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howz.IT: June 2022

Posted on Jun 6, 2022 in News

HONOLULU – The new edition of howz.IT is out!  The newsletter includes Gov. Ige recognizing ETS’ Safe Travels team members, CIO recognized with a national award, HACC 2022 dates are announced and more… For more:  howz.IT June 2022

HONOLULU – Gov. Ige recognized State of Hawaii Chief Information Officer Doug Murdock for being awarded Statescoop GoldenGov: State Executive of the Year.  The award was given to the most influential people in state government across the nation.  Murdock was among ...
Read More CIO NAMED STATE EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR

HONOLULU – Gov. Ige honored the Office of Enterprise Technology Services’ Safe Travels team with a certificate of recognition.  The team was recognized for its invaluable contribution to the Safe Travels Program, which was a multi-layered screening process, that included ...
Read More GOV. IGE HONORS ETS’ SAFE TRAVELS TEAM

Road to Omaha Completed

Posted on Jan 25, 2022 in Featured, News, Press Release

HONOLULU – After two years of collaborative planning between ETS’ Executive Branch stakeholder departments and commercial partners, migration from the physical mainframe computers in the Kalanimoku ETS Data Center to a managed service (referred to Mainframe as a Service or ...
Read More Road to Omaha Completed

HONOLULU – The state recently completed the implementation of a new electronic time and leave system that creates greater accuracy and efficiency in its payroll process. About 13,000 employees in the Executive and Legislative branches, and the Office of  Hawaiian ...
Read More New Time and Leave System Completed

HONOLULU – HACCamino, a team from the University of Hawaiʻi, took home the top prize of $4,000 at the Hawaiʻi Annual Code Challenge’s (HAAC) Judging and Presentation Day, which was held over the weekend. HACCamino developed a proof-of-concept app to ...
Read More 2021 HAWAI’I ANNUAL CODE CHALLENGE WINNERS ARE….

Nearly  200  Hawaii Annual Code Challenge (HACC) people attended the 2021 Kick Off held on Oct. 23. Tech enthusiasts at every level –  from high school students, amateurs, to professional coders and even the tech-at-heart attended the virtual event.  Industry ...
Read More 2021 HACC Kicks Off With Nearly 200 in Attendance

HONOLULU — Gov. David Ige has proclaimed October Cybersecurity Awareness Month in Hawaii in recognition of the state’s role in identifying, protecting its citizens from, and responding to cyber threats.  The governor also marked the occasion by announcing the state’s ...
Read More OCTOBER IS CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS MONTH IN HAWAII

HONOLULU – There were 101,199 successful uploads to the Hawaii SMART Health Card application, from Friday, Sept. 10,  2 a.m., to Thursday, Sept. 16,  2 p.m. This is about 75% of all attempts to create a Hawaii SMART Health Card.  ...
Read More MORE THAN 100k UPLOADS TO HAWAII SMART HEALTH CARD

HONOLULU – Gov. David Ige and Doug Murdock, chief information officer, Office of Enterprise Technology Services today unveiled the state’s Hawaiʻi SMART Health Card. The card will enable individuals who received their COVID-19 vaccinations in Hawaiʻi to create a state-issued ...
Read More State launches Hawaiʻi SMART Health Card for digital vaccination verification