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Senate confirms Christine Sakuda as chief information officer for state enterprise technology services
Summary
The Hawaii State Senate confirmed Christine Sakuda as chief information officer of the Office of Enterprise Technology Services by a unanimous recorded vote after a committee report summarized her 25-plus years of IT leadership.
The Hawaii State Senate confirmed Christine Sakuda as chief information officer of the Office of Enterprise Technology Services by a recorded vote of 25 ayes. The Labor and Technology Committee recommended confirmation, citing more than 25 years of experience leading large IT modernization projects and Sakuda’s service as interim CIO.
Committee remarks emphasized Sakuda’s prior roles, including executive leadership in Transform Hawai‘i Government and the Hawaii Health Information Exchange, and her involvement on multiple boards and commissions. Committee remarks also noted that, as presented in the committee report, Sakuda is the first female and Native Hawaiian to serve as chief information officer in the state role (committee statement on the floor).
Senator Aquino introduced Sakuda on the floor and asked guests in the gallery to be recognized after the confirmation. The Senate recorded the confirmation without additional floor amendments or conditional approvals, and the recorded vote was entered at 25 ayes.
Further administrative details about Sakuda’s start date and reporting requirements were not specified during the floor action.
