Want to file a tax return? There’s an app for that. Need a license for your business? There’s an app for that and how about filing for a permit? There’s an app for that, too.

These are just a few of the programs now available by the Puerto Rico government through its online service, “pr.gov,” which is expected to get more than 3.5 million hits by the end of 2011. More than 70 new online applications for business will be rolled out in the near future.

The effort to transform how people and businesses interact with the local government began in 2009 with the creation of the Puerto Rico office of the Chief Information Officer.

Xtrategit Corporation consultants were instrumental in the design of the digitalization strategy and guided a pilot project that established the Puerto Rico Treasury Department’s business licensing process.