STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3333

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 1885

H.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Government Operations, to which was referred H.B. No. 1885, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GOVERNMENT DATA,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

(1) Establish and appropriate funds for a Chief Data Officer within the Office of Enterprise Technology Services to develop, implement, and manage statewide data policies, procedures, and standards, and facilitate data sharing across state agencies; and

(2) Establish a Data Task Force within the Office of Enterprise Technology Services to assist in the development of the statewide data policies, procedures, and standards.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Enterprise Technology Services; Office of Information Practices; Office of Hawaiian Affairs; Transform Hawai‘i Government; Civil Beat Law Center for the Public Interest; Society of Professional Journalists Hawaii Chapter; Ulupono Initiative; Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander COVID-19 Hawaii Response, Recovery, and Resilience Team; Hawaii Hui; and Hawaii Health Information Exchange. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

Your Committee finds that increasing access to data maintained by state agencies will benefit government operations and the public. This measure is consistent with the express policies of the State and will stimulate innovation, encourage public participation in government, and increase transparency. Your Committee further finds that effective efforts to increase access to government data require consistent policies, procedures, and standards across all state agencies. Accordingly, this measure will promote the uniform development, implementation, and management of statewide data policies to increase and enhance access to government data by establishing a Chief Data Officer position and Data Task Force within the Office of Enterprise Technology Services.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1885, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Government Operations,

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SHARON MORIWAKI, Chair