Hawaii IT office pitches web app to standardize IV&V project reports

Todd, IT governance officer for the Office of Enterprise Technology Services (ETS), told a virtual audience that ETS is seeking submissions for a web application to ingest, standardize and display Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) assessment reports for state executive-branch IT projects.

He said ETS currently posts IV&V reports as a growing list of PDFs on its website but lacks reporting standards and an efficient upload workflow, making cross-project comparison difficult. “It’s basically manual,” Todd said, describing a process in which departments and IV&V vendors email PDF reports to ETS staff, who add a cover letter and publish the document on ets.hawaii.gov.

ETS framed the request as a public-transparency project and a challenge to the local tech community. The office wants a browser-based application that accepts vendor uploads, supports administrative permissions, and displays standardized project “vitals” such as schedule, budget and scope status. ETS also asked for issue-tracking features, options to export reports to Word or PDF, compliance with state digital accessibility standards, and deployability on major cloud platforms.

Todd said the IV&V activity is intended to verify that systems are built to specifications and that customers receive expected outcomes. He described IV&V vendors as the primary source of the assessments and said the reports typically arrive monthly. “We’re anticipating tremendous business value,” he said, adding that ETS hopes developers will use raw data in the reports to create more useful public-facing dashboards and visualizations.

The office did not specify a procurement timeline, budget, or prize for the challenge during the presentation. Todd invited submissions and said ETS will measure success by customer satisfaction, ease of use and perceived value.

No formal votes or policy changes were proposed or approved during the session; the presentation was a request for ideas and prototypes rather than a procurement decision.

Todd said he would be available for questions after the presentation.