2024

The Director of the State Office of Information Practices (OIP) will be retiring from OIP at the end of March 2024.  Supervising Staff Attorney Carlotta Amerino will become OIP’s Acting Director in April. Cheryl Kakazu Park is OIP’s longest-serving Director,...

S Memo 24-01 March 25, 2024 Nexus Between Discussion and Agenda Item Discussion of Topic Not on Agenda A member of the public (Requester) asked whether the State Public Charter School Commission (PCSC) violated the Sunshine Law during its meeting...

U Memo 24-08 March 25, 2024 Copy of Work ID and Administrative Leave Policies While Requester, a Hawaii Paroling Authority (HPA) employee, was out on administrative leave, she sought access to a copy of her work ID card and HPA...

U Memo 24-07 March 20, 2024 Video and Written Statements for Job Application and Police Recruitment Policies Requester sought access to a video recording and written statements relating to his 2019 employment application to POLICE-H, and POLICE-H recruitment policies and...

U Memo 24-06 March 11, 2024 No Further Search Required for Records Purged After Requester Abandoned His First Request In 2014, Requester appealed the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s (DCR) denial of his request to access records related to his...

Opinion Letter No. F24-05 March 7, 2024 Emails Containing Attorney-Client Privileged Information Requester made a request to the Hawaii County Department of Finance (FIN-H) in 2019 for a copy of security camera video footage.   FIN-H responded that the tape was...

Now that we are halfway through the 2024 legislative session, the State Office of Information Practices (OIP) is providing this update of Sunshine Law and UIPA bills that have survived and crossed over to the other chamber.  Direct links to...

The State Office of Information Practices (OIP) has posted three new opinions on its Opinions page at oip.hawaii.gov. In OIP Opinion Letter No. F24-04, OIP concluded that the Honolulu Fire Chief’s privacy interest did not outweigh the public interest in...

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...