Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló, has publicly stated that his plan to transform the government will result in the government structure being reduced to 35 agencies from the 114 that are currently in operation, however, the fiscal plan submitted by his administration last Friday to the Fiscal Control Board (FCB) stated that the new government will have 'up to 35 agencies.'

The document submitted on Friday by the Puerto Rican authorities does not offer more details on the proposal to reduce the government, except for the reorganization plans that have been submitted to the Legislature and that cover only some agencies.

The Governor has refused to give more details of the 'right-sizing' process that's under evaluation, but documents obtained and published exclusively by NotiCel show an assessment that might result in less that 35 surviving agencies.

This documents are internal evaluations of the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency & Financial Advisory Authority. The two set of documents have different goals of 'right-sizing'. One of them, dated October 9th, points to a government with only 18 agencies. The most recent one, dated October 26th, set the final agency number at 27.

From that October 26th document, we reproduce here the lists of agencies that would remain, those that would be closed and those that would be privatized, or 'externalized'.

Departments

Education

Health

Social Welfare

Public security

Justice Department

Department of Transportation and Public Works

Department of Agriculture

Commerce Department

Department of Labor and Human Resources

Treasury Department

State Department

Land Department

Environment

Culture Department

Independent agencies or dependencies

Financial Supervision Commission

Public Utilities Commission

National Guard

Puerto Rico Election Comission

Office of Government Ethics

Office of the Electoral Comptroller

Office of the Independent Special Prosecutor

Public Corporations

University of Puerto Rico

Agencies that would be closed

ELA Regional Center Corporation

Education Council

Corporation for the development of the Model Forest

Culebra Conservation and Development Authority

Trust of the National Guard

State Office of Public Energy Policy

State Office of Historic Preservation

Commission for the Development of Cooperatives

Administration of the Horse Racing Industry

Corporation to Develop the Caño Martín Peña

Integral Development Company of the Cantera Peninsula

Cockfights Affairs Commission

Boxing Commission

Centers of Sports Development

SAAPE Program

Economic Development Bank

Authority for the Financing of Infrastructure

Agricultural Insurance Corporation

National Parks (to be transferred to municipalities to be operated)

Industrial Commission

Independent Office of Consumer Protection

To be sold

WIPR - Puerto Rico Public Broadcasting Corporation

Loan portfolio of the Economic Development Bank

Loan portfolio of the Administration for the Financing of Housing

Automobile Accident Compensation Administration

State Insurance Fund Corporation

Comprehensive Cancer Center

Performing Arts Center Corporation

Fine Arts Center Corporation

Conservatory of Music Public Corporation

School of Plastic Arts

World Plaza Building - (Property of Authority for the Financing of the Infrastructure of Puerto Rico)

To be externalized (As a concession or P3 agreement)

Statistics Institute (Concession or agreement with the Federal Government))

Planning Board (Concession or agreement to the Federal Government)

Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (Transfer of prisioners to USA prisons)

Collection offices (Treasury Department / DTOP)

Pensions and Retirement Systems (401k private plans)

Public Hospitals: Medical Services Administration Medical Center, Cardiovascular Center of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean Corporation, University Hospital, Psychiatric Hospital.

Public Building Authority

Regional Airports

Public SeaPorts

Maritime Transport Authority

Electric Power Authority (PREPA)

Puerto Rico Aqueducts and Sewers Authority (PRASA)

Highways and Transportation Authority

Related documents:

October 9th, 2017 draft on government right-sizing

October 27th, 2017 draft on government right-sizing