2026

U MEMO 26-10 March 16, 2026 Confidential Commercial or Financial Information; Copyright; Reasonable Search for Records Requester made a record request to the Department of Health (DOH) for copies of a manual for a test used to assess adults with intellectual and...

U MEMO 26-09 February 24, 2026 Completed Driving Instructor Course Exams and Participant Names Requester enrolled in a Department of Education (DOE) course to become a certified Department of Transportation (DOT) driving instructor to teach driving education in public high schools.  Requester completed the classroom instruction portion of the course and took an exam.  Requester made a record request to DOE for a copy of her completed exam,...

Opinion Ltr. No. F26-02 January 29, 2026 Communications About Board Business Outside of a Meeting While a meeting of the Hawaiian Homes Commission (Commission) was in recess on January 16, 2024, the Chair and two members of the Commission continued...

The Office of Information Practices recently issued one formal opinion and seven informal opinions under the Sunshine Law, part I of chapter 92, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), and the Uniform Information Practices Act (Modified), chapter 92F, HRS (UIPA).  The summaries of...

The 2026 legislative session starts on January 21, 2026.  The Office of Information Practices (OIP) would like to remind boards of their duties and options under the Sunshine Law, part I of chapter 92, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), during this...

U MEMO 26-08 January 14, 2026 Tax Collections Manual Requester asked whether the Hawai‘i Department of Taxation (DOTAX) properly denied her request for policies and procedures relating to executing a bank levy under Part II of the UIPA.  The sole DOTAX record including responsive...

Opinion Ltr. No. F26-01 December 19, 2025 Permitted Interactions at a Meeting Lacking Quorum A member of the public asked whether the Disability and Communication Access Board (DCAB) violated the Sunshine Law by discussing board business when its scheduled meeting...

The Office of Information Practices (OIP) would like to remind all state and county agencies of an important update to our UIPA reporting process: OIP no longer collects semiannual UIPA record request logs effective as of January 2025.  Instead, agencies should continue compiling and maintaining their record request data in...