November 2025

The Office of Information Practices (OIP) administers the Sunshine Law, part I of chapter 92, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), which applies to all Hawaii state and county boards.  Boards subject to the Sunshine Law are generally required to hold open...

U Memo 26-06 November 21, 2025 Actual Knowledge That a Receipt is Not a Government Record Requester sought a copy of a store receipt that was held by a government employee in his personal capacity.  The UIPA requires that all government...

The Office of Information Practices’ 2025 Annual Report has been posted.  Last year’s highlights include the following accomplishments: OIP resolved 96% of the 1,922 formal and informal cases filed in FY 2025 within the same year. Of the 1,695 informal cases constituting...

U Memo 26-05 November 18, 2025 Reasonable Search for Records; Confidential Attorney-Client Communications Requester made a record request to the Maui County Emergency Management Agency (EMA-M) for copies of letters mentioning a company named “Everbridge” or a product named “smart weather.”  EMA-M denied the request...