HI HCR128

Request the State Auditor to conduct a financial audit of information technology expenditures in executive branch departments and attached agencies (excluding Department of Education, University of Hawaii, and Office of Hawaiian Affairs) for fiscal years 2010-2011 through 2013-2014.

Audit to include all purchase orders, credit card transactions, and contract encumbrances for IT expenditures; hardware, software, consultant, telecommunications, network, and infrastructure acquisitions; and amounts and purposes of expenditures.

Audit to review all IT and related technical positions across departments, including budgeted and actual salaries, and compile a summary of IT expenses by department.

Audit to identify IT services and products received that do not appear as department expenditures, such as equipment or programming support provided by federal or non-profit partners outside normal state procurement.

Auditor to submit findings, recommendations, and any proposed legislation to the Legislature no later than twenty days before the 2016 Regular Session convenes.