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Did you know October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month? This month should be a sobering reminder that every individual, business and government entity in Hawaii and nationally is always at threat of having sensitive information compromised by online hackers and criminals. That means me. That means you. Please click the button below to read the … Read more

This article is referenced from Hawaii Business Magazine. Read the full story https://www.hawaiibusiness.com/change-government-civics/ Change will happen when all citizens are involved, including leaders and employees from government, businesses and nonprofits This report is one of six reports on CHANGE because Hawai’i must change its path. CHANGE stands for six interconnected major issues identified by the Hawai’i Community … Read more

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

“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

Seven years ago, most people still looked skyward when you mentioned “the Cloud.” Yet, 2012 was the last time the State of Hawaii formally updated its IT strategic plan to modernize (and optimize) government processes and technology. Its 1,432 pages delivered an encyclopedic government plan promising “a future state that includes faster, better, and easier … Read more

In 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

Making 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

“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

THG 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

In 2011, the THG community coalition network of citizens helped launch a major initiative to transform the way the State of Hawaii leverages technology to provide information and services to the public. Eight years later, it was time to overhaul the THG website to add greater functionality and resources to our coalition members. Built on … Read more