January 2024

Now that all bills have been introduced for the 2024 session, the State Office of Information Practices (OIP) would like to provide Sunshine Law boards with useful reminders as to how they can properly discuss legislative matters. OIP has a...

Opinion Ltr. No. F24-04 January 31, 2024 Evaluations of Fire Chief The Hawaii Fire Fighters Association requested the evaluations for the Honolulu Fire Chief (Fire Chief) for the years 2017, 2018, and 2019.  The Honolulu Fire Commission denied access to...

 The State Office of Information Practices (OIP) has posted on its Log Reports page at oip.hawaii.gov two new reports of the State and county agencies’ UIPA Record Request Year-End Logs for FY 2023, which show many similarities between the overall...

The State Office of Information Practices (OIP) congratulates Maui County for leading the way to simplify and enhance the Uniform Information Practices Act (UIPA) record request process!  On January 24, 2024, the County of Maui launched a new online portal...

Governor Josh Green issued today the fourth affordable housing emergency proclamation, which suspends a number of laws but not the Sunshine Law (Part I of Chapter 92, HRS) or the Uniform Information Practices Act (Modified) (Chapter 92F, HRS).  The proclamation...

The State Office of Information Practices (OIP) is excited to welcome to its team two new members:  Staff Attorney Tiara Maumau and OIP Legal Assistant Zoe Abrams! Tiara joins OIP with a decade of criminal litigation experience and will help...

U Memo 24-05 January 11, 2024 Executive Session Minutes  OIP concluded that the State Public Charter School Commission (PCSC) had followed the proper Sunshine Law procedures to go into executive session for discussions with its attorney regarding an agenda item...

Governor Josh Green issued the Ninth Emergency Proclamation Relating to Wildfires, which continues on page 7 to extend the partial suspension of certain Sunshine Law provisions.  This proclamation and others can be found on the Newsroom page of Governor Green’s...

U Memo 24-04 January 5, 2024 Fire Inspection Records The Honolulu Fire Department (FIRE-HON) denied access to fire inspection reports and other records relating to a condominium building on the basis that they were part of an ongoing investigation, and...

HAPPY NEW YEAR from the State Office of Information Practices (OIP)!  We hope that everyone had a happy and healthy holiday season. Last week, OIP submitted to the Legislature its Annual Report for fiscal year (FY) 2023, which is now...