Transform Hawaii Government
The Ige Administration has a significant head start on its IT strategic planning. Members of the State of Hawaii IT Steering Committee approved the state’s updated IT Strategic Plan on April 25. This puts the administration more than a year ahead of the requirement to deliver an updated plan to the Legislature, as required by Act 238. The … Read more
Read More“Our strategic plan provides clear direction for enhancing the state’s business processes with technology to best serve the citizens of Hawaii … We will continually refresh it as we move forward to account for lessons learned and changes in technology.” – Douglas Murdock, Chief Information Officer, State of Hawaii It is now law for the … Read more
Read MoreHONOLULU – Transform Hawaii Government (THG) Executive Director Christine Sakuda today released the following statement regarding the state Senate’s confirmation of Douglas G. Murdock as chief information officer (CIO) of the State of Hawaii: “Our Transform Hawaii Government coalition applauds the members of the state Senate for confirming CIO Doug Murdock, who instills confidence in our state’s … Read more
Read MoreIn summer 2015, the Hawai’i Department of Taxation launched an ambitious Tax System Modernization project that, over the course of five “rollouts,” promised to transform operations and better meet the rising expectations of taxpayers. Now, with the completion of “Rollout 4” last November, the majority of state tax services have been migrated to the new … Read more
Read MoreMaking informed decisions about the future of Hawaii requires that decision-makers, both within and external of government, have access to empirical data. In fact, data governance is among the top 10 priorities of chief information officers across all states, according to the National Association of State Chief Information Officers. That’s why THG identified bills like HB … Read more
Read More“By taking quick action to appoint a new state chief information officer (CIO), Gov. David Ige demonstrated a strong appreciation for having capable leadership in place to continue momentum set by previous CIOs. Expediting this appointment was critical not only to maintaining progress in implementing systems but also for assessing how well those systems are being used … Read more
Read MoreTHG is strongly supporting four priority bills this legislative session to usher forward progress in the areas of managing government data and long-term strategic planning: SB 1001, Relating to Government Data – Establishes a chief data officer and data task force, within the office of enterprise technology services, to develop, implement, and manage statewide data … Read more
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