John Pritchett: Game Over

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John Pritchett is an award-winning cartoonist. He has created artwork in Hawaii for decades, including 20 years at the Honolulu Weekly. See his portfolio on the web at: pritchettcartoons.com. Opinions are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Civil Beat’s views.

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Unfortunately, this story does not surprise me. In 2013 I was working at the State Energy Office and was task to lobby State Agencies to accept massive grant funding from US Department of Energy to modernize their computer systems with new online permitting that would store all the files and the documents in the cloud. We had vetted third party project managers with vast experience ready to step in and help organize and implement existing off-the-shelf online permit systems used successfully in other states and major metropolitan areas. Yet, none of State Agencies were interested. What was so sad is no one DBEDT or Governorâs Office was willing to lobby or push State Agencies to take advantage of the free federal money to adopt proven online permit systems. Welcome to government ineptness and incompetency. Forever frustratedâ¦

HonoluluBob · 1 year ago

When the state contracts to have expensive things done and the contractor does not perform adequately (i.e. computer systems, the rail, etc) aren't the contractors required under the contract to make things right? Or do we take our chances on luck?

Valerie · 1 year ago

Is the contract between the State and the vendor being terminated with cause or convenience? The difference is that with "cause" it stains the reputation of the vendor and would be a consideration for other government-type contracts in other jurisdictions. For convenience, it would be an agreement that both parties go their merry way without penaltyâ¦except to the taxpayer

Rampnt_1 · 1 year ago

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