MINISTRY OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS citizen security where the following are to be mentioned:25 Citizens’ Portal, Open Data, Registry of Products of Health Interest, Electronic Services Window (VES), Crea Empresa, MuNet eGovernment and most recently the Public Purchasing System (SICOP). In health matters, the Single Digital Health Record (EDUS) is noteworthy, a program fostered by the Costa Rican Department of Social Security and defined as: “the set of informatics applications which automate health system at the three (3) levels of attention in agreement with the health services model the institution operates with”26. As relates to con citizen security, the Ministry of Public Security (MSP) has a platform for safety officers and company’s registration procedures, as well Carrying Weapons Control and Private Private Security (ControlPas)27. As to the ICT’s public management, it’s necessary to underscore the inter-institutional coordination processes; such is the case with the drivers’ licenses management and passports at the Bank of Costa Rica (BCR) agencies. This is owing to the systems’ interoperability of the General Migrations and Foreign Citizens Bureau and the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MOPT) with BCR’s platform28 Another important body providing online administrative and electoral services is the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE); among the services offered is the management of documents of citizens and residents, civil records, marriage contracts and the electoral roll. Additionally, Costa Ricans have online access to public legal information in virtue of a number of government entities having adopted the ICT to provide their services electronically. As part of the Modernization of Justice Administration project, the Judicial Power, the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) and the Inter-American Development Bank (BID) came together and developed the Costa Rican Legal Information System (SCIJ) 29. The system contains regulatory and jurisprudential information on Costa Rican law. 25 Taken from Technical Report IT-DGE-2014-005. R eferences can currently be found at: http://gob.go.cr/es/ 26 Medical Management’s Official Letter GM-42211/GIT-411556-2010 October 20th of 2010. 27 ControlPAS. Taken from: https://www.controlpas.go.cr/Inicio/Informacion 28 http://bcrcita.bancobcr.com/cita/RequisitosPasaporte.aspx 29 Costa Rican Legal Information System Web Site. [Online]. Available at: http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/ - 29 www.micitt.go.cr

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