Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation and Government Operations, to which was referred Governor's Message Nos. 247 and 248, submitting for study and consideration the nominations of:

begs leave to report as follows:

Your Committee received testimony in support of GREG KING from the State Procurement Office and Maui Department of Finance. The nominee received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Kansas State University and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Houston. He has been employed by the County of Maui since 1992, working as a purchasing specialist and a purchasing agent. Your Committee notes that he practices in government purchasing as his regular employment which is an asset to the Procurement Policy Board. Mr. King is being reappointed to the Board.

Your Committee received testimony in support of RICHARD G. TOTTEN from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Pacific Division), U.S. Army Legal Services Agency, U.S. Army Judge Advocate General, the Magistrate Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico, and the Clerk of the U.S. Supreme Court. The nominee received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business from the University of Connecticut, a J.D. degree from The Southern Methodist University, an LL.M. degree from the United States Army Judge Advocate General's School, and an LL.M. in Procurement Law degree from The George Washington University. Since January 2003, the nominee has been the Deputy District Counsel, Honolulu District, United States Corps of Engineers in Honolulu. As the senior staff attorney, he is responsible for all federal procurement matters for the district. Your Committee finds that Mr. Totten would be an asset to the Procurement Policy Board.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominees, has found the nominees to be qualified for the positions to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nominations.