STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2531

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2236

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Economic Development and Technology, to which was referred S.B. No. 2236 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 clarify that the Information Technology Steering Committee shall consist of thirteen members, including the Chief Information Officer, to assist the Chief Information Officer in developing the State's information technology standards and policies.  Specifically, the membership shall include four members to be selected by the Senate President, four members to be selected by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and four members to be selected by the Chief Information Officer.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Information Management and Technology, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Department of Education, and Judiciary.

     Your Committee finds that authorizing the Chief Information Officer to select four members of the Information Technology Steering Committee will ensure that the Committee has the breadth of skills, expertise, and experience necessary to assist the Chief Information Officer in addressing the priorities of the State's information technology goals and objectives.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development and Technology that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2236 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development and Technology,

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CAROL FUKUNAGA, Chair