STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 1250
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2021
RE: H.R. No. 14
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2021
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Labor & Tourism, to which was referred H.R. No. 14 entitled:
"HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING A REVIEW OF THE EFFICACY OF THE TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to request that the Auditor conduct a review of the efficacy of the technology resources of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.
Your Committee finds
that unemployment insurance applications submitted during the COVID-19 pandemic
are being processed on a government mainframe computer system that was
installed in the early 1980s and upgraded about five years ago. Your Committee further finds that the
Department of Labor and Industrial Relations has struggled to keep pace with
the large increase in unemployment insurance claims over the course of the
pandemic. Your Committee believes that
it would be prudent to request that the Auditor review the technology resources
available to the Department and make recommendations to the Legislature on how
the Department may improve its services to the public and the resources needed
to implement those recommendations.
Your Committee has amended
this measure by:
(1) Amending the title to read, "REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A REVIEW OF THE EFFICACY OF THE TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS.";
(2) Clarifying that the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations' mainframe computer system was upgraded about five years ago;
(3) Revising the estimated time frame for a long-term fix to the computer system to 2022, rather than 2021; and
(4) 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 Labor & Tourism that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 14, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 14, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Tourism,
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____________________________ RICHARD H.K. ONISHI, Chair |
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