STAND. COM. REP. NO.360

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 616

H.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor and Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 616 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to enable state government to better use current information technology by:

(1) Establishing a chief information officer within the Office of the Governor to, among other things:

(a) Establish and enforce policy for the State's electronic data management systems;

(b) Advocate for technology training for the state workforce; and

(c) Assist in implementing a statewide strategic plan for information technology;

and

(2) Appropriating funds for the information technology policy function.

 

 

The Office of the Governor, Department of Accounting and General Services, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, and Office of Information Practices testified in support of this measure. The High Technology Development Corporation testified in support of the intent of the measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the effective date of the bill to July 1, 2020;

(2) Eliminating the repeal date of the bill; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor and Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 616, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 616, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor and Public Employment,

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TERRY NUI YOSHINAGA, Chair