STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1148

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 1060

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1060, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to advance the development and execution of the State's information technology strategic plan.

     Specifically this measure:

     (1)  Authorizes the Chief Information Officer to employ persons exempt from chapters 76, 78, and 89, Hawaii Revised Statutes;

     (2)  Transfers the shared services technology special fund from the Department of Budget and Finance to the Department of Accounting and General Services;

     (3)  Authorizes the Chief Information Officer and Comptroller to raise funds and accept donations for the fund;

     (4)  Requires the Chief Information Officer to submit annual reports to the Governor and the Legislature; and

     (5)  Appropriates moneys to fund the operations of the Chief Information Officer and the Information Technology Steering Committee, including the hiring and training of staff.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from Bruce A. Coppa, Comptroller, Department of Accounting and General Services.

     Your Committee finds that this measure will assist the Chief Information Officer and all stakeholders by providing a better framework for the duties and responsibilities of the Chief Information Officer and providing the necessary staffing and funding resources to accomplish those objectives.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by 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 H.B. No. 1060, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1060, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.

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

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair