Mexico City.- José Antonio Peña Merino, former head of the Digital Agency for Public Innovation (ADIP) of Mexico City and possible member of the transition team of the virtual president Claudia Sheinbaum, presented the work agenda that the new federal government will adopt regarding to innovation and use of technology.
Merino, who served as a digital strategist in the capital’s Government with Sheinbaum, participated in the talk “The elected government in Mexico, its vision of society and digital economy”, within the framework of M360 Latam, an event that brings together key actors in the sector of telecommunications of the Latin American region, organized by the GSMA.
The agenda consists of a digital transformation of the government based on the new General Law of Simplification and Digitalization, which updates the current General Law of Regulatory Improvement. This means simplifying procedures and services.
The proposal also includes strengthening the development of own technological capabilities in the three levels of government and standardizing the use of software with the help of teams of public sector developers.
The second idea is to create a software factory, like the one done in Mexico City; It is worth remembering that ADIP formed teams of programmers who developed solutions to facilitate online procedures.
“We want to replicate that model and create a national model where there is a public technology consultancy that can be shared between all levels of government,” he explained.
To organize the use of data between agencies, he proposed the creation of an intelligence area that analyzes large volumes of data for public decision-making and mitigating tax evasion.
Another initiative is to scale the Key system to the national level, the mobile and web application developed by the ADIP, in which citizens can carry out procedures and consult services in a simpler way.
He mentioned the creation of a citizen service center in which citizens have a contact number to find government information faster.
On the topic of telecommunications, he pointed out that the provision of free Internet will be placed at the center, which implies that where the operators do not reach, the State must arrive. In short, that Mexicans have a nearby, free, open and free Internet alternative.
On the other hand, he provided some approaches regarding the use of the radio spectrum with the formation of a national spectrum program, which, in the words of the former official, is sustainable for the next 20 to 30 years.
Regarding the national connectivity policy, he proposed putting a satellite into orbit, as part of a consolidation of a national telecommunications network. In the document “100 steps for Transformation”, Claudia Sheinbaum’s proposal sheet for her government, a strengthening of infrastructure is proposed.
“Deepen the capacity to install, operate and exploit public telecommunications networks, satellite transmitting and receiving stations, satellite communication systems, frequency bands of the radio spectrum and orbital positions,” the document indicates.
Finally, Merino listed the agencies that require greater digitalization attention, such as the SAT, so that it adopts data intelligence and optimizes customs operations. He also mentioned the need to give more agility to the operations of the Federal Commission for the Protection against Health Risks to simplify its processes.
Social programs such as the Banco del Bienestar will also be impacted by these new policies that will promote digital accessibility; also the Health sector, with the implementation of digitized clinical records, electronic prescriptions and drug inventory systems.
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