Office of Enterprise Technology Services staff reviewed the final state IT strategic plan and a one‑page executive placemat with the IT Steering Committee on Jan. 14, highlighting seven strategic priorities and inviting committee input on implementation cadence and governance.

Christine Sekuti presented the placemat and asked members to review the plan and suggest how the IT Steering Committee could help operationalize priorities. “This slide really captures our seven major priorities,” Sekuti said, describing priorities that include optimizing process efficiency, system modernization, shared services, resiliency, workforce modernization, cybersecurity and responsible data/AI use.

Why it matters: The strategic plan is intended to align departmental IT planning and budgeting with statewide priorities; committee members said the plan should guide ETS budget and project choices as well as committee work.

Committee feedback and next steps
- Cadence and engagement: Committee member Jean asked whether quarterly meetings are sufficient to cover the breadth of material. Members proposed forming subcommittees or permitted interaction groups under sunshine rules so smaller groups could focus on priorities such as cybersecurity, workforce, or shared services and report back to the full committee.
- Budget alignment: Several members, including Vice Chair Garrett Yoshimi and Arnold Kishi, urged ETS to tie the placemat to concrete budget items so the committee can better prioritize support and oversight. Arnold said the budget proposals discussed earlier map to elements of the placemat and encouraged a follow‑up that links budget to strategy.
- Working groups: Committee members recommended identifying 2–3 high‑value projects where committee expertise would be most helpful and recruiting volunteers for focused work groups; Garrett offered to work with ETS to craft targeted asks and an agenda for the next meeting.

Sekuti said ETS will prepare material that better aligns the budget requests and specific projects to the strategic priorities and will return with proposals for how the steering committee can contribute, including potential subcommittees or targeted working groups.

Ending: Committee members agreed to consider areas of interest and capacity; ETS said it will propose concrete ways for the steering committee to engage on implementation at the next meeting, to be scheduled in late February or early March.