STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2689

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2516

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Labor and Technology and Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 2516 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

(1) Rename the position of state Chief Information Officer as the Deputy Comptroller for Information Technology; and

(2) Specify that the Deputy Comptroller for Information Technology shall be appointed by, and shall report to, the Comptroller.

Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Office of Enterprise Technology Services and one individual.

Your Committees received comments on this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services.

Your Committees find that currently the Office of Enterprise Technologies is attached to the Department of Accounting and General Services, however, it has near full autonomy as an attached agency. The Office of Enterprise Technology currently reports directly to the Governor and the Chief Information Officer who is appointed by the Governor. This leads to a unique situation where in statute, the Comptroller has managerial responsibility over the Office of Enterprise Technology, but in practice, this is not the case. This measure corrects this organizational and hierarchical glitch.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Labor and Technology and Government Operations that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2516, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2516, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Labor and Technology and Government Operations,

________________________________ ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Chair

________________________________ HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair