Serviço Federal de Processamento de Dados

Serviço Federal de Processamento de Dados (Serpro)

Type	Government-owned corporation
Industry	Computer software, IT services, IT consulting
Founded	Brasília, Brazil (December 1, 1964)
Headquarters	Brasília, Brazil
Number of locations	Regionals: Brasília, Belém, Belo Horizonte, Curitiba, Fortaleza, Florianópolis, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, São Paulo
Key people	Marcos Mazoni, Dir. Pres. Gilberto Paganotto, Dir. Superint. Robinson Margato Barbosa, Dir. Wilton Itaiguara Gonçalves Mota, Dir. Antônio João Nocchi Parera, Dir. Laerte Dorneles Meliga, Dir. José Luiz Maio de Aquino, Dir.[1]
Total assets	US$974,401,368 (2009) R$1,964,586,222 US$932,316,307 (2008) R$1,879,734,400 [2]
Number of employees	10,599 (February 2012)[3] Employees limit: 11.000, plus 575 to amnesties, total limit 11.575
Website	http://www.serpro.gov.br

Serviço Federal de Processamento de Dados (Federal Data Processing Service), or Serpro, is the biggest government-owned corporation of IT services of Brazil.^[4] It was created by Law n. 4.516, of December 1, 1964^[5] to modernize and give agility to strategic sectors of public administration. It's a company linked to the Ministry of Finance of Brazil and it grown developing software and services to let more control and transparency about government revenue and government spending.^[2]

References

1. "Organograma" (in Portuguese). Portal Serpro. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
2. "Serpro - Company Information". Emerging Markets Information Service (EMIS). ISI Emerging Markets. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
3. "Concursos renovaram metade do quadro funcional do Serpro" (in Portuguese). Portal Serpro. 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2013-04-17.
4. "As 50 maiores estatais do Brasil em 2012" (in Portuguese). Exame.com. 2012-08-14. Retrieved 2013-04-17.
5. "Lei Nº 4.516" (in Portuguese). Presidência da República. 1964-12-01. Retrieved 2013-04-17.

External links

Official website (Portuguese)