Informal Opinions – UIPA Opinions

U Memo 16-1 July 24, 2015 Confidential Commercial Information Requester sought a decision as to whether, under Part II of the UIPA, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) properly redacted certain terms and conditions concerning the seller’s retention of the right...

U Memo 15-14 June 30, 2015 Comprehensive Personal Record Request Starting in 2010, Requester made several record requests to different offices at the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UH) for her personal records. Because requester was not satisfied with some...

U Memo 15-13 June 30, 2015 Lease File Requester asked whether the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) properly denied access to records from a DHHL lease file under Part II of the UIPA. The records at issue in this...

U MEMO 15-12 May 14, 2015 Complete Survey of Keauhou Bay Performed by Sea Engineering Requester asked whether the Division of Boating and Ocean Resources, Department of Land and Natural Resources (DoBOR), complied with the UIPA in its response to...

U Memo 15-11 March 30, 2015 Appeal from Agency Denial of Access to Personal Records Requester asked whether the Department of Public Safety (PSD) properly denied him access under Part III of the UIPA to a copy of a complaint...

U Memo 15-10 March 30, 2015 Salaries & Employment Information about Consultants’ Employees Requester asked whether the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART) must disclose salaries and other information about employees of HART’s contracted consultants PB Americas, Inc. (PB) and...

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...