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Report to the Access Hawaii Committee

Portal Program Updates | April 2, 2026

Activity Recap

County of Kauai - Transient Accommodations Tax Payments

  • Launch date: 02/01/26
  • The new online transient accommodations tax payment system enhances usability for both the agency and users. It allows guest and logged-in users to make payments and access their history seamlessly. The agency can also export reports to improve operational efficiency.

Legislative Reference Bureau

  • Launch date: 01/30/26
  • Includes website accessibility fixes, a PDF repository, areas for archived content and adjustments to the print styling.

Customer Service Summary

Top 10 Inquiries: January 2026 - February 2026

Rank
Service
January
February
Total
Percent
Total Inquiries: 10,109
1
Miscellaneous
710
675
1385
14%
2
Hawaii Compliance Express
731
607
1338
13%
3
Vital Records Ordering System
462
415
877
9%
4
MyHawaii Single Sign On
461
303
764
8%
5
Medical Cannabis Registry
322
336
658
7%
6
Transient Accommodations Tax
290
270
560
6%
7
Diamond Head Park Reservations
153
402
555
5%
8
Payment Platform
244
309
553
5%
9
State Camping
276
244
520
5%
10
Real Property Tax
106
297
350
3%
11
All Others
1,253
1,243
2,496
25%

CXSuite

Customer Experience Feedback

9,725 Feedback submissions

Positive Experience

76%

User Ratings

Negative Experience

14%

User Ratings

Comments

3,570

Shared Opinions

Feedback Submissions by Month

Month
Positive
Neutral
Negative
January 2026
2,932
330
636
February 2026
4,528
547
752

Financials

  • External Services: 13
  • External Revenue:  November 2025 $215,088,  December 2025 $229,768, January 2026 $243,917, February 2026 $236,383
  • External Expenses: November 2025 $193,579,  December 2025 $206,791, January 2026 $219,525, February 2026 $212,745

Looking Forward

Upcoming:

  • Attorney General – Online Charity Registration
  • Attorney General – Solicitor Registration System

Appendix

Supporting information covering the period July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026.

Press Releases (3)

Awards (7)

Agency
Service
Award Name
Date Received
County of Hawaii, Police Department
Hawaii Police Department Website Redesign
Davey Awards – Silver
10/21/25
County of Kauai, Department of Water
Kauai Department of Water Website Redesign
w3 Awards – Silver
10/17/25
County of Hawaii, Police Department
Hawaii Police Department Website Redesign
w3 Awards – Gold
10/17/25
County of Hawaii, Police Department
Hawaii Police Department Website Redesign
MarCom Awards – Gold
10/17/25
County of Kauai, Department of Water
Kauai Department of Water Website Redesign
Government Standard of Excellence
08/17/25
County of Hawaii, Police Department
Hawaii Police Department Website Redesign
Government Standard of Excellence
08/17/25
County of Hawaii, Police Department
Hawaii Police Department Website Redesign
dotCOMM Awards – Honorable Mention
08/06/25

New Services (4)

Agency
Service
Description
Launch Date
County of Maui
Transient Accommodations Tax Payments
The new online transient accommodations tax payment system enhances usability for both the agency and users. It allows guest and logged-in users to make payments and access their history seamlessly. The agency can also export reports to improve operational efficiency.
12/01/25
Judiciary
Judicial District Court Judge Evaluation
The online judge evaluation provides attorneys with a convenient and easy method to complete the evaluation of 10 district court judges. This online process results in a greater response rate.
11/04/25
Department of Transportation
Airport Payments
Payment integration that allows Credit Card payments for airport personnel when renewing their badges. Previous payments accepted was Cash or Paper Check only.
07/21/25
Department of Motor Vehicles
Motor Vehicle Registration Renewals
This service has a new application programming interface that creates a more reliable system to handle high volume real time-requests and a faster release to manage, triage, and resolve troubleshooting issues. This also provides electric vehicle drivers with flexible ways to pay Hawaii’s road usage charge, a new per-mile fee for EV owners.
07/18/25

Service Upgrades (3)

Agency
Service
Description
Launch Date
Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism
Tax Credit Hub
The service was updated to improve both administrative and user workflows with enhanced filtering and form management for admins, updated Hawaii Production Report PDFs, eSignature support for Workforce Development Reports, and automatic email delivery of the Expenditure Report upon approval .
01/12/26
Department of Health
Medical Cannabis Registry
The purpose of this amendment is to amend the scope relating to a bill that recently passed legislation – House Bill HB302 (expansion of qualifying conditions)
11/05/25
Department of Health
Medical Cannabis Registry
This service was updated to conform with SB1429 which increased the maximum number of qualifying patients per caregiver. The updates included two phases. Phase 1: Caregivers will once again be allowed to cultivate for a patient. Phase 2: A caregiver will be permitted to care for up to five (5) patients at a time.
08/25/25

Retired Services

Agency
Service
Retired Date
N/A
N/A
N/A

Executed Agreements (9)

All signed agreements can be found in the AHC document repository.

Agency
Service
Document
Signed Date
County of Kauai – Department of Finance
Transient Accommodations Tax Payments
SOW
01/08/26
Attorney General
Online Sex Offender Public Registry
SOW
12/08/25
Legislative Reference Bureau
Legislative Reference Bureau Website
Project Change Request
11/21/25
County of Maui – Department of Finance
Transient Accommodations Tax Payments
SOW
11/05/25
Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism
Tax Credit Hub
SOW Amendment 1
10/09/25
Attorney General
Solicitor Registration System
SOW Amendment 3
10/03/25
Attorney General
Online Charity Registration
SOW Amendment 11
10/03/25
State Procurement Office
Hawaii Compliance Express (HCE)
SOW Amendment 2
08/25/25
Department of Health
Medical Cannabis Registry
SOW Amendment 7
08/05/25

Conferences & Webinars Attended (2)

Conference Name
Description
Dates Attended
Hawaii AI & Cloud Innovation Summit
This event brought together leaders and workers from Hawaiʻi’s public, private, small business, and non-profit sectors to explore how AI can be leveraged to change economies, businesses, and everyday life.
09/10/2025
Hawaii Digital Government Summit
The Hawaii Digital Government Summit provides the opportunity for attendees to connect with peers from the government and industry sectors in-person to share ideas, best practices, and technology trends.
09/30/2025

Unscheduled Downtime

Time
Duration
Affected Site(s)
Comments
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

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