STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3504

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 2007

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2007, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to improve government operations and efficiency by establishing a Lean Government Advisory Board within the Department of Human Resources Development.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from one individual.  Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance, the Department of Human Resources Development, and the Hawaii Government Employees Association.

     Your Committee finds that the goal of the Lean Government Advisory Board will be to develop the State's human resources by engaging and developing state employees to be the best at their work through lean management principles.  Developing the carrying capacity and capability of public employees will ensure the public that the State is making the best use of its resources.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by adding an unspecified appropriation to be expended by the Department of Human Resources Development to establish and administer the Lean Government Advisory Board.

     Your Committee notes that, as this measure moves through the legislative process, the Department of Human Resources Development should identify cost-related items and recommend a proposed amount for the appropriation.

     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. 2007, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2007, H.D. 2, S.D. 1.

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

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair