2004

Opinion Letter No. 04-19 November 12, 2004 University of Hawaii Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee The OIP was asked whether the University of Hawaii Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (the “UH IACUC”) must conduct its meetings in compliance...

Opinion Letter No. 04-18 November 15, 2004 Transcript of Administrative Hearing Protected by Confidentiality Statute The UIPA authorizes agencies to withhold access to government records when a confidentiality statute explicitly restricts access to those records. Section 383-95(a), HRS, requires that...

Opinion Letter No. 04-17 October 27, 2004 Personal Calendars and Telephone Message Slips Not Government Records The OIP found it to be consistent with the definition of “government record” under the UIPA and its legislative history to distinguish between records...

Opinion Letter No. 04-16 September 22, 2004 Records to be Provided in Requested Format Government records required to be disclosed under the UIPA that are maintained in electronic format generally must be provided to a requester in paper format if...

Opinion Letter No. 04-15 August 30, 2004 Disclosure of Forecasts Prepared by Staff An opinion was requested as to whether forecast sections of tax credit data tables (the “Staff Forecasts”), prepared by staff of the Tax Research and Planning Office...

Opinion Letter No. 04-14 August 27, 2004 Briefing on Contested Cases and Executive Session to Protect Privacy Even under a narrow reading of the term “adjudicatory functions,” a staff briefing for a board regarding pending contested cases before that board...

Opinion Letter No. 04-13 August 23, 2004 Payroll Clearance Fund Escheated Warrants Report [OIP Op. Ltr. No. 05-03 partially overrules this opinion to the extent that it states or implies that the UIPA’s privacy exception in section 92F-13(1), HRS, either prohibits public...

Opinion Letter No. 04-12 July 9, 2004 Disclosure of Intra-office Email Messages [Please note that opinions discussing the deliberative process privilege have been materially affected by the Hawaii Supreme Court’s majority opinion in Peer News LLC v. City and County of...

Opinion Letter No. 04-11 June 30, 2004 Personal Information of Petition and Nominating Paper Signatories The Hawaii County Clerk requested an opinion of the OIP regarding whether the public has a right to inspect and copy petitions which contain personal...

Opinion Letter No. 04-10 June 29, 2004 Right to Testify on Agenda Items A county charter provision barring county employees from representing private interests before a county agency does not conflict with the Sunshine Law. The Sunshine Law requires boards...