STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1879-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: S.C.R. No. 83

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Higher Education & Technology, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 83 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE OFFICE OF ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES TO IMPROVE THE STATE OF HAWAII'S OPEN DATA PORTAL BY INCREASING AND EXPANDING THE DATA SETS AVAILABLE ON THE OPEN DATA PORTAL, CENTRALIZING ALL OPEN DATA SETS OF ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS ONTO THE OPEN DATA PORTAL, AND CONTINUALLY UPDATING THE DATA SETS FOR ACCURACY AND RECENCY OF PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE DATA,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to

(1) The Office of Enterprise Technology Services (OETS) to improve the State's Open Data Portal by:

(A) Increasing and expanding the data sets available on the Open Data Portal;

(B) Centralizing all open data sets of all state departments onto the Open Data Portal;

(C) Continually updating the data sets for accuracy and recency of publicly accessible data; and

(D) Studying and assessing the successful open data portals of other states and major municipalities; and

(2) The heads of all state departments to work with OETS to centralize their open data sets to the State's Open Data Portal.

Your committee received testimony in support from the Office of Enterprise Technology Services one individual.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education & Technology that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 83 and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education & Technology,

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AMY A. PERRUSO, Chair