STAND. COM. REP. NO. 393-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 2410

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Higher Education & Technology, to which was referred H.B. No. 2410 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish a working group to develop a plan for the phased consolidation of information technology services and staff within Executive Branch agencies of the State over a five-year timespan, excluding the Department of Education, Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, and University of Hawaii.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Enterprise Technology Services and Transform Hawai‘i Government.

Your Committee finds that large organizations like state government would benefit by consolidating information technology resources to gain economies of scale and provide for a more efficient and secure use of technology and information management.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education & Technology that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2410, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2410, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education & Technology,

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GREGG TAKAYAMA, Chair