Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Media, Arts, Science, and Technology, to which was referred S.B. No. 333, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the information processing services program to implement an interim alternate data center that will recover and restore information processing and telecommunication service in the event services are disrupted by a natural disaster or malicious activity, and a business plan for its implementation.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services, Department of Human Services, Attorney General, Department of Transportation, High Technology Development Corporation, and High Technology Innovation Corporation.

Your Committee finds that in recent years, major natural disasters have focused attention on the need for disaster recovery planning to minimize the disruption of public services. An interim alternate data center would allow state and county agencies to continue to provide critical government services to the public in the event of a major disaster.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Media, Arts, Science, and Technology that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 333, S.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.