THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
1016 |
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to the department of accounting and general services.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
The legislature also finds that working
from home or other off-worksite locations has demonstrated cost-effectiveness
and productivity in rendering public services. Remote teleworking can and should continue to
remain an important option for state employees who can accomplish their duties
outside of their traditional work environment.
Social distancing and decreasing employees’ physical presence in state
facilities can continue to provide a defense against the spread of infectious
disease as well as enable more cost-efficient use of state office facilities.
The legislature has determined that employees working off‑site enables the State to make better use of its limited resources, including but not limited to office space, furnishing, equipment, electrical and data requirements, storage space, and other traditional needs of employees who work at state facilities. Employees who can accomplish the same work from an off-site location may prefer to work at home to accommodate caregiving of keiki and kupuna. These considerations can result in a win-win outcome for taxpayers and state employees.
The purpose of this Act is to require the department of accounting and general services to establish and enforce a virtual private network policy in order to provide state employees teleworking from home or other off-worksite locations access to otherwise closed state network resources through the internet in a secure and uniform manner.
SECTION 2. Section 26-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) The department shall:
(1) Preaudit and conduct after-the-fact audits of the financial accounts of all state departments to determine the legality of expenditures and the accuracy of accounts;
(2) Report to the governor and to each regular session of the legislature as to the finances of each department of the State;
(3) Administer the state risk management program;
(4) Establish and manage motor pools;
(5) Manage the preservation and disposal of all records of the State;
(6) Undertake the program of centralized engineering and office leasing services, including operation and maintenance and lease buyback processing pursuant to subsection (d) of public buildings, for departments of the State;
(7) Undertake the functions of the state surveyor;
(8) Establish accounting and internal control systems;
(9) Under the direction of the chief information officer, provide centralized computer information management and processing services;
(10) Establish a program to provide a means for
public access to public information and develop an information network for
state government; [and]
(11) Assume administrative responsibility for the
office of information practices[.]; and
(12) Establish
and enforce a virtual private network policy for state employees to securely access
otherwise closed state network resources."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
DAGS; Virtual Private Networks; State Employees; Internet Access
Description:
Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to establish and enforce a virtual private network policy to allow state employees to access specified state resources on the internet.
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