Puerto Rico Secretariat of Governance

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Office of the Chief of Staff of the Governor of Puerto RicoAgency overview

Formed| Proclaimed by each upcoming Governor through an executive order uninterruptedly since 1984.
Jurisdiction| executive branch
Headquarters| San Juan, Puerto Rico
Agency executive|

* Zoé Laboy Alvarado, Chief of Staff

Parent agency| Office of the Governor
Child agency|

* all the executive departments and almost all other executive offices

Key document|

* Law No. 104 of 1956

Part of a series on the

Executive branch of the
government of Puerto Rico

Office of the Governor

* Chief of Staff
* Executive offices
* Governor's Advisory Board
* Office of Management and Budget
* Planning Board
* Secretariat of Governance

Chief of Staff

* AFICA
* Commission on Cooperative Development
* Commission on Safety and Public Protection
* Economic Development Bank
* Environmental Quality Board
* Federal Affairs Administration
* Financing of Housing Authority
* Financing of Puerto Rico Infrastructure Authority
* Government-owned corporations
* Government Development Bank
* Municipal Financing Agency
* Office of the Inspector General
* Public Financing Corporation
* Public-Private Partnerships Authority
* Secretariat of Governance

Cabinet

* Agriculture
* Cabinet-level officers
* Chief of Staff
* Consumer Affairs
* Corrections and Rehabilitation
* Economic Development and Commerce
* Education
* Family
* Health
* Housing
* Justice
* Labor and Human Resources
* Natural and Environmental Resources
* Public Safety
* Sports and Recreation
* State
* Transportation and Public Works
* Treasury

Departments

* Agriculture
* Consumer Affairs
* Corrections and Rehabilitation
* Economic Development and Commerce
* Education
* Family
* Health
* Housing
* Justice
* Labor and Human Resources
* Natural and Environmental Resources
* Public Safety
* Sports and Recreation
* State
* Transportation and Public Works
* Treasury

Finances

* Bonds
* Budget
* Budget balance
* COFINA
* Consolidated Fund
* General Fund
* Government Development Bank
* Internal Revenue Code
* Public debt
* Public Improvements Fund
* Special State Funds
* Taxation
* Sales and Use Tax

Processes & protocols

* Line of succession
* Transition process

* 2004
* 2008
* 2012

Other branches

* Judicial branch
* Legislative branch

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The Office of the Chief of Staff of the Governor of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Secretaría de la Gobernación de Puerto Rico) is the umbrella organization and government agency of the executive branch of the government of Puerto Rico that manages and oversees all the executive departments of the government of Puerto Rico and almost all executive agencies. The Office is headed by the Puerto Rico Chief of Staff and is composed by the Governor's Advisory Board and all other staff appointed by the chief of staff. The Office of the Chief of Staff is ascribed to the Office of the Governor.

## Duties and responsibilities[edit]

The duties and responsibilities of the Office vary greatly from one administration to another, and in fact, there is no legal requirement that the Governor even continues or creates it. Nevertheless, one of the first acts undertaken by a new Governor once he is sworn in is to issue an executive order proclaiming the continuation of the agency, albeit with different members. This order also establishes the agency's duties and responsibilities as the Governor sees fit. This proclamation is done in virtue of the executive powers vested upon the Governor by Law No. 104 of 1956 which include the faculty to delegate functions.

## Agencies overseen[edit]

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Both the Constitution of Puerto Rico and Puerto Rican law usually ascribe all executive offices to either the Governor or the Office of the Governor. The Governor then issues an executive order proclaiming the delegation of the management and overwatch of such executive offices onto the Office of the Chieff of Staff. This proclamation is done in virtue of the executive powers vested upon the Governor by Law No. 104 of 1956 which include the faculty to delegate functions.

The agencies overseen by the Chief of Staff include all the executive departments of the government of Puerto Rico and almost all executive offices created either through an executive order or by law. The Office of Management and Budget and the Planning Board are the only executives offices not ascribed to the Chief of Staff --both report directly to the Office of the Governor of Puerto Rico.[why?]

The agencies overseen by the Chief of Staff include the following:

* Commission on Cooperative Development
* Commission on Safety and Public Protection
* Department of Agriculture
* Department of Consumer Affairs
* Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
* Department of Economic Development and Commerce
* Department of Education
* Department of Family Affairs
* Department of Health
* Department of Housing
* Department of Justice
* Department of Labor and Human Resources
* Department of Natural and Environmental Resources
* Department of Sports and Recreation
* Department of State
* Department of Transportation and Public Works
* Department of Treasury
* Economic Development Bank
* Federal Affairs Administration
* Financing of Housing Authority
* Financing of Industrial, Touristic, Educative, Medical, and Environmental Control Facilities Authority (AFICA)
* Financing of Puerto Rico Infrastructure Authority
* Government Development Bank
* Municipal Financing Agency
* Public Financing Corporation
* Public-Private Partnerships Authority
* Urgent Interest Fund Corporation (COFINA)

## References[edit]

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* Law No. 104 of 1956
* Government of Puerto Rico Organigram

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Office of the Governor of Puerto Rico

Direct|

* Office of Management and Budget
* Planning Board
* Secretariat of Governance

Delegated|

* Environmental Quality Board
* Office of the Inspector General

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Office of the Chief of Staff of Puerto Rico

Governor's offices|

* Environmental Quality Board
* Office of the Inspector General
* Chief of Staff

Posts|

* Chief of Staff
* Governor's Advisory Board

Executive departments|

* Agriculture
* Consumer Affairs
* Corrections and Rehabilitation
* Economic Development and Commerce
* Education
* Family
* Health
* Housing
* Justice
* Labor and Human Resources
* Natural and Environmental Resources
* Sports and Recreation
* State
* Transportation and Public Works
* Treasury

Fiscal agent and financing|

* AFI
* AFICA
* Authority for the Financing of the Infrastructure of Puerto Rico
* COFINA
* Economic Development Bank
* Financing of Housing Authority
* Government Development Bank
* Municipal Financing Agency
* Public-Private Partnerships Authority
* Public Financing Corporation

Government-owned corporations|

* AAA
* AEE
* Aqueducts and Sewers
* Conservatory of Music
* Institute of Puerto Rican Culture
* PRASA
* PREPA
* Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority
* University of Puerto Rico

Other executive agencies|

* Commission on Cooperative Development
* Commission on Safety and Public Protection
* Commissioner of Financial Institutions
* Education Council
* Federal Affairs Administration
* FEI
* Special Independent Prosecutor
* State Commission on Elections
* Telecommunications Regulatory Board

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