STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2781

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2807

       S.D. 2

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 S.B. No. 2807, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to consolidate the information technology functions of the State.

     Specifically, this measure:

(1)  Formally combines the Office of Information Management and Technology and the Information and Communication Services Division of the Department of Accounting and General Services into one agency known as the Office of Enterprise Technology Services, to be overseen by the State Chief Information Officer; and

(2)  Requires the Office of Enterprise Technology Services to:

(A)  Coordinate procurement of information technology to ensure compatibility with existing systems;

(B)  Provide centralized computer information services for the executive branch; and

(C)  Establish a program for access to public information.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services, the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Office of Consumer Protection, and the Office of Enterprise Technology Services.

     Your Committee finds that in 2010, the Legislature established the Chief Information Officer position and transferred oversight of the Information and Communication Services Division of the Department of Accounting and General Services to the Chief Information Officer.  The following year, the State established the Office of Information Management Technology, also under the oversight of the Chief Information Officer.  Your Committee further finds that consolidation of the two agencies will help to ensure that statewide information processing will align with statewide governance and strategic plans.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Clarifying the duties of the Office of Enterprise Technology Services to include:

(A)  Working with the executive branch departments and agencies to develop and maintain the department or agency's multi-year information technology strategic and tactical plan and roadmap; and

(B)  Coordinating each executive branch department and agency's information technology budget request, forecast, and procurement purchase to ensure compliance with the department or agency's strategic plan and roadmap and with the Office of Enterprise Technology Services' information technology governance processes and enterprise architecture policies and standards;

(2)  Making conforming amendments to section 27-43(b)(6), Hawaii Revised Statutes, to change the reference of "information and communication services division" to "office of enterprise technology services"; and

(3)  Making conforming amendments to section 435H-4(d), Hawaii Revised Statutes, to change the reference of "office of information management and technology" to "office of enterprise technology services".

     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. 2807, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2807, S.D. 2.

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

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair