On 18 June, President Edgars Rinkēvičs signed and submitted to the Presidium of the Saeima a draft law “Amendment to the State Administration Structure Law.” The proposal aims to establish a framework for the processing and reuse of data held by state and local government authorities within public administration. The goal is to improve policy planning and the quality of public services, as well as to foster research and innovation in public administration. The draft law designates the Central Statistical Bureau as a cross-sectoral data analytics authority, granting it the right to obtain and integrate data, including personal data, from other state and municipal institutions. “The Latvian public sector possesses a significant amount of…