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The State of Hawaiʻi Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS) published a request for proposals (RFP) to support the Enterprise Financial System (EFS) Project on March 31, 2025. The RFP outlines the requirements for potential bidders to be selected as the software provider and system integrator to support the new EFS—a $68 million overhaul ...
Read More State Seeks Bids For Modernizing Financial System

The flame in the Eternal Flame Memorial is temporarily out because of a blocked gas line. The state of Hawai‘i Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS) is working to uncover the source of the problem. Blocked gas lines are a rare occurrence. This does not pose a safety issue. For now, the gas has ...
Read More Flame in Eternal Flame Memorial Temporarily Out

HONOLULU —  Twenty-five years ago, the state of Hawaiʻi was one of many professional entities across the world that breathed a sigh of relief when the year 2000 started – and the world did not collapse. Many computer-reliant industries spent months preparing for what was known as Y2K, an abbreviation for Year 2000. Y2K referred ...
Read More DAGS Reflects on 25th Anniversary of Y2K

HONOLULU — Leiopapa a Kamehameha, also known as The State Office Tower, is set to sport a new look in its lobby soon. The state of Hawaiʻi Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS) built the16-story commercial property on the corner of Alakea and Beretania Streets in 1991. After some three decades, the lobby’s wood ...
Read More Leiopapa A Kamehameha Ceiling Repairs Enter Next Phase

HONOLULU — How are ʻukulele built? What are the best materials to use? What would it sound like if the sound hole was in the back of the instrument? Those questions and more will be answered at an event the Hawaiʻi State Archives, a division of the Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS), is ...
Read More State Archives Launches Musical Event “Builder’s Spotlight”

HONOLULU — Engineers and building construction inspectors of all experience levels are wanted at the state of Hawaiʻi Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS). The top engineering jobs are supervisory positions whose salary range tops out at more than $16,000 a month. The staff engineer job openings requiring entry level experience are Engineer II ...
Read More DAGS Looks To Fill Engineering and Building Construction Inspector Jobs Across State

The State of Hawaii’s Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) for fiscal 2024 is now available. This report has been prepared in accordance with Accounting Principles Generally Accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), as prescribed in pronouncements of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB). See ACFR Fiscal Year 2024 (https://ags.hawaii.gov/accounting/annual-financial-reports/) The ACFR is a ...
Read More Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) Fiscal Year 2024 (July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024)

HONOLULU – The state is investing in more green-energy lawnmowers to maintain its greens. The Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS) is concluding a trial period using an electric lawnmower and has decided to move forward with obtaining more electric lawnmowers as the need arises, to replace an aging fleet. “This is in line with ...
Read More State Accounting Department transitions to renewable energy equipment

LĪHUʻE, KAUAʻI — Just over a century ago, 16 Filipino strikers and four police officers died in a violent clash over a labor strike in Hanapēpē. It is considered by many a foundational and tragic episode in Hawai‘i’s labor rights history. The State of Hawaiʻi Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS) is another step ...
Read More STATE SELECTS SITE FOR BATTLE OF HANAPĒPĒ MEMORIAL

DEC. 13, 2024 Dozens of state workers supported the Blood Bank of Hawai’i at a blood drive on Friday. For the first time ever, two state agencies set up a friendly contest to see who could donate the most pints of blood. In the end, they tied- each department yielding 39 pints. On Friday, the ...
Read More STATE DEPARTMENTS WAGE FRIENDLY CONTEST TO COLLECT BLOOD FOR BLOOD BANK OF HAWAI`I