Halman, ‘contractor’s obligation was to deliver software licenses’ – Panama America

The administrator of the Authority of Government Innovation (AIG), Irvin Halman said the businessman Mayer Mizrachi fulfilled part of the contract, which was to deliver the licenses for the software Criptext secure private communication platform.

Halman said that the contract, signed on April 1, 2014 with AIG, was expressed that the contractor’s obligations were the creation and integration of the only private network for security agencies (National Police, Ministry of Security, Ministry of the Presidency and Public Ministry), creating more than 100 users.

“The software is hired, but software licenses, which began the March 30, 2014 and expired on 31 December 2014, “said the engineer Telemetro.

However, he noted that, although the purpose of the contract, Eduardo Jaen, exadministrador AIG, decided to install the application on the entity and not in the security sectors.

This is what prompted the complaint filed in January 2015, after an internal audit by the entity in which it was found that there was no evidence that these entities had requested such tool or communication stating that the AIG licenses had been installed in those areas, said the administrator.

In the previous administration, a final report was issued in satisfaction installation of licenses Criptext platform and raised its full operation.

The licenses allow, from mobile devices of officials, secure encrypted messaging between those who have made this application .

When Halman filed the complaint in this case, January 13, 2015, stated that there were other similar programs Criptext at lower costs, subtracting value to the tool that gave an international prize for Mizrachi granted by the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB).

The engineer admitted that in September 2014 had an interview with Mizrachi, but that parallel stepped forward and audit.

Despite being in contact with the contractor does not Halman informed of the investigation.

“I did not talked about the issue, nor have done with any supplier,” said the official.

Research

• has more than four thousand leaves. Four involved, among these, Jaen, Mizrachi and Eduardo Briseño, director hired by the previous administration platform.

• Before being presented, the Audit Authority Innovation It was verified by the Comptroller General of the Republic.

• In June last year, the employees of AIG were invited to knew the Criptext tool, which enabled 96 equipment.

• Upon arrival Irvin Halman to AIG, the application was not as an unresolved issue, but it was one of the many programs that were installed and administered from the institution.