The Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ strategic plan unveiled today will require the elimination of 28 positions as the organization reorganizes to focus on “results-based” efforts, such as raising the level of Native Hawaiian incomes to meet or exceed non-Hawaiian incomes in the Islands.

One of the goals of the new strategic plan even calls for the creation of a plan to turn over OHA assets to a new Hawaiian government that could result from passage of the so-called Akaka bill in Congress, OHA administrator Clyde Namu'o said today.
The strategic plan is designed to run from 2010 to 2016. Many of its goals call for improving the lives of Native Hawaiians in terms of housing, health, education and other issues.
But before setting specific goals, Namu’o said, OHA officials first must reorganize OHA personnel and hire new people such as researchers who will establish baseline data and aid OHA trustees in setting specific goals.
The elimination of 28 OHA positions is expected to save from $500,000 to $750,000, Namu’o said.