2018

U Memo 18-13 June 29, 2018 Adequacy of Search for Employment Records Requester sought a decision as to whether the Director of the Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO) at the University of Hawaii at Hilo (UHH) properly responded to his...

U Memo 18-12 June 28, 2018 Interview Materials Requester sought a decision as to whether the Department of Budget and Finance (B&F) properly denied under Parts II and III of the UIPA his request for interview materials used in the...

U Memo 18-11 June 28, 2018 Background Investigation Materials Requester sought a decision as to whether the Department of Public Safety (PSD) properly denied under Part III of the UIPA his request for his background investigation materials obtained in the...

U Memo 18-10 June 28, 2018 HART Attorney Invoices A reporter made a record request for attorney invoices related to the Honolulu rail project and maintained by the Hawaii Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART).  HART responded to the request, indicating...

U Memo 18-9 June 28, 2018 Records Listed on a Log of Redactions/Withheld Documents Requester, an inmate, sought a decision whether the Department of Public Safety (PSD) properly denied under Parts II and III of the UIPA his request for...

S Memo 18-6 June 28, 2018 Oral Testimony for Reconsideration Hearing Requester asked whether the Liquor Commission, City and County of Honolulu (LIQC-HON) violated the Sunshine Law at its meeting on October 16, 2014 (Meeting) by not taking testimony about...

S Memo 18-5 June 28, 2018 Public Testimony The Kaua’i County Council (Council) violated the Sunshine Law’s requirement that “all interested persons” be given “an opportunity to present public testimony” on any agenda item through a councilmember’s discussion of the...

Opinion Ltr. No. F18-03 June 28, 2018 Corrections Corporation of America's Policies Requester asked whether the Department of Public Safety (PSD) properly denied, under Part II of the UIPA, an inmate’s request for a copy of all or portions of...

S Memo 18-4 June 21, 2018 Restriction on Oral Testimony Requester asked for an investigation into whether the Maui County Council (Council) violated the Sunshine Law at its special meeting on March 3, 2015 by not allowing him to present...

U Memo 18-8 June 7, 2018 Files Relating to Police-Involved Death The Honolulu Police Department (HPD) was not justified in withholding an administrative investigation file on the basis that it was “in litigation.”  The UIPA’s exception to disclosure for “[g]overnment...