2009

S Memo 10-5December 18, 2009Serial Discussion of Board Leadership Requesters asked OIP whether a series of discussions about leadership among Hawaii County Council members, prior to the meeting held June 16, 2009, violated the Sunshine Law. OIP found that a...

U Memo 10-4December 4, 2009Vacation Credit Liabilities The Chair of a legislative committee appealed a denial of access by the Office of the Governor and the Office of the Lieutenant Governor to certain information concerning the offices’ vacation credit liabilities...

U Memo 10-3December 2, 2009Settlement Terms Pending Execution of Agreement OIP was asked by the Department of the Attorney General (the AG) under part II of the UIPA whether it may withhold from disclosure the State’s portion of the settlement...

Opinion Letter No. 09-03 September 25, 2009 RICO Investigative Records OIP was asked whether the Regulated Industries Complaints Office, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (RICO) properly withheld all investigative records related to its petition for disciplinary action filed against...

Opinion Letter No. 09-02 September 9, 2009 Protests Filed on Requests for Proposals OIP was asked whether the State Procurement Office (SPO) properly denied a request for disclosure of protests alleging legal deficiencies in a Request for Proposals (RFP) where...

U Memo 10-2September 9, 2009Request for Parolees' Files by Their Attorneys OIP was asked whether the Hawaii Paroling Authority (“HPA”) may keep the names of witnesses and informants confidential in response to requests for disclosure of parolee records submitted to...

UIPA Memo Decision 10-2 August 19, 2009 Investigation Reports A member of the public asked whether the Department of Education (“DOE”) properly denied his request for DOE’s records pertaining to his civil rights complaints on behalf of his son, under...

S Memo 10-4August 19, 2009Sufficiency of Agenda A member of the public asked whether the County Council, County of Hawaii (“Council”), violated the Sunshine Law because the agenda for its meeting on August 5, 2009 (“Agenda”) omitted the name of...

UIPA Memo Decision 10-1 August 18, 2009 Investigative Records of Grounding of USS Port Royal The Sierra Club asked whether the Department of Land and Natural Resources (“DLNR”) properly denied their request for “any and all documents including, without limit, journals,...

Opinion Letter No. 09-01 August 7, 2009 Hawaii Humane Society as Agency; Animal Control Enforcement Records OIP was asked whether the Hawaiian Humane Society (HHS) properly denied a request for records pertaining to a woman known as the “Cat Lady”...