2014

U Memo 15-5 December 30, 2014 911 Recordings Requester made a request for copies of Kauai Police Department (KPD) records related to an incident in which an individual stabbed a number of people, killing one, before a KPD Officer shot...

U Memo 15-4 December 29, 2014 Name of Private Investigator Not in Agency Records Requester had a case on appeal with the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board (LIRAB), and attended a settlement conference on August 30, 2012, at 4:15...

U Memo 15-3 December 15, 2014 Judges' Birthdays In U-Memo 15-3, OIP reconsidered its decision in U-Memo 14-11 to clarify that in most circumstances, the UIPA requires disclosure, upon request, of a sitting judge’s year of birth in order to...

U Memo 15-2 November 17, 2014 List of Nominees Environment Hawaii asked whether the Office of the Governor is required under the UIPA to disclose lists of nominees (Lists) for two vacant positions provided to the Governor by the Nominating...

Opinion Letter No. F15-02 November 7, 2014 Polling Board Members/Serial Communications; Testimony on Executive Session Items Six Hawaii residents asked whether (1) the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) (OHA Board) complied with the Sunshine Law...

S Memo 15-1 October 29, 2014 Meeting Notice for Proposed Rules Act 68, 2014 Hawaii Session Laws, amended the Sunshine Law to allow boards to describe proposed rules as agenda items with statements that the rules can be reviewed in...

Opinion Letter No. F15-01 September 15, 2014 Toxicology Reports The Garden Island Newspaper asked whether the Kauai Police Department (KPD) properly denied its request under Part II of the UIPA for access to toxicology reports concerning two individual motorists who...

U Memo 15-1 August 18, 2014 Personal Test Records Requester sought a decision as to whether the Department of Public Safety (PSD) properly denied, under Part III of the UIPA, Requester’s request for copies of the original written examination with...

S Memo 14-15 June 30, 2014 Sufficiency of Council Agenda Requesters asked for a decision as to whether: (1) the Hawaii County Council (Council) violated the Sunshine Law by not listing on its agenda for its February 1, 2012 meeting...

S Memo 14-14 June 30, 2014 Sufficiency of Agendas Requester asked for six separate determinations as to whether the Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR), the Small Business Regulatory Review Board (SBRRB), and the Communication Access Committee of the...