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Hawaii\u2019s new chief information officer, Christine Sakuda, started last week, taking over from Doug Murdock, who departed the CIO position last month<\/a> after four years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sakuda, who spent the past seven years as executive director of Transform Hawaii Government, a nonprofit that advocates for the improvement of technology in Hawaii\u2019s state agencies, told StateScoop in a brief email that she has four key priorities in her early days as CIO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first priority, she said, is to meet all 140 employees of the Office of Enterprise Technology Services that she now leads.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI plan to meet and talk with all of them,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second priority she named is to delve into the technology agency\u2019s budget to understand its key projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Murdock, Hawaii\u2019s former CIO, supported efforts<\/a> to advance IT consolidation efforts and the state\u2019s use of data<\/a>. He also played a role in launching the state\u2019s digital credential for COVID-19 vaccination<\/a>, a component of the tourism-heavy state\u2019s \u201cSafe Travels\u201d program under former Gov. David Ige.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sakuda said her third priority is to \u201cclearly understand the state priorities\u201d of Gov. Josh Green, his Cabinet, and the state legislature, and to understand how her agency supports those priorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Green last month hosted 16 bill-signing ceremonies, pomp underscoring 253 new laws<\/a>. In a press release, he named balancing the state\u2019s budget and reforming Hawaii\u2019s tax system as being among the \u201cincredible successes\u201d of the recent legislative session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sakuda\u2019s fourth priority is to update Hawaii\u2019s IT strategic plan, the document outlining the state\u2019s broad strategy for using technology in the coming years. A 2019 IT strategic plan<\/a> hosted on the Office of Enterprise Technology Services\u2019 website names priorities like \u201cpartner for successful outcomes\u201d and \u201cextend IT portfolio governance.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plan also includes a dab of Hawaiian culture, naming core values such as \u201cAloha,\u201d or \u201cWe treat everyone with dignity, respect, and kindness, reflecting our belief that people are our greatest source of strength,\u201d and \u201cHo\u2018okumu,\u201d or \u201cWe continually seek new and innovative ways to accomplish our work and commit to finding creative solutions to the critical issues facing this state.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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