STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2578

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2548

       S.D. 2

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2548, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to implement a key recommendation of Auditor Report No. 09-06 to establish a Chief Information Officer and an Information Technology Steering Committee to organize, manage, and oversee statewide information technology governance.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the High Technology Development Corporation.  Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from the Office of the Governor.  The written comments may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committee finds that the State will benefit from having a high level Chief Information Officer and Information Technology Steering Committee to streamline existing government operations through strategic information technology planning.  Your Committee further finds that a dedicated source of funding should be available for the operations of the Chief Information Officer and Information Technology Steering Committee.

     Accordingly, your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Establishing the shared services technology special fund to be funded by an unspecified percentage of central service fees;

(2)  Exempting the shared services technology special fund from payments for central service expenses under section 36-27, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and departmental administrative expenses under section 36-30, Hawaii Revised Statutes;

(3)  Changing the effective date to January 1, 2099, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

(4)  Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2548, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2548, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair