STAND. COM. REP. NO.
Honolulu, Hawaii
APR 0 3 2024
RE: S.R. No. 69
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2024
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Labor and Technology, to which was referred
S.R. No. 69 entitled:
"SENATE RESOLUTION URGING THE OFFICE OF ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY
SERVICES TO IMPROVE THE STATE OF HAWAII'S OPEN DATA PORTAL BY
INCREASING AND EXPANDING THE DATA SETS AVAILABLE ON THE OPEN
DATA PORTAL, CENTRALIZING ALL OPEN DATA SETS OF ALL STATE
DEPARTMENTS ONTO THE OPEN DATA PORTAL, AND CONTINUALLY
UPDATING THE DATA SETS FOR ACCURACY AND RECENCY OF PUBLICLY
ACCESSIBLE DATA,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge:
(1) The Office of Enterprise Technology Services (GETS) to
improve the State's Open Data Portal by:
(A) Increasing and expanding the data sets available on
the Open Data Portal;
(B) Centralizing all open data sets of all state
departments onto the Open Data Portal;
(C) Continually updating the data sets for accuracy and
recency of publicly accessible data; and
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(D) Studying and assessing the successful open data
portals of other states and major municipalities;
and
(2) The heads of all state departments to work with OETS to
centralize their open data sets to the State's Open Data
Portal.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Office of Technology Services, Transform Hawai‘i
Government, and one individual.
Your Committee finds that access to empirical data is
critical for decision-makers to make informed decisions.
Accordingly, existing law requires each executive department to
use reasonable efforts to make appropriate and existing data sets
maintained by the department electronically available to the
public through the State's Open Data Portal. Your Committee
finds, however, that there are certain issues with the State's
existing Open Data Portal that prevent access to uniform,
accurate, and current empirical data of the State. By ensuring
access to this critical data, this measure promotes transparency
and supports the ability of decision-makers to make informed,
evidence-based decisions that efficiently provide targeted and
tailored solutions to suit the needs of the State's residents.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Labor and Technology that is attached to this report,
your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 69
and recommends its adoption.
Respectfully submitted on
behalf of the members of the
Committee on Labor and
Technology,
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 The Senate
Thirty-Second Legislature
State of Hawaii
Record of Votes
Committee on Labor and Technology
LBT
Bill / Resolution No.:* Committee Referral: Date:
L&r ■%7/24
__ The Committee is reconsidering its previous decision on this measure.
If so, then the previous decision was to; ________________________________________________
The Recommendation is:
Pass, unamended Pass, with amendments __ Hold __ Recommit
2312 2311 2310 2313
Members Aye Aye (WR) Nay Excused
AQUINO, Henry J.C. (C)
MORIWAKI, Sharon Y. (VC)
IHARA, Jr., Les
LEE, Chris
FEVELLA, Kurt
TOTAL ^2^
Recommendation:
Adopted __ Not Adopted
Chairfe consignee’s Signature:
Distributior^ Original Yellow Pink Goldenrod
File with Committee Report Clerk's Office Drafting Agency Committee File Copy
*Only one measure per Record of Votes
Revised: 12/27/23