Transform Hawaii Government

Private Cable Owners Don’t Need To Disclose To The Public “To Burt Lum and many members of the Hawaii Broadband Hui, which Lum organized in March at the start of the COVID-19 crisis, a fundamental problem in Hawaii is that the three critical submarine cables are all owned by private companies reluctant to discuss their … Read more

  Hawaii expects to receive nearly $5 billion in sorely needed federal stimulus funds, thanks to the collective work of our congressional delegation, state leaders and advocates from every corner of the economy. Even with that staggering influx of funding, Hawaii is sure to feel the gaping hole in our economy caused by a pandemic … Read more

“Nearly a decade ago, as Hawaii climbed out of the Great Recession, some state officials sought to create an IT system that would make it easier to apply for government benefits – including unemployment insurance – during tough times. Specifically, they aimed to create an online portal, shared across multiple agencies, where locals who needed … Read more

Kaua’i County’s emergency proclamations are among the state’s most stringent. Of course, coronavirus caught much of the world and Hawai’i off-guard. However, in the private sector, small businesses rose to the occasion by digitizing their sales while some of our favorite restaurants quickly pivoted to offering online ordering and curbside pick-up through their websites. But … Read more

The nearly quarter of a million unemployment insurance applications that Hawaii has received during the COVID-19 pandemic are being processed on a government mainframe that was installed in the early 1980s, back when Pac-Man was a cutting-edge video game. It’s fragile and slow, with technology so obsolete that it predates using a mouse, officials say. … Read more

Let me paint a picture for you: Your kids or somebody else’s kids are “social distanced” away from school for what could be the longest type of spring break in history. The school principal reassures parents that they’ll migrate over to a virtual education model. Problem mostly solved, yes? After all, 81% of Americans have … Read more