STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1342

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.C.R. No. 162
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Government Operations and Housing and
Education and Technology, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 162
entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING EVERY STATE AGENCY
     CONSULT WITH THE STATE PROCUREMENT OFFICE BEFORE PURCHASING
     OR INSTALLING COMPUTER HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request state agencies to
consult with the State Procurement Office before purchasing or
installing computer hardware.

     Testimony supporting the intent of this measure was received
from the Judiciary.  Testimony supporting this measure with
amendments was received from the State Procurement Office.
Testimony in opposition to this measure was received from the
University of Hawaii.

     Your Committees find that it is in the interest of the State
and its citizens to take advantage of information available from
the Chief Procurement Officer when acquiring computer systems for
use in State agencies.  

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

     (1)  Adding a Whereas clause that acknowledges the Auditor's
          concerns regarding procurement;


 
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     (2)  Including, in the second Whereas clause, communication
          systems as possible ways to achieve agency goals and
          objectives;

     (3)  Adding a Be it Resolved clause requesting the Governor
          to coordinate compliance with this Concurrent
          Resolution;

     (4)  Correcting references to the "State Procurement Policy
          Office" to the "State Procurement Policy Board", and to
          the "State Procurement Officer" to the "Chief
          Procurement Officer".

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Government Operations and Housing and Education and
Technology that are attached to this report, your Committees
concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 162, as amended
herein, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on
Ways and Means, in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 162,
S.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Government
                                   Operations and Housing and
                                   Education and Technology,



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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair                ROD TAM, Chair

 
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