Informal Opinions – UIPA Opinions

U Memo 13-8June 5, 2013Inter-Agency Memoranda Concerning Surplus Status of Certain Regional Park Parcels Requester asked whether the Department of Budget and Fiscal Services, City and County of Honolulu (BFS) properly denied the request by Save Haleiwa Beach Park (SHBP)...

U Memo 13-7May 15, 2013Findings from an Investigation of Alleged Hostile Work Environment     and the Action Taken by the Liquor Commission Requesters sought an opinion as to whether the Honolulu Liquor Commission (HLC) properly denied their request under Parts...

UIPA Memo 13-6May 15, 2013Complainant’s Request for Records of Closed Case File Requester asked whether the Honolulu Ethics Commission (Commission) properly denied his request for access to a case file. OIP found that portions of the requested case file are...

U Memo 13-5May 1, 2013List of Nominees Requester sought a determination as to whether the Office of the Governor (Governor’s Office) and the Department of Land and Natural Resources Commission on Water Resource Management (CWRM) properly denied, under Part II...

U Memo 13-4April 3, 2013Failure to Respond to Request for Records The County of Kauai Department of Public Works’ (Works-K) failure to respond at all to a record request amounted to an effective denial of access. As such, Works-K failed...

U Memo 13-3March 28, 2013UH Fact Finders' Report Requester asked whether redactions made by the University of Hawaii (UH) to the Fact Finders’ Report (Report) produced for UH regarding a canceled concert deal were proper under Part II of the...

U Memo 13-2December 13, 2012Denial of Access to Personal Records Requester asked whether the Department of the Attorney General (AG) properly denied his request, under Part III of the UIPA, for records from his arbitration hearing. The hearing was the...

U Memo 13-1December 6, 2012Denial of Request for Personal Records Under Part III of the UIPA, requester sought all information maintained by the City and County of Honolulu Department of the Prosecuting Attorney (Prosecutor’s Office) about her, including its cases...

U Memo 12-7June 29, 2012On-the-Job Training Contacts Requester asked whether, under part II of the UIPA, WorkHawaii, Department of Community Services, City & County of Honolulu, may redact information from an On-the-Job Training (OJT) Contract between WorkHawaii and a private...

U Memo 12-6June 27, 2012Denial of Request for Records, Equipment Pricing Lists for Contract to Provide Airport Passenger Information Systems Requester asked whether the Department of Transportation, Airports Division (DOT), properly denied Requester’s request under part II of the UIPA...