Bill Text: HI SB1326 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Procurement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-01-28 - Referred to GVO, WAM. [SB1326 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2019-SB1326-Introduced.html
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to procurement.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that an increasing amount of government contracts require the use of computers, a virtual office, or online activity. The legislature further finds that there is difficulty in verifying hours worked on computers for government contracts. The purpose of this Act is to establish a secure and transparent process to verify hours worked on computers for government contracts to prevent abuse and overbilling.
SECTION 2. Chapter 103D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§103D-
Automatic verification
software. (a) This section shall apply only to a contract
by or on behalf of any governmental body of the State for professional or
technical services in excess of $100,000.
(b) A contract subject to this section shall
require a contractor to use software to verify that hours billed for work under
the contract that are performed on a computer are legitimate. The contract shall specify that the governmental
body will not pay for hours worked on a computer unless those hours are verifiable
by the software or data collected by the software. The software required under this section
shall do the following:
(1) Permit the governmental body or the auditor
to have real-time or retroactive access to data collected or provided by the
software;
(2) Automatically gather verification data of
state-funded activity by tracking total keystroke and mouse event frequency and
taking a screenshot at least once every three minutes;
(3) Provide to the governmental body or the
auditor automated real-time cost status of each task;
(4) Provide to the governmental body
professional biographical information;
(5) Protect all private or confidential data
pertaining to individuals pursuant to applicable state and federal law; and
(6) Permit the governmental body to provide
immediate feedback to the contractor on work in progress.
(c) The data collected by the software shall be
considered accounting records belonging to the contractor. The contractor shall store, or contract with
another to store, the data collected by the software for a period of seven
years and provide access to the contracting governmental body or state auditor upon
request.
(d) The contractor shall not charge the
governmental body or the auditor for access to or use of the work verification
software, or for access to or retrievals of data collected by the software.
(e) Software used under this section shall be procured by the contractor from an independent entity."
SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Procurement; Government Contracts; Automatic Verification Software
Description:
Requires a contractor to procure and use software to verify hours billed and automatically gather verification data for work performed under a contract with a governmental body in excess of $100,000.
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
