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COST OF GOVERNMENT COMMISSION c/o Office of the Corporation Counsel, 101 Aupuni Street, Suite 325, Hilo, Hawaii 96720 September 14, 2010 Burt Tsuchiya, Director Data Systems Department 25 Aupuni Street Hilo,Hawai`i 96720 Dear Mr. Tsuchiya: The prior Cost of Government Commission issued a report on January 9, 2007. In that report the Cost of Government Commission made the following recommendations for your department: • Allow Data Systems to become a central point for all PC/Peripherals/Software purchases for the entire County of Hawaii. • Utilize the Police Department's microwave system to replace the monthly recurring costs of Frame Relay/DSL circuits. • Create a wireless network for the major urban areas of Hawaii island, ie., Kona, South Kohala, Waimea,Hilo, and Puna, to be used by the Public Safety sector. • Consolidate all analyst activities from other departments under Data Systems (to include analysts from the Police Department, Prosecutor's Office, Parks and Recreation, and the Office of Aging). • Standardize the PC, LAN/WAN security and internet policies across the entire County of Hawaii network. • Consolidate and standardize GIS applications (ESRI versus Intergraph). • Give Data Systems the authority to develop an internet policy on who has access and non-access to internet websites and have them work with all departments on formulating that policy. Please advise us if your department implemented said recommendations. If said recommendations were not implemented, please state why it was not implemented(what were the barriers with implementation). Because we have only eleven (11)months to fulfill our Charter mandate, we would greatly appreciate a response no later than October 1, 2010. Please send your response to the Cost of Government Commission c/o Office of the Corporation Counsel, 101 Aupuni Street, j Suite 325, Hilo, Hawaii 96720. You may also fax your response to 961-8622 or email your response to the Cost of Government Commission's secretary, Sandy, at sarriola�a)co.hawaii.hi.us. I Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Provider I