Government seeks to transfer the Digital Government Division to the Ministry of Finance

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On November 7, the President of the Republic, Gabriel Boric, presented a bill to the Senate to transfer the Digital Government Division (DGD) from the General Secretariat of the Presidency to the Undersecretary of Finance.

This legislative proposal, submitted as a matter of the utmost urgency, is part of the State modernization agenda and, according to the Minister of the Segpres, Álvaro Elizalde, the objective of this transfer is “to strengthen the governance of the digital transformation of the public sector”.

The new Digital Government Secretariat, according to the document, will be responsible for proposing the Digital Government strategy to the Minister of Finance, as well as coordinating, advising and supporting the strategic use of digital technologies, data and public information to improve the management of the State administration bodies and the delivery of services.

The Senate Finance Committee began to process the bill on Tuesday, November 14, one week after it was introduced.

“When you incorporate it to the Treasury, what you do is to incorporate the actions of the State to the idea of budget by results, that is, with this transfer a process of modernization, of digitalization begins, which will be directly related to the actions taken with respect to fiscal spending”, explains NUDOS’ senior researcher, Sergio Toro.

The transfer of the DGD is scheduled for January 1, 2024. Civil servants would maintain their working conditions, including teleworking, and the position of head of division in the Treasury would be created to be exercised by the director of the new Secretariat, who will be selected through the High Public Management system.

You can read the bill in detail HERE.

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