STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1199-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 3284

S.D. 2

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 S.B. No. 3284, S.D. 2, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Establish a Technology Services Consolidation Working Group (Working Group) to develop a plan for the phased consolidation of all state Executive Branch information technology services and staff within five years, except those of the Department of Education, Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, University of Hawaii, and Office of Hawaiian Affairs, under the Office of Enterprise Technology Services; and

(2) Require the Working Group to recommend ways to attract high-quality information technology professionals to Hawaii.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Transform Hawai‘i Government. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Department of Budget and Finance, Department of Transportation, and Office of Enterprise Technology Services.

Your Committee finds that large organizations like the State of Hawaii could benefit from consolidating information technology resources to gain economies of scale and provide for a more efficient and secure use of technology and information management. The consolidation of technology resources will also help the State to remain in compliance with growing regulatory requirements for accessibility, information storage, data sharing, and security, especially in light of recent high‑profile attacks on government computer systems by hackers. This measure tasks the Working Group with developing a phased consolidation plan to accomplish this.

Your Committee has amended this measure by 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 S.B. No. 3284, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3284, S.D. 2, 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