STAND. COM. REP. NO. 461-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2225

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 2225 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Give the Office of Enterprise Technology Services Chief Information Officer full discretion to require independent verification and validation of information technology projects if certain criteria are met;

(2) Require that certain information technology projects adhere to statewide information technology governance; and

(3) Provide a review process established by the Chief Information Officer for information technology projects.

The Chief Information Officer for the State of Hawaii and head of the Office of Enterprise Technology Services commented on this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to January 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2225, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2225, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair