HONOLULU — Bolder – crispier – strong overtones – mellower. Those sound like wine reviews, but they’re actually adjectives that can be used to describe sound. In the next Builder’s Spotlight, an event by the Hawaiʻi State Archives, viewers can meet a Molokaʻi luthier whose work with different woods brings out those subtle variations. Hawaiʻi ...
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HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS) Land Survey Division is privileged to be a small part of helping the Lahaina community find normalcy, as residents and businesses rebuild after the tragic fires of 2023. Six surveyors work in the Land Survey Division. Their job is to officially notate where the ...
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DAGS is pleased to announce it has hired Yovo Stefanov as Director of the Business Transformation Office (BTO), a newly created office to support Statewide Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system efforts to modernize business processes, beginning with the current Enterprise Financial System (EFS) project to revolutionize Hawai‘i’s financial and budget systems. “Yovo’s job is to ...
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The Hawaii State Auditor released the completed 2024 State Single Audit Report. The State Single Audit is a review of the state’s financial statements and its use of federal awards. Hawaii’s annual State Single Audit is conducted in accordance with Title 2 U.S Code of Federal Regulations Part 200. The State Single Audit represents 13 ...
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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 ...
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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