STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2377

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2836

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Technology and Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 2836 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ACCESS HAWAII COMMITTEE,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to provide agencies more flexibility and online options to provide enhanced digital services to the public in order to better serve the public and businesses by clarifying provisions related to the Access Hawaii Committee.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Enterprise Technology Services and State Procurement Office. Your Committees received comments on this measure from one individual.

Your Committees find that state online services and the means of conducting business over the Internet have dramatically changed over the years. In order to better serve the public and businesses, the State must be in alignment with current practices of departments and agencies that now use multiple internet services. Therefore, it is critical to give departments more flexibility to deliver digital services to the public, better coordinate activities of multiple internet services used by the State, and take full advantage of new technologies and portal services available on the evolving Internet.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Technology and Government Operations that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2836 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Technology and Government Operations,

________________________________ LAURA H. THIELEN, Chair

________________________________ JARRETT KEOHOKALOLE, Chair