THE SENATE

S.C.R. NO.

91

TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2002

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 
   


SENATE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

REQUESTING THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH TO PROVIDE THE LEGISLATURE WITH ELECTRONIC ACCESS TO EXECUTIVE BUDGET DATA.

 

WHEREAS, each session the Legislature faces the difficult task of allocating limited state moneys among numerous state programs; and

WHEREAS, in order to engage in prudent, informed, and fiscally responsible decision making, the Legislature must have available to it information relevant to the executive budget; and

WHEREAS, obtaining this information, however, often involves countless hours of legislative staff research, including numerous inquiries by phone to state agencies and follow-up activities to secure the information; and

WHEREAS, the Legislature finds that the research process and the overall legislative process could be expedited and made more efficient if the budget information were readily available to the Legislature in electronic form; and

WHEREAS, technology is currently available that would allow for such electronic access and the dissemination of information on a timely and cost efficient basis; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-First Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2002, the House of Representatives concurring, that the executive branch is requested to provide the Legislature with electronic access to executive budget data; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that such data may include budget justification or journal tables, financial accounting management information system reports, and the numerical details for the biennium or supplemental budget, including but not limited to base number information and other budget data stored on computer, via computer industry standard network protocols and computer industry standard data formats, such as Lotus 123; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the executive branch shall provide support to facilitate electronic access to the data and aid in the creation of a program-to-program type interface; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if the Legislature deems it necessary, the departments shall allow supervised on-line or other types of review of program codes, data structures, and other information that the Legislature may deem important, and the departments shall offer full and complete cooperation and support to the Legislature; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Governor and the Director of Finance.

 

 

 

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title:

Executive Branch Budget Data; Requests Electronic Access by Legislature.