2016

Opinion Letter No. F17-02 December 8, 2016 Public Utility Commission Applicant Records Requester asked OIP whether the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) properly denied her request under the Uniform Information Practices Act (UIPA) for a submittal filed in PUC Docket No....

S Memo 17-2 November 21, 2016 Requiring ID from Public Meeting Attendees The Hawaii Civil Rights Commission (HCRC), which usually meets in a secured building, asked OIP whether it could require members of the public to present identification and sign...

U Memo 17-2 October 14, 2016 Presentence Investigation Report: Failure to Provide Notice to Requester Requester sought a decision as to whether the Department of Public Safety (PSD) is required to provide Requester with a copy of his Presentence Investigation...

Opinion Letter No. F17-01 October 12, 2016 Collectively Bargained Workers’ Compensation Agreement/Basic Trades Requester, who was the prior Plan Administrator of a Collectively Bargained Workers’ Compensation (CBWC) program approved by the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR), asked OIP...

U Memo 17-1 September 23, 2016 Presentence Investigation Report Requester made a written request under Part III of the UIPA for a copy of his presentence investigation report (PSI).  The Department of Public Safety (PSD) denied access, and Requester filed...

S Memo 17-1 August 16, 2016 Notice of Board’s Review of Other Agencies’ Proposed Rules As an alternative under the Sunshine Law to creating sufficiently detailed descriptions of proposed rules for meeting agendas, section 92-7(a), HRS, was amended in April...

Opinion Letter No. 16-05 June 30, 2016 Description of Meeting Location In OIP Op. Ltr. No. F16-05, OIP concluded that while the Sunshine Law does not necessarily require a meeting notice to provide a street address for a meeting location, the...

Opinion Letter No. F16-04 May 26, 2016 Visitor Permits for the Kalaupapa Settlement Requester asked the Department of Health (DOH) to publicly disclose each visitor permit authorizing persons to visit on specified dates the Kalaupapa Settlement (KS) on Molokai, Hawaii,...

U Memo 16-5 May 12, 2016 Alii Health Center, LLC, is Not an “Agency” Subject to the UIPA Two Requesters asked whether Alii Health Center, LLC (AHC), properly responded under Part III of the UIPA, which contains the law’s “personal...

U Memo 16-6 May 6, 2016 E-mails Maintained by Agencies Are Government Records Two Requesters first asked whether an e-mail between an individual and a government agency or between two agencies is a government record under Part II of the...