The Financial Oversight and Management Board (JSF) denied a request by Puerto Rico’s Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTOP) to extend until June 30, 2027 a total of $373,594 earmarked for buying two articulated tractors. The money comes from the Fiscal Year 2018 Special Revenue Fund and originates from insurance reimbursements. The Board said that although the most recent reimbursements were received in fiscal year 2024, DTOP kept depositing them in a fiscal 2018 account instead of recognizing them in their respective years, "highlighting the need for better budget management and accountability."
DTOP had received five prior extensions and releases for these funds but failed to commit or disburse them within a reasonable time; the last authorization expired on June 30, 2026. The Board instructed DTOP and the Office of Management and Budget (OGP) to identify a viable funding source within DTOP’s certified fiscal 2027 Special Revenue budget to cover the equipment purchase.
The November 12, 2026 letter, signed by the Oversight Board Executive Director Robert F. Mujica Jr., also answered five other fiscal 2027 reprogramming requests. A request from the 911 Service Governing Board (Petition 2027-23259) to shift professional-services funds for a technology evaluation was closed without determination because additional information was not submitted by the October 29, 2026 deadline.
The Board approved, with observations, $15,438,569 for the Treasury Department to settle the fiscal 2026 fourth-quarter payment to the Municipal Equalization Fund, delayed by the transition to the IntegraPR/ERP system. It also authorized a $40,000,000 transitory account under Treasury for government insurance premiums in fiscal 2027, and an $80,000 interagency transfer to the Justice Department to pay three court judgments against the government.