Gov. Neil Abercrombie named two more department heads and said he is "on the cusp" of completing his Cabinet with the final two nominees: attorney general and health director.

"It’s just a couple of days before we’re ready to do it," Abercrombie said yesterday at a news conference in his office.

"This thing has kind of unfolded in a way that has led me to, happily, be able to put the Health Department and the AG last," he added. "I think I’m going to be able to make a better choice now than I would have had I chosen earlier."

Abercrombie’s appointments yesterday included Maj. Gen. Darryll Wong as the state’s adjutant general and Glenn Okimoto as transportation director.

Wong is commander and chief of staff of the Hawaii Air National Guard at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

Okimoto is the budget director of the University of Hawaii system.

The governor also announced a reorganization of the Department of Transportation, adding a deputy director in charge of capital improvement projects and doing away with the deputy in charge of the highways division. The department still has separate divisions for harbors and airports.

Abercrombie said the new division is part of an effort to streamline transportation construction projects and generate jobs.

"Rather than having silos for harbors and airports and transportation and so on, we’re going to try and put a capital improvement project together in an integrated way," Abercrombie said.

The deputy named to head the new CIP division is Jadine Urasaki, public works manager for the Department of Education Facilities Development Branch.

Okimoto said the job would be "solely to move capital improvement projects so that we can get the money into the economy and get people back to work."

Other DOT division heads appointed yesterday included Ford Fuchigami as deputy director for the Airports Division and Randy Grune as deputy in charge of the Harbors Division.

As the state’s adjutant general and director of the Department of Defense, Wong said one of his primary focuses upon confirmation will be next year’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.

"Everything we do in APEC will also be in line with things we do with disaster preparedness," Wong said. "We’re going to use that to prepare for APEC."

All department heads are subject to confirmation by the state Senate.

Other appointments announced by the governor yesterday include Jeffrey T. Ono as consumer advocate, Gordon Ito as insurance commissioner and Mila Kaahanui as director of the Office of Community Services.

On other matters, Abercrombie said he plans to begin holding bill signings and other official ceremonies in historic Washington Place, across the street from the Capitol. He plans to work with preservation groups and agencies to see what needs to be done to open up the residence for official duties.

"I think it’s important for the people of the state to see that Washington Place represents the living legacy — going from the kingdom, to the republic, to the territory to the state — it all resides there," he said.

Washington Place, which is on the National Register for Historic Places, was the former residence of Queen Liliuokalani and served as the governor’s mansion until 2002, when a new residence was built on the grounds.

Abercrombie also said he planned to take a vacation or "retreat" to Hana "as soon as I can." He was not specific on the timing.