STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1249-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   S.B. No. 2807

      S.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred S.B. No. 2807, S.D. 2, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to formally consolidate the Office of Information Management and Technology and the Information and Communication Services Division.

     Specifically, this measure:

(1)  Formally establishes the Office of Enterprise Technology Services, which was created by Administrative Directive No. 15-02;

(2)  Abolishes the Office of Information Management and Technology and transfers the functions of that office to the Office of Enterprise Technology Services;

(3)  Abolishes the Information and Communication Services Division within the Department of Accounting and General Services and transfers the functions of that division to the Office of Enterprise Technology Services;

(4)  Directs the Office of Enterprise Technology Services to:

(A)  Work with the executive branch departments and agencies to develop information technology plans;

(B)  Coordinate the information technology budget requests of each department;

(C)  Provide centralized computer information management and processing services; and

(D)  Provide a means for the public to access public information; and

(4)  Authorizes the Chief Information Officer to appoint a portal program manager.

Your Committee received testimony in support of the measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services and the Office of Enterprise Technology Services.

     Your Committee finds that the Chief Information Officer currently heads both the Office of Information Management and Technology and the Information and Communication Services Division.  Formally consolidating the information technology functions of these two offices under the authority of the Chief Information Officer will help coordinate the State's efforts to modernize its technology functions and improve the delivery of technology services by the executive departments.

     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. 2807, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair