Formal Opinions

Opinion Letter No. 94-29 December 30, 1994 Individual Has Access to Unofficial Personnel File The University of Hawaii’s Department of Agronomy and Social Science (Department) must make an unofficial personnel file available for inspection and copying to the former employee to...

Opinion Letter No. 94-28 December 30, 1994 Student Exchange List Public The list of Hawaii residents receiving financial support through the Professional Student Exchange Program (PSEP) of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, and their fields of study, are not...

Opinion Letter No. 94-27 December 30, 1994 UH Sexual Harassment Report Must Be Disclosed to Parties Under part III of the UIPA, relating to an individual’s right to inspect the individual’s personal records, the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UH)...

Opinion Letter No. 94-26 December 15, 1994 Disclosure Not Required for Certain Bid Info Under the UIPA’s "frustration of a legitimate government function" exception, the OIP determined that an agency is not required to disclose the following before the deadline...

Opinion Letter No. 94-25 December 14, 1994 PSD’s Inmate Search Policy Accessible to Inmate An inmate at the Oahu Community Correctional Facility must be permitted to inspect and copy a State Department of Public Safety policy relating to inmate searches,...

Opinion Letter No. 94-24 December 13, 1994 Na Leo ‘O Hawai‘i Not an Agency [NOTE:  This opinion was overruled by OIP Op. Ltr. No. 02-08.] Na Leo ‘O Hawai‘i, Inc., a non-profit community television broadcasting company for the island of Hawai‘i,...

Opinion Letter No. 94-23 December 13, 1994 Community Television Station Is Not an Agency [NOTE:  This opinion was overruled by OIP Op. Ltr. No. 02-08.] The OIP opined that Ho`ike: Kaua`i Community Television, Inc. ("Ho`ike") is not an "agency" for purposes...

Opinion Letter No. 94-22 December 13, 1994 City’s DOH Employee Personal Records Must Be Released to UPW The City and County of Honolulu’s Department of Health must provide the United Public Workers (UPW) with employees’ personal records that are relevant to...

Opinion Letter No. 94-21 November 15, 1994 Legislator’s Workers’ Compensation Claims Public [OIP Op. Ltr. No. 05-03 partially overrules this opinion to the extent that it states or implies that the UIPA’s privacy exception in section 92F-13(1), HRS, either prohibits public disclosure...

Opinion Letter No. 94-20 October 20, 1994 Boating Citations Are Public [OIP Op. Ltr. No. 05-03 partially overrules this opinion to the extent that it states or implies that the UIPA’s privacy exception in section 92F-13(1), HRS, either prohibits public disclosure or...