthermore, these articles and stories have made me realize that Puerto Rico has become “bizarre” country, an unforgiving “La-la land.”
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