THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2008

 

COMMITTEE ON TOURISM AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Senator Clarence K. Nishihara, Chair

Senator Donna Mercado Kim, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING

 

 

DATE:

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

TIME:

1:15 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 229

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

HYDROGEN INVESTMENT CAPITAL SPECIAL FUND AND

RENEWABLE HYDROGEN MANAGEMENT SERVICES

AND THE

STATE PROCUREMENT OFFICE

 

The purpose of this informational briefing is for the Department of Business and Economic Development (DBEDT) and the State Procurement Office (SPO) to provide the Committee with the current status of RFP-07-11SID.

 

The SPO shall also brief the Committee on its operations, including but not limited to:

 

1) The current status of amendments to its administrative rules in lieu of amendments to the Hawai’i Revised Statutes;

 

2) The complaints (categorized by type) it has received and investigated and the corrective measures, if

      any, it has ordered;

                               

                                3) Its efforts to monitor and police the actions of the various agencies’ procurement personnel;

               

4) Its plans to improve the training and supervision of the various agencies’ procurement personnel; and

                                               

5) Its recommendations on improving the overall procurement policy and procedure to insure objectivity, fairness and confidence in the process.

 

TESTIMONY

 

If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., sign or foreign language interpreter, wheelchair accessibility, or parking designated for the disabled) please contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior to the hearing so arrangements can be made.

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6970.

 

 

 

 

 

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Senator Clarence K. Nishihara

Chair