2004

Opinion Letter No. 04-09 May 3, 2004 Anonymous Testimony and Liability for Disclosure of Records Containing Defamatory Statements [NOTE:  This opinion was partially overruled by OIP Op. Ltr. No. 06-04.] The OIP was asked for an opinion on receipt and...

Opinion Letter No. 04-08 April 2, 2004 Lists of Voters The General County Register required to be maintained by the County Clerk under section 11-14, HRS, which contains, among other things, the name and address of each voter, is not...

Opinion Letter No. 04-07 March 25, 2004 Evaluation and Expectations of University of Hawaii President The University of Hawaii (“UH”) Board of Regents’ evaluation of UH President Evan Dobelle (“Evaluation”) and the Expectations and Performance Guidelines prepared by the Board...

Opinion Letter No. 04-06 March 23, 2004 Disclosure of Court Abstracts The Judiciary asked the OIP whether the UIPA requires public access to court abstracts and miscellaneous criminal abstracts of the Traffic Violations Bureau of the District Courts. The Judiciary...

Opinion Letter No. 04-05 February 23, 2004 Honolulu Police Commission Records A member of the public requested access to records of the Honolulu Police Commission (“Commission”) pertaining to investigations of complaints against police officers convicted of police brutality. The Commission...

Opinion Letter No. 04-04 February 20, 2004 Board Decisionmaking Outside of Open Meetings The Hawaii Civil Rights Commission (“HCRC”) asked the OIP whether it could poll the Commissioners relating to the agency’s legislative testimony. The OIP advised that the Sunshine...

Opinion Letter No. 04-03 February 9, 2004 Tourism Data The Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (“DBEDT”) asked the OIP if it can charge a requester for segregating information that a business has designated, with DBEDT’s concurrence, as proprietary...

Opinion Letter No. 04-02 February 3, 2004 Office of Disciplinary Counsel and Disciplinary Board The Office of Disciplinary Counsel (“ODC”) and the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Hawaii (“Board”) are subject to the UIPA based on the totality...

Opinion Letter No. 04-01 January 13, 2004 Board Members Discussion of Official Business Outside of a Duly Noticed Meeting; E-Mail Communication A state legislator asked the OIP to investigate the Landfill Selection Committee’s (“Committee”) compliance with the Sunshine Law. The...