STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1903-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 3284

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred S.B. No. 3284, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, 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 Technology Services Consolidation Working Group to:

(1) 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) Recommend ways to attract high-quality information technology professionals to Hawaii.

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

Your Committee finds that information technology services are used in each department to fulfill their duties and responsibilities. Your Committee further finds that the State may benefit from the consolidation of information technology services to gain economies of scale and provide for a more efficient and secure use of technology and information management. The Office of Enterprise Technology Services has already successfully consolidated many information technology services, such as Microsoft 365 for email, file sharing, and online meetings and Adobe eSign for document management, workflow, and electronic signatures. This measure will promote further consolidation of information technology services to benefit the State through the establishment of a Technology Services Consolidation Working Group.

Your Committee notes that it is your Committee's expectation that information technology personnel will still be necessary in each department for purposes of providing technical assistance or other functions after the completion of any proposed phased consolidation.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying that the consolidation of information technology services only applies to those services in which the consolation is determined to be practicable and feasible by the Technology Services Consolidation Working Group; 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 Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3284, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3284, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair