Personal income in Hawaii actually increased overall during the pandemic, but experts say people are going to be worse off this year as federal bailout money dries up.
Hawaii Data Landscape: Antiquated Infrastructure, Widespread Distrust - Honolulu Civil Beat
Hawaii Data Landscape: Antiquated Infrastructure, Widespread Distrust
New report from the Hawaii Data Collaborative lays out the challenges faced by the state’s data ecosystem and recommendations on how to move forward. Reading time: 6 minutes.
A report released last week by the Hawaii Data Collaborative found the challenges go beyond problems with infrastructure, technology, manpower and other resources and extend to the culture the attitude, values, approaches and a lack of trust among people who engage with data.
“We need to learn to value data and work with data and trust in data as an important component of our decision-making in a way that helps build a case for increasing data capacity,” said Nick Redding, the organization’s executive director.
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Federal authorities question HPDâs vehicle purchases with CARES Act funds
Federal authorities question HPDâs vehicle purchases with CARES Act funds By Lynn Kawano | March 9, 2021 at 7:30 PM HST - Updated March 10 at 10:48 AM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Federal officials are questioning how the Honolulu Police Department spent $16.5 million in CARES Act funds, including by purchasing 40 ATVs.
Before the pandemic, the department had 26 working ATVs.
The federal funds allowed HPD to beef that up to 66 ATVs.
While Hawaii News Now found some of the vehicles being used at Kapiolani Park at night for patrols, HPD appears to be storing many others.