STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1769-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   S.B. No. 2807

      S.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2807, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to consolidate the State's management of information technology through the abolition of the Office of Information Management and Technology and the Information and Communication Services Division of the Department of Accounting and General Services and the formal establishment of the Office of Enterprise Technology Services. In addition to the transfer of functions of the abolished entities to the Office of Enterprise Technology Services, this measure also:

     (1)  Directs the Office of Enterprise Technology Services to:

          (A)  Work with the executive branch departments and agencies to develop information technology plans;

          (B)  Coordinate the information technology budget requests of each department;

          (C)  Provide centralized computer information management and processing services; and

          (D)  Provide a means for the public to access public information;

     (2)  Amends the membership of the Information Privacy and Security Council; and

     (3)  Authorizes the Chief Information Officer to appoint a portal program manager.

The Department of Accounting and General Services; Office of Enterprise Technology Services; Department of Labor and Industrial Relations; Department of Budget and Finance; Department of Human Services; Department of Health; The Judiciary; Office of Consumer Protection of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs; Department of Human Resources Development; Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism; Department of Transportation; Department of the Attorney General; Department of Taxation; High Technology Development Corporation; and Hawaii Open Data testified in support of this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2807, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair