Formal Opinions

Opinion Letter No. 93-03 June 2, 1993 Annual Report for Workers’ Compensation Annual Reports filed with the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations by self-insurers of workers’ compensation must be made available for public inspection and copying upon request. Although the Annual...

Opinion Letter No. 93-02 May 26, 1993 UH Campus Law Enforcement Records The OIP provided advice to the University of Hawaii concerning the disclosure of records maintained by the UH campus security unit, in light of amendments made by Congress to...

Opinion Letter No. 93-01 April 8, 1993 Native Hawaiian Revolving Loan Fund The State Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) must make available for public inspection and copying the following information about Native Hawaiian Revolving Loan Fund (NHRLF) recipients: name, business address, loan...

Opinion Letter No. 92-27 December 30, 1992 Minutes of Public Meetings [Please note that opinions discussing the deliberative process privilege have been materially affected by the Hawaii Supreme Court’s majority opinion in Peer News LLC v. City and County of Honolulu,...

Opinion Letter No. 92-26 December 23, 1992 Convention Center Authority’s Report [Please note that opinions discussing the deliberative process privilege have been materially affected by the Hawaii Supreme Court’s majority opinion in Peer News LLC v. City and County of Honolulu,...

Opinion Letter No. 92-25 December 22, 1992 Workpapers of CPA Firm Workpapers prepared by a certified public accounting (CPA) firm, under contract with the State Auditor to perform an audit of a State agency, were "government records" subject to the provisions...

Opinion Letter No. 92-24 December 2, 1992 Certificates of Experience In one of the OIP’s first opinions concerning the disclosure of personal records under part III of the UIPA, the OIP found that Certificates of Experience submitted to the Board of...

Opinion Letter No. 92-23 November 18, 1992 FBI Criminal History Record Information The Department of Education (DOE) is not required to disclose criminal history record information that it obtains from the FBI for criminal history checks of applicants and employees that...

Opinion Letter No. 92-22 November 18, 1992 Register of Blind Persons [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...

Opinion Letter No. 92-21 October 27, 1992 Settlement Agreement in 1963 Anti-Trust Suit A settlement agreement in a 1963 film exhibition anti-trust suit brought by the State must be made available for public inspection and copying by the Department of the...