HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                      THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                       REGULAR SESSION OF 2000

                        COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
              Representative Dwight Y. Takamine, Chair
            Representative Bertha C. Kawakami, Vice-Chair

                  NOTICE OF INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING

      DATE:     Friday, March 17, 2000
      PLACE:    State Capitol, Conference Room 308

      SUBJECT: New Statewide Network Infrastructure

                             A G E N D A



2:30 p.m. to completion

BACKGROUND


The State of Hawaii recently awarded a contract to GTE Hawaiian Tel which
has teamed up with Cisco Systems, Inc., to develop and install the Next
Generation Network (NGN), a telecommunication system that will provide
state government with greater connectivity and increase operational
efficiency.

The House through HB 1900, HD1 (The Executive Supplemental Budget),
authorized an additional $3.0 million dollars to complete the NGN project.

AGENDA


The Department of Accounting and General Services, ICSD division and GTE
Hawaiian Tel will further update the Committee on the current status and
scheduled phase in of the project.  In addition, they will provide in
detail, the goals and scope of the NGN project which is designed to upgrade
the telecommunication infrastructure to support current and future
technological demands of state agencies.





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                               Rep. Dwight Y. Takamine, Chair

NOTICE FIN 03/17/00