2024

U Memo 25-14 December 27, 2024 Reasonable Search for School-Specific Football Practice Rules  Requester sought the “exact reference and verbiage” of the rule that “states the restrictions for practicing with players from other [football] teams.”  The Department of Education (DOE)...

U Memo 25-13 December 23, 2024 Emails Containing Attorney-Client Privileged Communications The Hawaii County Department of Information Technology properly denied access to emails containing confidential communications between the Hawaii County Office of the Corporation Counsel and its county agency clients,...

Opinion Ltr. 25-01 December 19, 2024 Executive Sessions; Adequacy of Agendas; Discussion of Topics Not on Agendas The Public First Law Center questioned whether the Honolulu Police Commission (Commission) was violating the Sunshine Law in its meetings, by failing to include...

U Memo 25-12 December 11, 2024 Identifying Information About Complainant Requester requested a copy of a complaint filed with the County of Hawaii Department of Parks and Recreation (PARKS-H) about him.  PARKS-H disclosed a copy of the complaint form with...

U Memo 25-11 December 9, 2024 Records Relating to an Employment Application Requester, an applicant for employment with the Department of Human Resources Development (DHRD), asked whether DHRD properly denied a request for records relating to its procedures for obtaining...

U Memo 25-10 December 9, 2024 Audio Portions of Body Worn Camera Recordings A member of the public (Requester) appealed the Hawaii County Police Department’s (POLICE-H) response to his personal record request for copies of body-worn camera (BWC) recordings.  Specifically,...

U Memo 25-09 Nov. 14, 2024 Confidential Attorney-Client Communications and Work Product A record requester (Requester) sought copies of documents from the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) related to himself or his boat and the Ala Wai Small...

U Memo 25-08 October 18, 2024 Police Internal Affairs Records Requester sought Internal Affairs (IA) Records for seven Maui Police Department (MPD) officers.  Upon in camera review of the records, OIP found that six MPD officers were never suspended or...

The State Office of Information Practices (OIP) issued eight informal opinions since the start of fiscal year 2025. The summaries of all these opinions can be accessed through the Opinions Page at oip.hawaii.gov and by clicking the links below. S Memo 25-01:...

U Memo 25-07 September 25, 2024 Policies and Procedures Relating to Reference and Record Checks Requester applied and interviewed for positions in three different divisions at the Department of Health (DOH).  After his interviews, Requester emailed three separate but substantially...