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Department of Accounting and General Services
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- DAGS
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Dates of existence
1959
History
The department was established in 1959 under the Reorganization Act of 1959, Act 1, Second Special Session. The title of the Auditor of the Territory had been changed to comptroller in 1957, and the 1959 Act combined the comptroller's department with the non-highway functions of the Territorial Department of Public Works (1900-1959), the Board of Commissioners of Public Archives (1905-1959), the Board of Disposal (1933-1959), the Bureau of Purchases and Supplies (1941-1959), and the Disposal Committee (1945-1959).
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The Department audits financial accounts of all state departments to determine the legality of expenditures and accuracy of accounts; reports to the governor and to each regular session of the legislature as to the finances of each department of the State; administers the state risk management program; maintains motor pools; manages the preservation and disposal of all records of the State; undertakes the program of centralized engineering and office leasing services; undertakes the functions of the state surveyor; provides centralized computer information management and processing services, coordination in the use of all information processing equipment, software, facilities, and services in the executive branch of the State, and consultation and support services in the use of information processing and management technologies to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and productivity of state government programs; establishes, coordinates, and manages a program to provide a means for public access to public information; and develops and operates an information network in conjunction with its overall plans for establishing a communication backbone for state government.
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Reorganization Act of 1959, Act 1, Second Special Session
Internal structures/genealogy
The department is headed by the Comptroller.
The Department is divided into eight divisions:
- Accounting Division
- Archives Division
- Audit Division
- Automotive Management Division
- Central Services Division
- Information and Computer Systems Division
- Land Survey Division
- Public Works Division
The King Kamehameha Celebration Commission, Stadium Authority, State Foundation of Culture and the Arts, Procurement Policy Office, and State Procurement Office are placed within the department for administrative purposes.
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Created on 2001-05
Revised on 2020-10-26
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- English
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Sources
Laws of the Republic of Hawaii, 1898, Act 39.
Session Laws of the Territory of Hawaii, 1933. Act 65.
Revised Laws of Territory of Hawaii, 1945. Section 460.02.
Revised Laws of Territory of Hawaii, 1955. Sections 46-20, 110-1, 149-131.
Session Laws of the Territory of Hawaii, 1957, Act 152
Session Laws of Hawaii, 1959. 2nd Special Session, Act 1.
Government Records Inventories. Public Works Records, 1845-1959.
Government Records Inventories. Board of Commissioners of Public Archives, 1905-1959.
Guide to Government in Hawaii. Honolulu: 11th ed. Legislative Reference Bureau, 1996.
Maintenance notes
2001-05: Created
2020-10-26, Joel Horowitz: Entered into AtoM. Establishment and predecessor notes condensed into history note. Corrections to predecessors regarding use of the terms Comptroller and Auditor in records of DAGS and Hawaii. Other predecessor links at division level.