Informal Opinions – UIPA Opinions

U Memo 18-1 October 13, 2017 Adequacy of Search for Records and Agency Not Required to Create Compilation Requester sought access to all written correspondence between the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and the Department of Education (DOE) regarding a...

U Memo 17-8 June 30, 2017 Obligation to Provide Original Records Requester made a request by e-mail on behalf of herself and her husband to the State Ethics Commission (SEC) for the original letters written by the SEC’s director to...

U Memo 17-6 June 30, 2017 Adequacy of Search for Inmate Transfer Records Requester, an inmate, sought a decision as whether the Department of Public Safety (PSD) properly denied a request to access two “Internal Memorandum” (IM) documents related to...

U Memo 17-7 June 23, 2017 Personal and Government Records Relating to Commuter Services and Campus Security Offices Requester made a long and complex record request to UH, comprising 14 categories of information for which she was seeking records.  For...

U Memo 17-5 June 21, 2017 Redacted Complaint The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) Regulated Industries Complaints Office (RICO) enforces licensing laws for various professional boards, commissions, and programs that are administratively attached to DCCA.  Requesters made a...

U Memo 17-4 May 16, 2017 Names of Inmates in or Awaiting Placement in Furlough or Community Custody Requester made a request to the Department of Public Safety (PSD) for a list of all people currently on work furlough and/or...

U Memo 17-3 January 20, 2017 No Duty to Search for Rules that Do Not Exist Requester sought a decision as to whether the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center (HCJDC) properly responded to his request for three different sets of...

U Memo 17-2 October 14, 2016 Presentence Investigation Report: Failure to Provide Notice to Requester Requester sought a decision as to whether the Department of Public Safety (PSD) is required to provide Requester with a copy of his Presentence Investigation...

U Memo 17-1 September 23, 2016 Presentence Investigation Report Requester made a written request under Part III of the UIPA for a copy of his presentence investigation report (PSI).  The Department of Public Safety (PSD) denied access, and Requester filed...

U Memo 16-5 May 12, 2016 Alii Health Center, LLC, is Not an “Agency” Subject to the UIPA Two Requesters asked whether Alii Health Center, LLC (AHC), properly responded under Part III of the UIPA, which contains the law’s “personal...