Hawaii State Government

...Abercrombie today announced the release of more than $3.03 million for various capital improvement grants to Hawaii-based nonprofit organizations whose missions benefit ....

• DATE: Wednesday, December 18, 2013
• TIME: 1:30 p.m.
• PLACE: Auditorium, State Capitol

Abercrombie today announced that the State of Hawaii ended fiscal year 2013 with a positive fund balance of $844 million....

These meetings are designed to demystify the State lawmaking process, and will demonstrate ways that you can speak out at the legislature....

...informational briefing is to provide the legislature with an update on the ERS’ financial status and actuarial valuation report prepared by Gabriel Roeder Smith and Company....

...violating federal law by failing to pay foster parents enough to adequately care for the foster children in their homes....

Grant Y.M. Chun to the Board of Education (BOE); Doreen Napua Gomes to the Hawaiian Homes Commission; Aaron D. Mahi to the Land Use Commission (LUC); and Brian T. Tamamoto to the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA), Kakaako District....

The DOT vendors that appear to have paid for John Doe’s golf are Mitsunaga & Associates, Inc., TM Designers, Inc., Bowers + Kubota Consulting, Inc., and R. M. Towill Corporation....

An administrative fine of ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FORTY DOLLARS ($1,940.00) for the violations ....

A bipartisan group of state and county leaders age 40 and under ....

• DATE: Monday, December 02, 2013
• TIME: 2:00 pm
• PLACE: Conference Room 329 State Capitol

From 2007 to 2013, Allen was a senior manager for ASI Government, Inc. in Arlington, Va.....

The state Department of Taxation paid CGI Group more than $87 million over 12 years....

• DATE: Monday, November 25, 2013
• TIME: 1:30 pm
• PLACE: Conference Room 329, State Capitol

Twenty-five people in the state Department of Taxation were put on leave in December 2011 for unauthorized access to tax records....

This Halloween, the Chicago-based government watchdog group, Truth in Accounting, issued what its authors call a “haunting” report....

Representative Bob McDermott filed a lawsuit today seeking a Declaratory Judgment regarding the 1998 ballot issue pertaining to same-sex marriage....

Amy Asselbaye and Patricia Halagao ....

Legislative Committee Hearings set Oct 29-31 ....

• TIME:     1:30 p.m.
• PLACE:  Conference Room 309 State Capitol 415 South Beretania St

CGI Technologies and Solutions, Inc., another subsidiary, had been responsible for overhauling the IT systems for the Hawaii tax department....

...Abercrombie has asked the Hawaii State Legislature to expand the agenda....

Gov. Neil Abercrombie is in Washington, D.C. just after returning from vacation in France....

In 2008, the Legislature amended H.R.S. §206E·3 to require Kakaako small business representation on HCDA. The cultural expert and Kakaako resident members were added last year by Act 323. At present, HCDA does not meet these membership requirements....

On Friday (Sept. 27), the governor and his wife Nancie Caraway will travel to France.  Originally scheduled to return Oct 11, the governor is now planning to be back in Hawaii Oct. 20....

Attorney General Louie has announced that he has issued Formal Opinion No. 13-1 (Op. No. 13-1) in which he has concluded that ... the Legislature has the authority... to consider and enact a bill relating to marriage ....

legislative action might be required to remedy an apparent effort to frustrate state open records law....

Acting Governor Shan Tsutsui has announced the State of Hawaii is under a temporary hiring freeze on vacant positions within the Executive Branch....

Do you feel rich? The Wall Street Journal claims you are, as a fiscal watchdog group says the opposite, citing crushing amounts of government debt....

...listen to Dr. Akina further discuss the problem on HPR’s “The Conversation”....

C. Mike Kido as legislative advisor, effective immediately, and Yvonne W.M. Lau as education policy analyst, effective Oct. 1....

RFP submission deadline 2pm, Dec 3, 2013....

Hawaii's newly redesigned web portal and department websites recognized in the Center for Digital Government's Best of the Web awards....

This debate should be in public and suggestions and changes to the legislation should be transparent....

...new study from State Budget Solutions on the funded status of public employee pension plans....

... Hawaii is present in the top ten of both lists, showing large unfunded liabilities compared to their populations and economic output ....

...capital improvement project (CIP) and grant funds for priority repairs and improvements at state facilities and public schools, as well as installation of a new photovoltaic system....

Once they establish principles for reform, legislators can choose from a menu of options. Tinkering with existing plans is the most obvious, and sometimes the easiest....

After serving as the Hawaii Captive Insurance Administrator and Deputy Insurance Commissioner for 3 ½ years, George Sumner has resigned his position, effective August 29....

Closing date for applications is August 30, 2013....