Informal Opinions – UIPA Opinions

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...

U Memo 16-6 May 6, 2016 E-mails Maintained by Agencies Are Government Records Two Requesters first asked whether an e-mail between an individual and a government agency or between two agencies is a government record under Part II of the...

U Memo 16-4 April 22, 2016 Appeal from Denial of Access to General Records Requester sought a decision as to whether the Department of Health (DOH) properly responded to her records request under Part II of the UIPA for documents...

U Memo 16-3 February 2, 2016 Personal Records/No Copies Requester sought a decision as to whether the University of Hawaii’s Office of Judicial Affairs (UH-JA) properly denied, under Part III of the UIPA, his request for a copy of his personal...

U Memo 16-2 November 13, 2015 Proposals for a Land License to Salvage Koa Wood Requester sought access to various records from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) concerning a request for proposals for a land license, which was...