Hawaii CIO Trumpets ‘Sound Roadmap’ for Tech Transformation
The chief information officer’s remarks came at the state’s Digital Government Summit in Waikiki Tuesday.
Hawaii’s chief information officer has positive things to say about the the transformation plan for the state’s antiquated information technology system.
Speaking before more than 650 state and county employees at Tuesday’s Hawaii Digital Government Summit at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, Keone Kali congratulated his predecessor, Sonny Bhagowalia, for “laying down the foundation of our information technology transformation, and today we have a sound roadmap outlined in our technology transformation plan.”
Kali said the state “remains committed to the transformative changes needed for a modern, secure and accessible digital government for the people of Hawaii.” He then ticked off a list of developments, including:
Hawaii CIO Keone Kali at the Hilton in Waikiki on Tuesday.
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acceleration of a “Transformation in Action” plan he said is “now into full implementation”;
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being named the 2014 Best of the Web State Portal from the Center for Digital Government;
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receiving a “Perfect Score” in the 2014 State Open Data Policies and Portals Report by the Center for Data Innovation;
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establishment of the state’s first Security Operations Center – “The SOC” – to monitor and respond to cyber threats to departments and agencies;
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alignment of the state cyber security approach with the National Cyber Security Framework; and
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implementation of a cloud-first policy for IT projects.
Kali added, “We are now rapidly moving forward with moving Executive Branch departments from Lotus Notes to Microsoft Office 365, which includes Microsoft Lync video conferencing, and voice over IP. We plan to do this over the next two years.”
Kali said he believes that Gov. David Ige and the new Legislature recognize “the value of modernizing state government.” He also thanked the Omidyar Ohana Fund of the Hawaii Community Foundation for its support of the state’s IT transformation. Pierre Omidyar is the publisher of Civil Beat.
For more on Hawaii’s CIO and his huge IT challenge, read Civil Beat’s Civil Bytes: A Journey Into the Basement With Hawaii Tech Chief Keone Kali.
