Puerto Rico Senator Pushes Anticorruption Bill After Arrests
- Contractors would have to use software to document their work
- Tumultuous months as former officials are charged with graft
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Puerto Rico’s senate majority leader has introduced a bill to combat corruption in the bankrupt U.S. commonwealth, whose officials have faced presidential criticism and federal prosecution as it rebuilds after 2017’s devastating Hurricane Maria.
The bill by Senator Carmelo J. Rios-Santiago of the ruling New Progressive Party, would require government contractors to use software that would track hours worked, screen time used and subject matter handled.