STAND. COM. REP. 1020
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: S.B. No. 1251
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Economic Development and Business Concerns, to which was referred S.B. No. 1251, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO A STATE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to designate the State Comptroller as the State's Chief Information Officer. Among other things, the duties of the Chief Information Officer would include:
(1) Ensuring that departments are held accountable for delivering the promised benefits of information technology expenditures;
(2) Directing efforts of separate state departments in developing and implementing a statewide strategic information technology plan;
(3) Serving as a liaison between the Governor and the Special Advisor for Technology Development, executive branch department directors, Judiciary, counties, and legislative branch on information technology issues;
(4) Developing standards and overall technology approaches that minimize the use of customized systems;
(5) Establishing information technology policies and guidelines as new technologies arise; and
(6) Supporting the goals of the State's Internet website.
The Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS) supported this bill, but recommended amendments to ensure that information technology resources are allocated by state needs and to establish a State Information Technology Governance Committee.
Your Committee has adopted DAGS' recommendations and has amended this bill to:
(1) Ensure that information technology resources, such as systems, services, hardware, software, and personnel, are allocated by state needs; and
(2) Establish a State Information Technology Governance Committee, consisting of administrator-representatives of the state departments, whose purpose shall be to coordinate implementation of information technology strategies, policies, and programs, and to facilitate integration of information technology systems across departments.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development and Business Concerns that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1251, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1251, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development and Business Concerns,
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____________________________ BRIAN SCHATZ, Chair |
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