Office of enterprise technology services; chief information officer; information technology steering committee; establishment; responsibilities
HRS §27-43
in effect27-43. Office of enterprise technology services; chief information officer; information technology steering committee; establishment; responsibilities
(a) There is established within the department of accounting and general services the office of enterprise technology services, which shall be headed by a full-time chief information officer to organize, manage, and oversee statewide information technology governance. The chief information officer shall be appointed by the governor as provided in section 26-34. The chief information officer shall report to the comptroller and shall:
(1) Develop, implement, and manage statewide
information technology governance;
(2) Develop, implement, and manage the state
information technology strategic plans;
(3) Develop and implement statewide technology
standards;
(4) Work with each executive branch department and
agency to develop and maintain its respective multi-year information technology
strategic and tactical plans and road maps that are part of the State's overall
information technology strategic plans, road maps, and directions;
(5) Coordinate each executive branch department and
agency's information technology budget request, forecast, and procurement
purchase to ensure compliance with the department or agency's strategic plan
and road map and with the office of enterprise technology services' information
technology governance processes and enterprise architecture policies and
standards, including policies and standards for systems, services, hardware,
software, and security management;
(6) Report annually to the governor and the
legislature on the status and implementation of the state information
technology strategic plan;
(7) Update the state information technology strategic
plan every four years;
(8) Perform other necessary or desirable functions to
facilitate the intent of this section;
(9) Employ persons exempt from chapters 76 and 89;
(10) Provide centralized computer information
management and processing services, coordination in the use of all information
processing equipment, software, facilities, and services in the executive
branch of the State, and consultation and support services in the use of
information processing and management technologies to improve the efficiency,
effectiveness, and productivity of state government programs;
(11) Establish, coordinate, and manage a program to
provide a means for public access to public information and develop and operate
an information network in conjunction with overall plans for establishing a
communication backbone for state government; and
(12) Adopt rules, pursuant to chapter 91, necessary
for the purposes of this part.
(b) The salary of the chief information
officer shall be established by the governor.
(c) There is established an information
technology steering committee to assist the chief information officer in
developing the State's information technology standards and policies, including
but not limited to:
(1) Assisting the chief information officer in
developing and implementing the state information technology strategic plans;
(2) Assessing executive branch departments' progress
in meeting the objectives defined in the state information technology strategic
plans and identifying best practices for shared or consolidated services;
(3) Ensuring technology projects are selected based
on their potential impact and risk to the State, as well as their strategic
value;
(4) Ensuring that executive branch departments
maintain sufficient tools to assess the value and benefits of technology
initiatives;
(5) Assisting the chief information officer in
developing state information technology standards and policies;
(6) Clarifying the roles, responsibilities, and
authority of the office of enterprise technology services, specifically as it
relates to its statewide duties; and
(7) Assisting the chief information officer in
developing a plan to enhance the hawaii.gov mobile application to increase
resident and visitor usage of the mobile application.
The information technology steering committee
shall consist of thirteen members, with four members to be appointed by the
senate president, four members to be appointed by the speaker of the house of
representatives, one member to be appointed by the chief justice, one member to
be appointed by the governor, one member to be appointed by the superintendent
of education, and one member to be appointed by the president of the university
of Hawaii, and may include representatives from executive branch departments,
the legislature, and private individuals. The chief information officer shall
serve as an ex officio member and as the chair of the committee. The committee
shall select a vice chair from among its members. Each member shall be
appointed for four-year terms; provided that each member shall hold office
until reappointed by the member's respective appointing authority at the end of
the member's term or until the member's successor is appointed.
(d) There is established within the department
of accounting and general services a special fund to be known as the shared
services technology special fund to be administered and expended by the chief
information officer for the purposes of this subsection. Three per cent of the
receipts collected from special funds pursuant to section 36-27 shall be
deposited into the shared services technology special fund. Any law to the
contrary notwithstanding, the moneys in the fund shall be used to fund the operations
of the chief information officer and the information technology steering
committee, including the employment and training of staff and any other
activities deemed necessary by the chief information officer to carry out the
purposes of this section.
(e) The chief information officer and the
comptroller may raise funds to defray administrative costs and may accept
donations of money and personal property on behalf of the information
technology steering committee; provided that all donations accepted from
private sources shall be expended in the manner prescribed by the contributor,
and all moneys received shall be deposited into the information technology
trust account. The chief information officer may also directly receive donated
personal services and personal property for which funding is not required.
(f) The chief information officer shall
present an annual report of the office of enterprise technology services to the
information technology steering committee for public comment and shall
thereafter, but no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each
regular session of the legislature, submit the annual report to the governor
and legislature. The annual report shall include updates on the activities and
programs under the authority of the chief information officer and the information
technology steering committee, updates on the hawaii.gov mobile application,
and the expenditures of all moneys received from all sources and deposited into
the information technology trust account and the shared services technology
special fund.
(g) The chief information officer shall submit
the updated state information technology strategic plan, revised pursuant to
subsection (a)(7), to the governor and the legislature no later than twenty
days prior to the convening of every fourth regular session of the legislature;
provided that the chief information officer shall submit the first updated
state information technology strategic plan to the governor and the legislature
no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2021.
[(h)] As used in this section,
"hawaii.gov mobile application" means the mobile application
developed by or for the State to enable the public to access hawaii.gov.
[L
2010, c 200, §2; am L 2011, c 84, §2; am L 2012, c 224, §1; am L 2016, c 58, §3;
am L 2019, c 238, §2; am L 2021, c 186, §2; am L 2024, c 82, §1 and c 140, §2]
Source: Hawaii State Legislature (capitol.hawaii.gov), via Internet Archive capturesURL: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol01_Ch0001-0042F/HRS0027/HRS_0027-0043.htmFetched: 11/10/2026