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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0892.000 2010-2012 V^OF'' . ;, Nancy E. Crawford William P. Kenoi -° Director Mayor *f. -Amor Deanna S. Sako if�5: ,.q+.�'�•`. Deputy Director County of Hawaii Finance Department 25 Aupuni Street,Suite 2103 • Hilo,Hawaii 96720 (808)961-8234 • Fax(808)961-8569 October 19, 2012 Dominic Yagong, Council Chair and Members of the Hawai`i County Council Hawai`i County Council • 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, Hawai`i 96720 Re: Operating Budget • The State of Hawai`i Department of the Attorney General is providing additional federally derived funds of$35,836 to support the Prosecuting Attorney's Office's implementation of the Integrated Criminal Justice System (CJS) Information Sharing Project. The goal of this project is to improve the efficient exchange of information within the criminal justice system. The project includes automated transfer of case information and reports from the Hawai`i Police Department Records Management system to the Prosecuting Attorney's office HITS case tracking system and Laserfiche document management system. The project also includes the creation of an electronic discover process and addresses meeting the Judiciary's electronic filing of criminal cases requirement. The Prosecuting Attorney's Office anticipates that these initiatives will streamline workflow and improve efficiency by automating manual entry and redundant processes. Enclosed is a bill for an ordinance amending the Operating Budget by appropriating the additional funds into the Integrated CJS Information Sharing program account, increasing the total appropriation to $192,691. If there are any questions, please do not hesitate to call Nancy Kelly of the Prosecuting Attorney's office at 934-3315. C&t..+61 Nancy rawford Director of Finance Enc. cc: Prosecuting Attorney Comm. No. gq Z Ref. To: C 0111 C FC- C Ref. Date OCT 19 a12 Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer ..s Form #: B-52 7/18/91 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION DEPARTMENT: Prosecuting Attorney DATE: 10/16/12 STAFF CONTACT: Nancy Kelly PHONE: 934-3315 A. REQUEST: Requesting a bill to appropriate $35,836 for CJS Information Sharing. B. BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION (USE ADDITIONAL SHEETS AS NEEDED): The Hawaii Department of the Attorney General awarded the Prosecuting Attorney's Office with a FY 2009 Recovery Act - Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) of$156,855 for the Integrated Criminal Justice System Information Sharing project. We have been approved to receive a supplemental award from the FY 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery) for the project. The supplemental funds will enable us to obtain necessary equipment and services to further improve the use of technology to streamline workflow and improve efficiency in the processing of criminal cases. SIGNED: DATE: LO 112 Depart ent Head <6 O r. yq •NEIL ABERCROMBIE gg f DAVID M.LOUIE GOVERNOR -�-' d* ATTORNEY GENERAL RUSSELL SUY STATE OF HAWAII FIRST DEPPUTY UTY ATTORNEY GENERAL GENERAL DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Crime Prevention&Justice Assistance Division 235 South Beretania Street,Suite 401 HONOLULU,HAWAII 98813 (808)586-1150 hawaii.gov/ag/cpja October 11, 2012 • Cif -. v. The Honorable Charlene Iboshi c Prosecuting Attorney —``-t --+ ;� Office of the Prosecuting Attorney p v N , 655 Kilauea Avenue Hilo,Hawaii 96720 >�! -77'1 Dear Ms. Iboshi: I:} rp " . Congratulations,the County of Hawaii, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney was selected to receive a Supplemental Award from the FY 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act(Recovery),Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant(JAG)program for the following project: FY 2009 JAG-Recovery Award CFDA# 16.803 Project Title: Integrated Criminal Justice System Information Sharing Project Contract No: 09-SU-28 New Amount: $192,691 The supplemental award is for an additional $35,836 in federal funds raising the federal amount from $156,855 to $192,691. We will be in contact with Dale Ross,Project Director,regarding the supplemental amount and the revisions needed to process a supplemental agreement for the current contract. The revision will be needed as soon as possible. The JAG-Recovery grant expires on February 28, 2013;therefore it is crucial that all funds be expended by February 28, 2013. If you have any questions, please contact the assigned specialist, Albert Bolosan, at 808-586-5992 or A1bert.L.Boiosan @hawaii.gov. Sincerely, Julie Ebato Administrator JE:jc cc: Dale Ross, Project Director