Hawaii plugs into digital age

A 12-year plan to overhaul old systems and mindsets aims to transform state functions

By Vicki Viotti

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Dec 02, 2012

~~<p>If Sanjeev "Sonny" Bhagowalia gets his way, the concept of state government "paper pushers" will be a thing of the past.</p>
<p>The fact that paper systems of record-keeping, permitting and myriad other tasks of public services remains so much a part of the present in Hawaii is somewhat startling to the state's first chief information officer.</p>
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If Sanjeev "Sonny" Bhagowalia gets his way, the concept of state government "paper pushers" will be a thing of the past.

The fact that paper systems of record-keeping, permitting and myriad other tasks of public services remains so much a part of the present in Hawaii is somewhat startling to the state's first chief information officer. Login for more...