Informal Opinions – UIPA Opinions

U Memo 15-9 March 16, 2015 Certified Mail Documents Not in Agency Records Requester asked whether the Department of the Attorney General (AG) properly responded under the UIPA when the AG stated that it does not maintain records that are...

U Memo 15-8 March 5, 2015 Records Containing Predecisional and Deliberative Material Requester sought a decision whether the Department of Budget and Fiscal Services, City & County of Honolulu (BFS), properly denied a request for records concerning the designation of...

U Memo 15-7 February 6, 2015 Documents Pertaining to a Wind Farm on Lanai Requester sought a decision as to whether the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) State Energy Office properly responded to four separate but related...

U Memo 15-6 January 21, 2015 Consultant Review Reports on Time Share Plans Requester asked whether, under Part II of the UIPA, the Professional and Vocational Licensing Division, Department of Commerce & Consumer Affairs (DCCA), properly denied access to letters...

U Memo 15-5 December 30, 2014 911 Recordings Requester made a request for copies of Kauai Police Department (KPD) records related to an incident in which an individual stabbed a number of people, killing one, before a KPD Officer shot...

U Memo 15-4 December 29, 2014 Name of Private Investigator Not in Agency Records Requester had a case on appeal with the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board (LIRAB), and attended a settlement conference on August 30, 2012, at 4:15...

U Memo 15-3 December 15, 2014 Judges' Birthdays In U-Memo 15-3, OIP reconsidered its decision in U-Memo 14-11 to clarify that in most circumstances, the UIPA requires disclosure, upon request, of a sitting judge’s year of birth in order to...

U Memo 15-2 November 17, 2014 List of Nominees Environment Hawaii asked whether the Office of the Governor is required under the UIPA to disclose lists of nominees (Lists) for two vacant positions provided to the Governor by the Nominating...

U Memo 15-1 August 18, 2014 Personal Test Records Requester sought a decision as to whether the Department of Public Safety (PSD) properly denied, under Part III of the UIPA, Requester’s request for copies of the original written examination with...

U Memo 14-12 June 30, 2014 Correspondence About UIPA Request Requester sought a decision as to whether the Department of Enterprise Services (DES) properly denied access under Part II of the UIPA to written communications about an earlier UIPA request...