Legislation

First off I want to wish everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving and joyous Holiday season. This year has gone by extremely fast and 2018 is shaping up to be another eventful year. I’ve been delinquent about posting the results of the 2017 Hawaii Annual Code Challenge which surpassed 2016 in numbers […]

#HACC2017, #GivingTuesday and Beyond

26 Nov, 2017 in Announcements / Events / Legislation tagged #GivingTuesday / #HACC2017 by Burt Lum

Last week on June 22, 2017 the Maui County Council, Policy, Economic Development and Agriculture Committee had a discussion on Open Data (PEA-23) also referred to as County Communications 17-77. Council Member Yuki Lei Sugimura who chairs the committee asked me to provide an overview presentation of open data. You […]

Maui County Council – Open Data Presentation

28 Jun, 2017 in Legislation tagged Maui County / Open Data by Burt Lum

Update on HB1329 – The good news during Conference Committee (4/25/17) is that the bill is funded and is reported to be in the State budget. What we need to do now is find out where in the budget it resides and what is the associated language that accompanies the […]

HB1329 – Update in Conference Committee

25 Apr, 2017 in Legislation tagged HB1329 by Burt Lum (updated 2704 days ago)

Just wanted to keep you posted on the status of HB1329 HD1 SD1. The bill is now headed to a Senate floor vote (Tuesday, 4/11) and then to Conference Committee. I made copies of the following Fact Sheet and passed it out to legislators to let them know what modifications […]

Fact Sheet – HB1329 HD1 SD1 Update

14 Apr, 2017 in Legislation tagged hackathon / proof of concept by Burt Lum (updated 2778 days ago)

On November 27, 2013, Mayor Kirk Caldwell signed Bill 53, CD2, FD1 – Relating to Open Data in law. It now becomes Ordinance 13-39 going into effect immediately. This process that started in August was quite different from what happens in the State Legislature. In some ways it is much […]

Mayor Kirk Caldwell signs Bill 53, CD2, FD1

28 Nov, 2013 in Legislation tagged Bill 53 / Ordinance by Burt Lum (updated 4010 days ago)

Back on August 7, 2013 Bill 53 (2013): Relating to Open Data, got introduced by CM Carol Fukunaga at a full Council meeting. It got subsequently heard on August 20th in the Public Safety and Economic Development Committee. Bill 53 CD1 then moved on to a second reading in the […]

Bill 53: Relating to Open Data – City & County ...

30 Oct, 2013 in Legislation by Burt Lum (updated 4037 days ago)

On July 3, 2013, Governor Neil Abercrombie signed into law a measure to enhance government transparency and accountability in Hawaii through increasing public awareness and access to open data. House Bill (HB) 632, relating to open data, now becomes Act 263. It requires the State’s Executive Branch departments to make […]

Gov. Neil Abercrombie signs Hawaii’s Open Data Bill into Law

5 Jul, 2013 in Legislation tagged Act 263 / HB632 / Open Data by Burt Lum (updated 3797 days ago)

HB632 HD2 crossed a major milestone today and passed a joint hearing of the TEC/JDL committees with small amendments from the Hawaii Bankers Association (see testimony). Also an appropriation amount of $100K was inserted in the section as requested by the Office of Information Practices. TEC is Chaired by Sen […]

HB632 HD2 Crosses Major Milestone

21 Mar, 2013 in Legislation by Burt Lum

I should have known that marshaling a bill through legislation involved some politics. As an update, SB448 SD1 died in the Senate. It was re-referred to a joint committee if JDL/WAM and never got scheduled. On the House side, HB632 HD2 passed through the FIN committee and crossed over to […]

The politics of Open Data

17 Mar, 2013 in Legislation by Burt Lum

The good news is that both bills in the Senate (SB448) and House (HB632) are still alive. SB448 was heard by the TEC committee. As a result of that hearing there were numerous amendments added to the bill language. If you compare SB448 with SB448 SD1, the modifications include clarification […]

Open Data Bills: SB448 & HB632 Update

22 Feb, 2013 in Legislation tagged HB632 / Open Data Bill / SB448 by Burt Lum (updated 4289 days ago)

The first draft of HB632 HD1 Relating to Open Data is now online for your review. It better defines what open data is and which datasets are considered under this open data bill. The schedule for rule making is set for July 1, 2015 to give time for the process. […]

HB632 HD1 Relating to Open Data

7 Feb, 2013 in Legislation tagged HB632 / Open Data Bill by Burt Lum

We are in the new 2013 legislative session and there are a number of bills we are following. Two in particular are the open data bills, SB448 and HB632. The Senate version SB448, is being introduced by Sen. Glenn Wakai, Chair of the Technology and the Arts (TEC) Committee. In the […]

Open Data Bills: SB448 & HB632

29 Jan, 2013 in Legislation tagged HB632 / Open Data Bills / SB448 by Burt Lum (updated 4314 days ago)

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