Current Initiatives

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THG wants to raise the bar for government service. Modernization of services within and across state government requires the support and cooperation of everyone, at all levels of state government.

THG has set four ambitious goals for 2025:

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Support the State's executive leaders by advising on critical government modernization initiatives

THG serves in an advisory capacity on the leadership committee of the Enterprise Financial System (EFS) project, the State’s largest business transformation initiative that involves replacing the State’s 55-year-old legacy system. THG is also a member of the Project Advisory Committee for the Unemployment Insurance Modernization Initiative, another legacy system replacement project launched by the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations. Additionally, THG serves on the State IT Steering Committee, which reviews and advises on major IT initiatives including IT consolidation, IT strategic planning, major IT projects, and associated policies and practices such as IT procurement and independent verification and validation (IV&V).

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Strengthen the State's capability and capacity to effectively execute government modernization through workforce development

THG collaborated with the State CIO, Hawaii Leadership Forum, and industry partners to pilot an IT leadership program in the summer of 2025, with an initial cohort comprised of senior leaders from the Office of Enterprise Technology Services (OETS). In 2026, the IT leadership program will focus on modernization initiatives such as the EFS project to create high-performing “fusion teams”— i.e., cross-functional, inter-departmental teams that include IT, program, and business-oriented staff. THG also supports other efforts to evolve and progress the State’s workforce, such as modernizing IT position classifications and compensation as described in the State IT Strategic Plan and IT Consolidation Reports.

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Educate, build, and mobilize the community to maximize support for technology-enabled progress across the State

THG regularly highlights information relevant to government modernization through social media, including posts on newsworthy topics relating to public sector technology. Through its newsletters, THG additionally features more in-depth stories related to government events and projects, plus retrospectives on historical events that shaped the current IT environment. THG also weighs in on relevant trends and hot topics to provide context for readers from an independent, objective perspective. THG furthers its community involvement through participation with the TRUE Initiative, which includes public, private, and nonprofit stakeholders, to help create tech jobs in Hawaii. Additionally, THG has co-sponsored digital government summits and other networking events to promote connections and collaboration among the Hawaii IT community.

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A Fresh Start on Enterprise Financial System

THG’s report on the state of modernization in Hawaii state government made it clear that government leadership and its workforce are aware that the Enterprise Financial System modernization is a top priority for the state because it has the potential to dramatically improve how the state's finances are recorded, streamline business process, increase efficiency, save time and paper, and provide valuable data for informed decision-making across all state departments.

THG has taken action and is working closely with the Governor's Executive Committee leaders, composed of Luis Salaveria, Director of the Department of Budget and Finance; Keith Regan, State Comptroller and Director of the Department of General Services and Accounting; and Christine Sakuda, Chief Information Officer and Director of the Office of Enterprise Technology Services. All three state leaders agree an improved financial management system can improve transparency, accountability, efficiency and decision making and enable all state employees to better serve our kamaaina for generations to come.

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Investing in a Solid Foundation

Under Governor Josh Green and Lieutenant Governor Sylvia Luke, government modernization is moving forward. Governor Green has made modernization a priority within state government. He helped establish a partnership between THG and the state to support the Enterprise Financial System (EFS) modernization project, the state’s main backbone system that links the state systems together.

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Workforce Development

There is a misperception that a new system may result in employees losing their jobs. However, the goal of modernization is to make the jobs of employees easier and to help employees become more productive and valuable in their roles. The EFS modernization process will help employees gain 21st-century skills and continue to work with the state.

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Change Management and Communications

The modernization report identified change management and internal communication as areas to improve. THG is also helping state government business leaders prepare to manage change in their modernization initiatives focused on people and process. To this end, THG launched a new, quarterly Gartner organizational change management workshop series for state leaders. THG also helped to equip state employees with the often-overlooked people aspects of change by investing in a three-day change management certification program offered by Prosci, a world leader in change management.

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Mobilizing Community, Government, and Industry Supporters

Modernization requires everyone to work together. THG keeps various stakeholders informed about their initiatives to help government modernization move forward.

THG has also partnered with other nonprofit and private-sector organizations, serving as a sponsor for the Hawaii Cloud Innovation Summit, Hawaii Digital Government Summit and the Hawaii Code Challenge to support modernization.