Informal Opinions – UIPA Opinions

U Memo 19-3 September 14, 2018 Information Related to Paid Informants Not in Agency Records Requester sought a decision as to whether the Maui Police Department (POLICE-M) properly responded when it stated that it does not maintain records that are...

U Memo 19-2 August 31, 2018 Employee Names In U-Memo 19-2, OIP determined that the names and respective job titles of government employees are always public under section 92F-12(a)(14), HRS, even if the County had previously disclosed exact salaries, rather...

U Memo 19-1 July 13, 2018 Reasonableness of Search Requester sought access to copies of “public records that have been sent to or received from the Federal Advisory Council on Historic Preservation” by the Kauai County Clerk.  The Clerk’s Office...

U Memo 18-14 June 29, 2018 Traffic Incidents Reported to DOT Requesters sought copies of records of all incidents reported by the public or law enforcement for the intersection of “Saddle Road” and the entrance to Mauna Kea State Park...

U Memo 18-13 June 29, 2018 Adequacy of Search for Employment Records Requester sought a decision as to whether the Director of the Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO) at the University of Hawaii at Hilo (UHH) properly responded to his...

U Memo 18-12 June 28, 2018 Interview Materials Requester sought a decision as to whether the Department of Budget and Finance (B&F) properly denied under Parts II and III of the UIPA his request for interview materials used in the...

U Memo 18-11 June 28, 2018 Background Investigation Materials Requester sought a decision as to whether the Department of Public Safety (PSD) properly denied under Part III of the UIPA his request for his background investigation materials obtained in the...

U Memo 18-10 June 28, 2018 HART Attorney Invoices A reporter made a record request for attorney invoices related to the Honolulu rail project and maintained by the Hawaii Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART).  HART responded to the request, indicating...

U Memo 18-9 June 28, 2018 Records Listed on a Log of Redactions/Withheld Documents Requester, an inmate, sought a decision whether the Department of Public Safety (PSD) properly denied under Parts II and III of the UIPA his request for...

U Memo 18-8 June 7, 2018 Files Relating to Police-Involved Death The Honolulu Police Department (HPD) was not justified in withholding an administrative investigation file on the basis that it was “in litigation.”  The UIPA’s exception to disclosure for “[g]overnment...