Formal Opinions

Opinion Letter No. 90-12 February 26, 1990 Agency Employee Misconduct; Disciplinary Records [NOTE:  Section 92F-14(b), the statute at issue in this opinion, was amended by Act 191, Session Laws of Hawaii 1993, which may materially affect the conclusion reached in...

Opinion Letter No. 90-11 February 26, 1990 University Program Review Reports [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. 90-10 February 26, 1990 Water Service Customer Home Telephone Numbers; Inter-Agency Disclosure The Board of Water Supply may not disclose the home telephone numbers of its individual customers because the disclosure of this information would constitute a clearly...

Opinion Letter No. 90-09 February 26, 1990 Water Service Customer Home Telephone Numbers; Inter-Agency Disclosure [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,...

Opinion Letter No. 90-08 February 12, 1990 Intra-agency Memoranda and Staff Notes [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...

Opinion Letter No. 90-07 February 9, 1990 Social Security Numbers and Birthdates [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. 90-06 January 31, 1990 Training Course Materials Materials used by the Department of Personnel Services in connection with a supervisory management training course must be publicly accessible. Although certain training manuals are protected from disclosure under the UIPA,...

Opinion Letter No. 90-05 January 31, 1990 Child Abuse Reports Hawaii law makes all records and reports concerning alleged child abuse confidential, subject to administrative rules adopted by the Department of Human Services. Opinion Letter No. 90-05 Full Text

Opinion Letter No. 90-04 January 29, 1990 Certified Drivers' Abstracts Certified Abstracts of motor vehicle operating records must be made available for public inspection and copying, since these are "administrative" records of the courts, and because section 287-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, requires...

Opinion Letter No. 90-03 January 18, 1990 Airport Lessee Revenue Audits [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,...