Informal Opinions – UIPA Opinions

U Memo 11-15April 15, 2011Attorneys’ Invoices Requester asked whether the University of Hawaii (UH) properly denied Requester’s request for disclosure of attorneys’ invoices to UH (Invoices) under part II of the UIPA. OIP found that UH must disclose the Invoices...

U Memo 11-14April 15, 2011Complaint Files Requester asked whether the Office of the Ombudsman (Ombudsman) properly denied Requester’s request under part III of the UIPA for case files pertaining to complaints he had filed with that office. OIP found that...

U Memo 11-13March 31, 2011Detailed Implementation Plans Requester has asked whether the Charter School Review Panel (CSRP) properly denied Requester’s request for Detailed Implementation Plans under part II of the UIPA. OIP found that the majority of the Detailed Implementation...

U Memo 11-12March 24, 2011Condominium Association Complaints Requester asked whether the Regulated Industries Complaints Office (RICO) properly denied Requester’s request for disclosure of the numbers of complaints over the past decade regarding condominium Association of Apartment Owners (AOAOs) and time...

U Memo 11-11January 11, 2011Permittee Passenger Count Information Requester asked whether the Department of Land & Natural Resources (DLNR) may withhold passenger count information received from permittees holding Marine Life Conservation District Use Permits for: Commercial Activities in the Molokini...

U Memo 11-10January 6, 2011AG Opinion Issued to BLNR Requester asked whether the Office of the Attorney General (the AG) properly denied Requester’s request under part II of the UIPA for a copy of an AG opinion issued to the...

U Memo 11-9November 3, 2010OHA Employee Salary Information Requester asked whether the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) must disclose the names, titles, and salaries of all OHA employees (Salary Information) in response to a request made under part II of...

U Memo 11-8October 19, 2010Personnel Records Requester asked whether the Department of Human Resources Development (DHRD) must disclose an employee evaluation and other personnel records under part II of the UIPA. Environment Hawaii, a monthly newsletter, made a UIPA request...

U Memo 11-7October 13, 2010Vital Records Requester asked whether the Office of Health Statistics, Department of Health (DOH), properly denied Requester’s request for a certified copy of the Certificate of Live Birth for Barack Hussein Obama II (Obama Birth Certificate)...

U Memo 11-6October 4, 2010Grant of Easement Requester asked whether the Office of the County Attorney, County of Kauai properly responded to Requester’s request for a copy of a Grant of Easement agreement (the Agreement) between Wai’oli Corporation and the...