The annual Variance Report, published by the state Department of Budget and Finance, is a rich mine of information on the operation of Hawai`i government agencies. Here are a few tidbits:
Average number of business days the Department of Taxation holds taxpayer checks before deposit: 16
Time frame, expressed in business days, within which the Department of Taxation’s plans call for depositing taxpayer checks: 55
Number of authorized permanent positions in the Department of Taxation in fiscal year 2008: 404.5
Number of vacancies in Department of Taxation at end of fiscal year 2008: 38.5
Percent of treasury transactions the Department of Budget and Finance expects to be unreconciled within 30 days: 8
Actual percent of such transactions unreconciled within 30 days in fiscal year 2008: 54
Percent of state agencies with retention schedules approved by the state Archives: 29
Anticipated percent return on investments of the state Employees Retirement System for the 2008 fiscal year: 10
Actual percent return on ERS investments in FY 2008: -3.5
Net investment income for ERS in FY 2008: -$461 million
Anticipated percent return on ERS investments in FY 2009: -16
Net investment income for ERS expected in current fiscal year: -$1.7 billion
Fair market value of state buildings and contents: $1.5 billion
Percent of tenants on state land who were delinquent in payments in fiscal year 2008: 7
Total estimated dollar value of such delinquencies: $70,000
Number of inspections of state-leased land planned by the Department of Land and Natural Resources in fiscal year 2008: 1,500
Actual number of inspections carried out: 437
Number of pothole claims processed by state Department of Accounting and General Services in FY 2008: 248
Number of sites the DLNR expected to nominate to the National Register in FY 2008: 95
Actual number of sites nominated to National Register: 0
Percent of Hawai`i wastewater systems in compliance with rules in 2008: 62
Percent of solid and hazardous waste facilities in compliance: 55
Number of authorized positions in the state Occupational Safety and Health Program: 67
Actual positions occupied in state OSHA program at end of 2008 fiscal year: 43
Number of authorized positions in state Workforce Development Program in FY 2008: 123.5
Actual number of employees in that program: 67
Ratio of empty to filled positions in Workforce Development Program: 1:1
Number of registered users of marijuana for medical purposes: 4,200
Number of physicians participating in medical use of marijuana program: 81
Number of investigations of narcotics use in state prisons in fiscal 2008: 574
Number of marijuana plants eradicated from state land in FY 2008: 104,775
— Patricia Tummons
Volume 19, Number 8 — February 2009
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