STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3423

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 83

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.C.R. No. 83 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE ACCESS HAWAII COMMITTEE, HAWAII INFORMATION CONSORTIUM, AND EACH STATE AGENCY WHO CURRENTLY HAS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HAWAII INFORMATION CONSORTIUM TO COLLABORATE AND PROVIDE THE LEGISLATURE WITH A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRESS REPORT REGARDING THE ACTIVITIES AND EXPENSES OF THE STATE'S INTERNET PORTAL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Access Hawaii Committee, Hawaii Information Consortium, and various state agencies to collaborate and provide the Legislature with a progress report on the activities and expenses of the State's internet portal.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Office of Enterprise Technology Services.

     Your Committee received written comments on this measure from Hawaii Information Consortium, LLC.

     Your Committee finds that the internet portal project was established in 1999 to redesign the State's website as a single electronic access point for information and services relating to all state agencies.  The Access Hawaii Committee oversees the activities of the State's Internet Portal Manager.  Since the project's establishment, the State has placed many services online to provide electronic access.  However, the world's reliance on and typical use of the Internet has changed dramatically since 1999.  Your Committee believes that a report on the internet portal project's activities and expenses will provide the Legislature with the information necessary to support the needs of the project and possibly maximize its efficiency.

     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 concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 83 and recommends its adoption.

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

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair